Actually I think this would be my response in SoCal.

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Prestigious-Toe9381@reddit

Northeast too, “fuggedaboutit” is said the same way with our neighbors to the south in NY/NJ. I might start using “the gettin place” though, I love that.

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“I know a guy” is my go-to and favorite. When I was little, having “guys” was how I identified adults. They had jewelry guys who helped them redesign an ugly bravery from the prior generation into a pendant; car guys, plumbing guys, dressmaker guys. “Let me send you to my guy” was an ultimate act of friendship, meaning I trust you with my relationship with some important provider in my life.

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Longjumping-Air1489@reddit

THIS.

If it’s a problematic acquisition (I once bought a very expensive coffee maker off eBay; “oh wow, this was under our gift limit? Where did you get this?” “I know a guy. He pointed me to it. It was on sale.”

Was it a VERY nice coffee maker (integrated bean grinder with bean storage bin)? Yes. Was it under the gift limit? Yes, if only barely. Will I tell them I got it from eBay? No.

Not if it’s from the Fell Off The Truck store

I know a guy who, every coupla years, rents a place for a month somewhere different and does business. There’s no sign but that’s what we call it.

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707Riverlife@reddit

Happy Cake Day! 🎂🥳🎈

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SaltMarshGoblin@reddit

Wow, "fell off a truck" where I live means something very specific and not "I'd prefer not to tell you"! If it "fell off a truck", it has a sketchy provenance. Something got stolen, paperwork got switched, somebody diverted a shipment, an employee intentionally left the warehouse door propped open. Internal shrinkage! You likely bought it for way under MSRP from a guy who knows a guy, or at the local Saturday morning flea market in the train station parking lot from someone who conveniently no longer understands your English very well when you try to ask where she got it and how she can sell it so cheaply...

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RealAssociation5281@reddit

Same here up in NorCal

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

From 209 (technically norcal) and yeah.

But “Nunya” means there will be an argument if you don’t drop it

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Suppafly@reddit

Or “it fell off a truck”.

Why won’t you tell me

sobs “Don’t worry about it”

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Electric-Sheepskin@reddit

Where I come from, thems fightin words.

CharacterGap388@reddit

‘Fell off the back of a truck’ and ‘I know a guy’ are definitely old school NYC parents’ favorite stores

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DOMSdeluise@reddit

lifelong southerner, never heard this

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IceManYurt@reddit

Right?

This feels like an ultra-tight regional thing

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FauxmingAtTheMouth@reddit

I used to hear that in Tallahassee, but nowhere else

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Got street?? I feel like I missed out on some local lore lol

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the_real_JFK_killer@reddit

I was thinking the same thing. I know east texas is its own flavor of Southern, so I figured it had to do with that tho.

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Interesting, I'm from the ruralist of rural Alabama near the TN state line and I never heard this before.

The closest thing I know of would be "none of your got damned business" lol or in a far less aggressive tone would be "I know people" or the question would be ignored and met with a raised eyebrow and side eye.

december14th2015@reddit

Lifelong Nashvillian, never heard this once. Lol

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Master-Refuse7021@reddit

I've lived in TN most of my life, and I've never heard this before

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alvvavves@reddit

Maybe the actual phrasing is a Tennessee thing, but I think the sentiment is more of an age, generation and even culture thing. I work with an older guy from rural Kansas and he uses this type of humor/sarcasm all the time. It’s basically just a phrasing of “wouldn’t you like to know.”

When we would notice something new at home or in my dads shop and ask them “where did they get it?” They would respond with “at the gettin place”.

Yeah, I think it's more used in this sense of being sarcasm or a joke, than anything else. At least it's been used like that the times I've heard it.

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MilaVaneela@reddit

North Florida here and I hear it all the time? To be fair, sometimes it’s as a joke like “hey, where’d you get that?” “at the gettin’ place”

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Horangi1987@reddit

My sister in law is from Yulee and she and her family are super Southern and they say it.

BrainFartTheFirst@reddit

Lifelong California and I know it.

I'm originally from Michigan and the cheaper it was, the more I'm going to tell you about it

It does.

What? Never heard that …or any of these.

Similarly, in the south I’ve heard “back of a truck” because plenty of dudes used to sell goods from a pickup or small box truck. Food is usually legit, anything else is probably stolen.

Alternatively, “Nunya”

Never heard OP’s saying though.

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Triabolical_@reddit

For years in the stereo world there were "white van" speakers that were rumored to come from an illegal source.

Turns out there were just really cheap speakers that weren't worth the price you paid for them.

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Theguyoutthere@reddit

I remember those guys

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SittingInAnAirport@reddit

I bought a pair of their speakers

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TheSkiGeek@reddit

If they were legitimate items you bought out of a van they were probably stolen.

Otherwise they were fake or very cheap off-brand goods, and they’re ’suspiciously cheap’ because they sucked.

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Triabolical_@reddit

In this case they were never stolen.

There's of course a wikipedia page on the scam:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_van_speaker_scam

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Head_Razzmatazz7174@reddit

Actually some of those 'cheap' speakers were a lot better than name brand. I grew up in that era. We had some knock off brand speakers that had some serious sound quality.

