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Source: Pour Some Sugar on Me

Speaker: Def Leppard

Pour some sugar on me.

Context

This famous line is a lyric from the song of the same name by Def Leppard (on the album Hysteria, 1987).

Diabetes wasn't yet a national crisis when Def Leppard implored, "pour some sugar on me" to its millions of fans in 1987.

But ever since, the number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has been steadily climbing annually. Is Def Leppard to blame? Probably not, because the "sugar" in this case probably doesn't mean something you add to your coffee in the morning. 

Yeah.

Where you've heard it

You cannot unsee Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin washing cars in short shorts while this song plays.

Additional Notable References: 

  • This poor dog getting snacks thrown at it.
  • Sookie Stackhouse and Eric Northman fan fiction.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Like with any food—or whatever this lyric seems to imply—moderation is key. You get like three uses of this quote per year, plus one on Halloween.