Why we say, "How you like them apples!?"

[Guest Grev]

[COLOR=Navy][SIZE=4][FONT=Courier New]Yes, i know. It is probably as much of a mystery to you as it is to everybody else. Why has the human mentality nowadays stooped so low as to say, "HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES!?", after something has happened in return to another party, more than likely arguing with you. I still cannot comprehend why people say that phrase in response to certain things. WHY DO PEOPLE SAY THAT!? WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN!?!?!???!!!?!?!??!?!......*chortle* Thank you.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[NightAlchemist]

My friends J.C. and L and I were just talking about that yesterday!! We were trying to figure out why people said that and where we got it from!! J.C. says it was in a movie (I think she said 'Goodwill Hunting'), and she thinks that was where we got it from....But L and I have no clue.

[musical_kitten]

I'm sorry, but I have no clue what you're talking about. More info on it would be nice...

[pooperson]

It's from the movie "Good Will Hunting". Here is the quote:


Will: Do you like apples?
Clark: Yeah.
Will: Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?

I love me some imdb.com! =]

[sakurasuka]

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[b]How do you like them apples?[/b]
[[i]Meaning[/i]] An idiomatic expression is used to express surprise or shock at something that has happened. It can also be used to boast about something you have done.
-English Idiom Dictionary.



[strike][b]How do you like them apples?[/b]
[[i]Possible history(?)[/i]] In World War I, something called a Stokes gun fired mortars resembling apples with a stick in them, so they were often referred to as Toffee Apples.[/strike]
-Urban Dictionary.


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[QUOTE=taperson]It's from the movie "Good Will Hunting". Here is the quote:


Will: Do you like apples?
Clark: Yeah.
Will: Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?

I love me some imdb.com! =][/QUOTE]


Paha! That's true.




It's still amazing what Wikipedia and Google can accoplish combined.

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[The13thMan]

[FONT=Century Gothic] [COLOR=DarkOrange]There are tons and tons of stupid phrases that people use all the time! I personally love the ones not often heard. I like to use them every now and then in a moment of fake anger and frustration.

I can't think of any good ones at the moment though...i'm a bit preoccupied. So go **** yourself. ^L^

Later.
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[Sangome]

[size=1]'Cause us Americans love our apple pie, thus love our apples! Hyuk hyuk hyuk. :B *shot*[/size]

[TheShinje]

[color=crimson] Haven't used the saying in all of my existence. Never have, never will.

How do you like them apples?

Damn.[/color]

[Charles]

Like it or lump it.

[musical_kitten]

It still doesn't make any sense, but then again, I'm not the brightest bulb in the box. I'm used to saying really stupid things, like yelling at my sister's computer game and calling the characters "stupid pixels" so.... yeah. But I've never heard that phrase. Huh.

[vegeta rocker]

It didn't come from Good Will Hunting, i heard that phrase long before then. My dad used to use it all the time.

I will research and try and find out more, but I'm sure thats now where it first came from.

EDIT: This is what I found.

How do you like them apples?" means "So there! What do you have to say now? What are you going to do about it? Used ironically since the late 1920s." according to the "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman.