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Friday, July 06, 2007

Where does "This is why we can't have nice things" come from?

What's the origin of "This is why we can't have nice things!" I know it's used in Frisky Dingo, but is that where started? I've been seeing it a lot recently in the hipster doofus-verse.

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2 Comments:

I credit my mother, but I'm guessing that's not what you're looking for.

By Ron, At 7/06/2007 7:50 PM
probably originated when someone negatively impacted the existence of aforementioned nice thing

By Anonymous, At 5/21/2009 1:00 AM

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