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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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See also this comic "[[That's What SHE Said]]".
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The phrase "{{w|Said the actress to the bishop|That's what ''she'' said!}}" is commonly used after someone has described something that sounds sexual but had no intentional sexual meaning. An example might be:
 
The phrase "{{w|Said the actress to the bishop|That's what ''she'' said!}}" is commonly used after someone has described something that sounds sexual but had no intentional sexual meaning. An example might be:
  
 
:"It's huge!" (Describing an overly large object like a large tree)
 
:"It's huge!" (Describing an overly large object like a large tree)
:"That's what she said!" (Implying that "she" had said the same thing about genitalia)
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:"That's what she said" (Implying that the previous person had been describing something very different)
 
 
However, in this comic, the first guy is actually describing what his girlfriend whispered to him on the day she leaves him. She is still looking to have sex with him one last time before they go live their lives. It is a very personal moment that he decided to share with his friend. But his friend then responds with a ''that's what she said''.
 
 
 
The first friend derails the other's attempt at a joke by pointing out that that was what she literally said. This is exactly the same as Megan's reaction to a "that's what she said" in [[366: Your Mom]]. In this case, however, the phrase in question already originally had a sexual meaning, negating the joke's humor in finding a sexual meaning of an innocuous phrase in the first place.
 
  
The friend is simply frozen in his uncomfortable position, by the awkward moment, while the first guy just stares at him.
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However, in this comic [[Cueball]] is actually describing what the girl whispered to him, looking for sex the next night. His friend then responds with "that's what she said" but, of course, in this situation it has no meaning as that was literally what ''she'' said. Cueball continues this in the next panel.
  
In the title text, the first guy continues to make the situation more awkward for his friend by pointing out that he was there, so there is no need to tell him what she said.
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The title text is just another standard phrase at a similar manner.
 
 
"That's what she said!" jokes had been mocked previously in comic [[174: That's What SHE Said]].
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[Cueball and his friend standing.]
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:[Two people standing.]
 
:Cueball: Then she put her hands over mine, grinds against me, leans down and whispers, "After tonight, we go and live our lives, no regrets. But I want this, I want you, one last time."
 
:Cueball: Then she put her hands over mine, grinds against me, leans down and whispers, "After tonight, we go and live our lives, no regrets. But I want this, I want you, one last time."
 
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:[The friend is giving a thumbs up, pointing, surrounded by action lines.]
:Friend: (Giving a thumbs up, pointing, surrounded by action lines)
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:Friend: That's what '''''SHE''''' said!
:That's what '''SHE''' said!
 
 
 
 
:[Both continue to stand.]
 
:[Both continue to stand.]
 
:Cueball: Yes. Yes, it is.
 
:Cueball: Yes. Yes, it is.
 
 
:[Both continue to stand.]
 
:[Both continue to stand.]
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]

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