Date:  Tue, 4 Nov 1997 09:57:05 -0500
From:  ALICE FABER <faber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HASKINS.YALE.EDU>
Subject: Re: "so do me something"

Beth Simon asked:

| Is anyone familiar with the phrase, "So do me something" used
| as a retort? Know anything about the origin?

Yes..it sounds familiar. And when I read it, I "hear" it with a Yiddish
accent, so perhaps it's a calque of a Yiddish expression. Just a guess,
but...ya never know.

Alice Faber