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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:block_computer.PNG" title='"Please to be untieing that shoelace on the back of your head?"'><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="151" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/7/75/block_computer.PNG/200px-block_computer.PNG" width="200"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:block_computer.PNG" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>"Please to be untieing that shoelace on the back of your head?"</div></div></div> | |||
<p>The phrase "<b>Please to be</b>", followed by the gerund form of the verb, is sometimes used to affect a foreign accent, often where the word "Please" would be sufficient. | |||
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<ul><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=other_days" title="other days">other days</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> receives an email from Poland reading, "Please to be untieing that shoelace on the back of your head?" | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Trogdor_Con_%2797" title="Trogdor Con '97">Trogdor Con '97</a> — In an Easter egg, Strong Bad tells an unseen conventiongoer, "Hey, loincloth! Please to be putting on more clothes!" | |||
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=79_Seconds_Left" title="79 Seconds Left">79 Seconds Left</a> — The page title is "Please to be committing, <a href="/index.php?title=Russia" title="Russia">comrade</a>!" | |||
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<ul><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=specially_marked" title="specially marked">specially marked</a> — About <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Breakfast_Cereals" title="Breakfast Cereals">cereals</a> with Iowa-grown items, Strong Bad says "Please to stay away from these." | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026
The phrase "Please to be", followed by the gerund form of the verb, is sometimes used to affect a foreign accent, often where the word "Please" would be sufficient.
Appearances
- Email other days — Strong Bad receives an email from Poland reading, "Please to be untieing that shoelace on the back of your head?"
- Trogdor Con '97 — In an Easter egg, Strong Bad tells an unseen conventiongoer, "Hey, loincloth! Please to be putting on more clothes!"
- 79 Seconds Left — The page title is "Please to be committing, comrade!"
Variations
- Email specially marked — About cereals with Iowa-grown items, Strong Bad says "Please to stay away from these."
