An Elaine Benes One-Liner Appreciation Post

Elaine Benes always had the best stingers.

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It hardly seems possible that Seinfeld premiered 25 years ago. It was a show about nothing, but it really was about everything, not just four friends in New York City. It's also difficult to believe that the acid-tongued Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) was not only missing from the original script and doesn't even show up until the second episode, "The Stake Out."

It's a good thing Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David had to add a female character because Benes has some of the most on-point one-liners in sitcom history. Hey, it's not easy being surrounded by idiots.

She knows how to respond to the haters.

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She does not suffer fools. Especially her ex-boyfriend.

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Sometimes she just can't.

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Her threats should be taken seriously.

She says what all women are thinking: "I don't know how you guys walk around with those things."

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She knows how to hit a man where it hurts.

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She knows that restaurants really should seat people based on who's hungriest.

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And of course, the best response to people who won't stop rubbing their relationship in your face.

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