What is The Way She Goes?
1.
A phrase used in the aftermath of a catastrophe in order to attribute the event's occurrence to some external, uncontrollable factor.
Ray, after gambling away the boys' drink money: "Lost all the liquor money, boys."
Julian: "What?"
Ray: "That's the way she goes."
Bubbles: "That's the way she goes?"
Ray: "That's right - that's the way she goes. That's what I said - "
Bubbles: "So you lost all our drink money is what 'she goes' - she's gone."
Ray: "That's right - that's the way she goes. Sometimes she goes, sometimes it doesn't. She didn't go. That's the way she goes."
Bubbles, being interviewed moments later: "It was gonna be the best night ever, now it's the worst night ever. Fuckin' 'way she goes', he said, fuckin' way she goes..."
-Trailer Park Boys
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