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Exact_Programmer4080@reddit

Nunya is a popular one by me, or a similar one my dad used to say:

"Oh I didn't tell you? Then I guess you don't need to know."

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Riot_Squirrel@reddit

I’ve heard OP’s saying before but never in the context he’s using it. When my older relatives would say it, it was with more of an implication of “I don’t need to tell you something you already know the answer to.”

For example, there’s one bakery in their town, so “where did you get this cake from?” Would be met with kind of a side eye and “at the gettin’ place.”

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guitar_stonks@reddit

Common in Florida too, but half of NY moved here sooo…….

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Pomeranian18@reddit

Reddit needs a 'laugh' reply.

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the_real_JFK_killer@reddit

My dad (from nyc) would always say his stuff fell off a truck when he was talking about it getting stolen, and as a kid I kept wondering wtf was up with trucks in nyc dropping so much stuff. I was like 12 when I realized it was a metaphor.

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Suppafly@reddit

A guy I work with got a pig that literally fell off a truck. But yeah, it's generally a metaphor for crime.

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sandbagger45@reddit

lol I’m from NYC and thought there were trucks dropping things up until I was a teenager.

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Lucky-Remote-5842@reddit

Me too! I'm not from NYC but my dad used to say that. One time he told me it was rude to ask, but I only asked because I knew my friends would ask me where I got it.

StarfleetAcademy08@reddit

Share where I got it. It's a compliment and I'm excited they like it.

Otherwise, probably:

big_sugi@reddit

And most of friends have the guy who always knows a guy. Do I need a diamond, a car, a stereo system, a rare bottle of bourbon, a rifle, a hospitality-industry connect in Las Vegas, or an expert who can testify as to best practices in the property insurance industry? My buddy Brian knew guys for all of them. (To be fair, he found the expert through a referral service.)

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OtherwiseAlbatross14@reddit

Brian knew how to use Google before most people

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Suppafly@reddit

My buddy Brian knew guys for all of them.

This was my first thought. Like others here said, I might say “don’t worry about it,” but I can’t think of why I wouldn’t tell them where.

SignificanceLow7234@reddit

"the store"

Which one?

I dunno, maybe I got it online.

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irelace@reddit

I'm in NJ and I think we just pretend we don't remember. I don't think there's an actual phrase for it.

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HorrorAlarming1163@reddit

I’ve never heard “the gettin’ place” before, but my dad and grampa used to say “nunya”

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trippytrev420@reddit

yea i got it from nunya

nunya business

but i think thats just a dad joke

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CheesE4Every1@reddit

Also southern. TN Southern and been around. Gettin place is news to me.

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Loud_Ad_4515@reddit

My grandmother (Chicago) would say she found it under the piano bench.

She could not lie. So anything she didn't want to share information about, she would pass the item beneath the piano bench. It was a running joke for years.

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ryamanalinda@reddit

My mom was from southern Missouri. She used this term. It was kind of "it is none of your business where I got it from".

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Most_Time8900@reddit

I'm a New Yorker, and we'd say "You're good" or "You good" to evade a question like that.

Person: Where'd you find that gift?

NYer:

Person: I said WHERE'D YOU FIND THAT GIFT?

NYer: You Good.

Person: ??

wieldymouse@reddit

I guess Florida really isn't all that south anymore as I've never heard of this expression.

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fiestybox246@reddit

I’m from NC and I’ve heard it a few times, but in a joking way. No one has ever refused to tell where they bought/got something. It’s always just been a little ribbing between friends.

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Final_Surround9495@reddit (OP)

Exactly. Always kinda a joke and if someone really wanted to know we would tell them

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jufywret@reddit

Im from the south and somehow missed this one. We usually just say I got a guy or something similar.

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Smorgas-board@reddit

“Don’t worry about it”…very NYC, northeast.

I don't think it's unique to that situation. It's more (in my experience) just a pattern to reply to a questio you don't want to answer.

"Hey, where'd you VERB?"

"At the VERB-ing place"

Hey, where'd you get your degree from? At the degree-gettin' place.

Hey, where'd you find that hat? At the hat-findin' place.

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kitzelbunks@reddit

Um. The only thing that comes to mind is,” Well, that fell off the truck.” My grandparents used to say that sometimes. It meant something similar to “receiving stolen property”, but since it fell off a truck, it’s fine.

I say "Nunya". Dad would say, "You writing a book? Leave that chapter out."

Southern California

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RobotShlomo@reddit

People in my town aren't creative enough to come up with a unique catch phrase. The only thing that's prevalent around here is all the old Italians who came over on the boat, seem to say the same thing when things go wrong;

They throw up their hands and say "Eh, whatta ya gonna do?" That was the answer for EVERYTHING. Because that let them off the hook for things, and gave them permission to just give up on themselves.

Hate the town, are unhappy and you want relocate?
"Eh, whatta ya gonna do?"

Girlfriend breaks up with you?
"Eh, whatta ya gonna do?"

The baseball team moves?
"Eh, whatta ya gonna do?"

