"the actress said to the bishop"

 

I`m baffled lol

"Said the actress to the bishop", or "as the actress said to the bishop" is an informal (and occasionally vulgar) exclamation, usually said for humour after an inadvertent use of a double entendre. For example, if someone says "It doesn't usually leak this much.", another could add "...as the actress said to the bishop!"

It is said in the style of a punchline, comically implying that the original double entendre was merely the second-from-last line in a long, rude joke. On occasion, the term is swapped when appropriate to "said the bishop to the actress", or "as the bishop said to the actress".

The phrase is an example of a Wellerism, a literal "turn" of a phrase, changing its meaning.

Whether an original joke existed involving an actress and a bishop is not known.

are you on the drink?

she s on ? Lol

Ah, now it makes sense lol

she s on ? Lol

 

said the actress to the bishop:rofl:

its all of a sudden come very clear...

 

said the actress to the bishop

An innuendo scabrously added to an entirely innocent remark, as in 'It's too stiff for me to manage it--as the actress said to the bishop' or, conversely, 'I can't see what I'm doing--as the bishop said to the actress'.

Another for instance, I was moving a large wardrobe and we got it to the door and my missus said "you'll never fit that huge thing in there" and then you know what followed :rofl:

...Another for instance, I was moving a large wardrobe and we got it to the door and my missus said "you'll never fit that huge thing in there" and then you know what followed :rofl:

 

...Phew, narrowly avoided a bumming?