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Here’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me into, Stanley

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Origin of: Here’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me into, Stanley

Here’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me into, Stanley

Supposedly Oliver Hardy’s catchphrase in the Laurel and Hardy movies of the 1930s but in reality it is a slight misquotation. He actually said, “Here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into Stanley.” The confusion arises from the title of one of their movies Another Fine Mess.