Car gets broken into?
"Eh, whatta ya gonna do?"

You get laid off from your job because the company gets bought out?

... actually the old timers would you blame you for that, because they place "work" above everything else. "You didn't work hard enough!"

the store.

if they continue to ask for clarification, depends on if they're asking in person or digitally,

stare at them directly in the eyes and say nothing

or

leave them on read

then

change the subject!

It’s somewhat common here, or used to be, I haven’t heard it in years.

And in another book/movie by the same author (no country for old men) there is an almost identical exchange regarding a pistol.

I think it was an original Cormac McArthy phrase that, as a movie quote, has entered the common lingo just like "I'm your huckleberry" from Tombstone or "Well that's just your opinion man" from the big Lebowski

"Tell you when you're older."

The ___ store.

"Where'd you get that cool hat?"

“There ain’t (or wadn’t) nothin’ to it.” Is what you tell someone who cannot comprehend how you achieved a seemingly insurmountable goal or made something effective and outside of the norm.

“Cripes there Jimmy! How’d you get both of those water tanks up on the roof by yourself?”

A long time ago, I knew people who opened up a bar and named it "The Store."

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nautilator44@reddit

"I have a guy for that"

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coach_wargo@reddit

"I got a guy" has a similar meaning in Chicago.

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SylvarGrl@reddit

Santa/easter bunny/tooth fairy, found it in the woods (PNW)

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MaddCricket@reddit

“I can’t remember.”

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MakeStupidHurtAgain@reddit

CA: “Don’t worry about it.”

BadPom@reddit

Midwest and we love to share/brag about our cool finds. So no.

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Altruistic-Dig-2507@reddit

My family always says the _____ store. Where’d you get those shoelaces? The shoelace store.

Where’d you get the curtains? The curtain store.

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grrgrrtigergrr@reddit

Why would someone not avert the question. That seems rude. And they say northerners are not nice

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AnneTheQueene@reddit

If it's something easily obtainable, then I don't see any reason to hold back. Let's say you got it at Walmart, the thrift store or from your Mom. No need to be coy.

But there may be a time when how you got something is complicated or involves steps you may not want to share with everybody. Especially if they're asking you in front of a mixed group. My go-to is 'eBay'.

Maybe it was ill-gotten. Or maybe it came from a place that is going to require a lot of explanation. Or that you know is going to cause the person asking to engage in a bunch of other questions. I'm not getting involved in that in the middle of the break room or PTA meeting.

Why would someone not answer the question. That seems rude.

Agreed. This comes across as tactless and like it would shut down an otherwise normal social interaction in an extremely odd way.

Personally I wouldn’t even understand the phrase, like are you making a joke? The what-in place? Huh?

We don’t have this phrase for sure. We were raised it’s impolite to not share. We were taught growing up when someone pays a compliment about a thing you own, you respond with where or how you received it. The implication is it’s wonderful to own this thing and you can too, if you want to go to this same place and pay.

Midwest USA

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17Girl4Life@reddit

I’m a southerner and I have heard this, but not often.

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John_EightThirtyTwo@reddit

Do you all have a phrase like “the gettin’ place” in your region?

I do now.

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crunchyfoliage@reddit

If I wanted to be snarky about it I'd probably say "The (item) store"

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OkManufacturer767@reddit

I've never heard it in the Pacific Northwest, nor had someone not want to tell me the shop where they got it.

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IHSV1855@reddit

Is this to (jokingly) imply it was stolen, or that you’re ashamed of where you got it?

If it’s the former, then there is no specific analogy. I would probably just say “don’t worry about it” or “wouldn’t you like to know” or something like that.

If it’s the latter, then there is definitely no analogy, because midwesterners love talking about the screaming deals we got on things. In fact, it’s pretty customary if someone points out something nice you got to downplay it and say you got a great deal.

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Bluemonogi@reddit

“the gettin’ place”

I am from the middle US and I don’t think there is a phrase like this. Maybe all the people I know just don’t have a problem telling other people where they shop. It would not occur to me not to say a thrift store or whatever.

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SpermicidalManiac666@reddit

In the the NYC/southern NE region we say something “fell off the back of a truck” or “it’s on the arm”

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Lncn@reddit

I don’t think I’ve heard that one (from Texas).

Similar, and I think this was more a family saying cause I wouldn’t say I heard anyone else use it, but my dad and now I say “The [X] Store!” when someone asks where you got something or where we need to go to get [X].

Holiday_Actuator2215@reddit

Northeast here : I can’t tell if this a joke or not.

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Pretty-Biscotti-5256@reddit

“I gotta a guy” or “I know a guy” if you need work/handyman around the house.

Or if you live in New York City , it might mean something else.

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gleaming-the-cubicle@reddit

In Michigan: I got a guy

In Baltimore: Don't worry about it

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Behind the grocery store

Your mom's house

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Or if someone buys a nice dress at the thrift store and doesn’t want to tell anyone else about the good thrift store with the nice clothes, they might say it when asked where it was obtained.

We don't have a word or phrase for this.

Also, a person doing this is an a-hole.