One of your Earth catch-phrases
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We will return in two of your Earth days.
I wish to purchase one of your Earth pizzas, fellow typical human who, like me, is totally not from any other planet.
Does the cliché “[number] of your Earth [noun]s” have a known origin? In which B-movie was it first uttered – or, failing that, which was most responsible for making it a cliché?
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We will return in two of your Earth days.
I wish to purchase one of your Earth pizzas, fellow typical human who, like me, is totally not from any other planet.
Does the cliché “[number] of your Earth [noun]s” have a known origin? In which B-movie was it first uttered – or, failing that, which was most responsible for making it a cliché?
movie aliens history-of
edited Nov 15 '16 at 19:37
Paul D. Waite
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asked Nov 15 '16 at 19:13
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sounds like a Coneheads thing offhand, but I dunno if they got it from somewhere.
– KutuluMike
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
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tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoOfYourEarthMinutes
– FuzzyBoots
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
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We will return in two of your Earth days.
I wish to purchase one of your Earth pizzas, fellow typical human who, like me, is totally not from any other planet.
Does the cliché “[number] of your Earth [noun]s” have a known origin? In which B-movie was it first uttered – or, failing that, which was most responsible for making it a cliché?
movie aliens history-of
edited Nov 15 '16 at 19:37
Paul D. Waite
21.5k1690152
asked Nov 15 '16 at 19:13
Anton SherwoodAnton Sherwood
402213
We will return in two of your Earth days.
I wish to purchase one of your Earth pizzas, fellow typical human who, like me, is totally not from any other planet.
Does the cliché “[number] of your Earth [noun]s” have a known origin? In which B-movie was it first uttered – or, failing that, which was most responsible for making it a cliché?
movie aliens history-of
movie aliens history-of
edited Nov 15 '16 at 19:37
Paul D. Waite
21.5k1690152
asked Nov 15 '16 at 19:13
Anton SherwoodAnton Sherwood
402213
edited Nov 15 '16 at 19:37
Paul D. Waite
21.5k1690152
asked Nov 15 '16 at 19:13
Anton SherwoodAnton Sherwood
402213
edited Nov 15 '16 at 19:37
Paul D. Waite
21.5k1690152
edited Nov 15 '16 at 19:37
Paul D. Waite
21.5k1690152
edited Nov 15 '16 at 19:37
Paul D. Waite
21.5k1690152
21.5k1690152
asked Nov 15 '16 at 19:13
Anton SherwoodAnton Sherwood
402213
asked Nov 15 '16 at 19:13
Anton SherwoodAnton Sherwood
402213
asked Nov 15 '16 at 19:13
Anton SherwoodAnton Sherwood
402213
402213
sounds like a Coneheads thing offhand, but I dunno if they got it from somewhere.
– KutuluMike
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
3
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoOfYourEarthMinutes
– FuzzyBoots
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
add a comment |
sounds like a Coneheads thing offhand, but I dunno if they got it from somewhere.
– KutuluMike
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
3
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoOfYourEarthMinutes
– FuzzyBoots
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
sounds like a Coneheads thing offhand, but I dunno if they got it from somewhere.
– KutuluMike
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
sounds like a Coneheads thing offhand, but I dunno if they got it from somewhere.
– KutuluMike
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
3
3
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoOfYourEarthMinutes
– FuzzyBoots
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoOfYourEarthMinutes
– FuzzyBoots
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
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If you allow for fantastic fiction, units of money, and mortality rather than Earth nature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, published 19 December 1843 states that the Ghost of Christmas Past comments on Old Fezziwig:
"Why! Is it not? He has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. Is that so much that he deserves this praise?"
For a more sci-fi perspective, and calling out Earth non-explicitly, Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), Eros comments on Earth technology:
"Since the beginning of your time, we have been far beyond your planet. It has taken you centuries to even grasp what we developed eons of your years ago."
Less explicitly (and back to fantasy, or maybe eschatology), Isaac Asimov's The Last Trump, published June 1955, has Etherial ask about the scheduled date of the end of the world as follows in his (successful) argument that it's unenforceable due to how non-specific it is because of how many ways Earth does dates:
"The document, approved by the Council of Ascendants and signed by yourself, authorizes the Day of Resurrection at a specific time of a specific day of the year 1957 as Earthmen count time."
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If you allow for fantastic fiction, units of money, and mortality rather than Earth nature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, published 19 December 1843 states that the Ghost of Christmas Past comments on Old Fezziwig:
"Why! Is it not? He has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. Is that so much that he deserves this praise?"
For a more sci-fi perspective, and calling out Earth non-explicitly, Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), Eros comments on Earth technology:
"Since the beginning of your time, we have been far beyond your planet. It has taken you centuries to even grasp what we developed eons of your years ago."
Less explicitly (and back to fantasy, or maybe eschatology), Isaac Asimov's The Last Trump, published June 1955, has Etherial ask about the scheduled date of the end of the world as follows in his (successful) argument that it's unenforceable due to how non-specific it is because of how many ways Earth does dates:
"The document, approved by the Council of Ascendants and signed by yourself, authorizes the Day of Resurrection at a specific time of a specific day of the year 1957 as Earthmen count time."
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If you allow for fantastic fiction, units of money, and mortality rather than Earth nature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, published 19 December 1843 states that the Ghost of Christmas Past comments on Old Fezziwig:
"Why! Is it not? He has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. Is that so much that he deserves this praise?"
For a more sci-fi perspective, and calling out Earth non-explicitly, Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), Eros comments on Earth technology:
"Since the beginning of your time, we have been far beyond your planet. It has taken you centuries to even grasp what we developed eons of your years ago."
Less explicitly (and back to fantasy, or maybe eschatology), Isaac Asimov's The Last Trump, published June 1955, has Etherial ask about the scheduled date of the end of the world as follows in his (successful) argument that it's unenforceable due to how non-specific it is because of how many ways Earth does dates:
"The document, approved by the Council of Ascendants and signed by yourself, authorizes the Day of Resurrection at a specific time of a specific day of the year 1957 as Earthmen count time."
edited 4 mins ago
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answered Nov 15 '16 at 19:24
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If you allow for fantastic fiction, units of money, and mortality rather than Earth nature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, published 19 December 1843 states that the Ghost of Christmas Past comments on Old Fezziwig:
"Why! Is it not? He has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. Is that so much that he deserves this praise?"
For a more sci-fi perspective, and calling out Earth non-explicitly, Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), Eros comments on Earth technology:
"Since the beginning of your time, we have been far beyond your planet. It has taken you centuries to even grasp what we developed eons of your years ago."
Less explicitly (and back to fantasy, or maybe eschatology), Isaac Asimov's The Last Trump, published June 1955, has Etherial ask about the scheduled date of the end of the world as follows in his (successful) argument that it's unenforceable due to how non-specific it is because of how many ways Earth does dates:
"The document, approved by the Council of Ascendants and signed by yourself, authorizes the Day of Resurrection at a specific time of a specific day of the year 1957 as Earthmen count time."
edited 4 mins ago
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answered Nov 15 '16 at 19:24
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If you allow for fantastic fiction, units of money, and mortality rather than Earth nature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, published 19 December 1843 states that the Ghost of Christmas Past comments on Old Fezziwig:
"Why! Is it not? He has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. Is that so much that he deserves this praise?"
For a more sci-fi perspective, and calling out Earth non-explicitly, Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), Eros comments on Earth technology:
"Since the beginning of your time, we have been far beyond your planet. It has taken you centuries to even grasp what we developed eons of your years ago."
Less explicitly (and back to fantasy, or maybe eschatology), Isaac Asimov's The Last Trump, published June 1955, has Etherial ask about the scheduled date of the end of the world as follows in his (successful) argument that it's unenforceable due to how non-specific it is because of how many ways Earth does dates:
"The document, approved by the Council of Ascendants and signed by yourself, authorizes the Day of Resurrection at a specific time of a specific day of the year 1957 as Earthmen count time."
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sounds like a Coneheads thing offhand, but I dunno if they got it from somewhere.
– KutuluMike
Nov 15 '16 at 19:20
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tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoOfYourEarthMinutes
– FuzzyBoots
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