Used to verbally bitch-slap a person who's complaining about something very small. So small that it is just ridiculous in comparison with some people's problems in the poor Africa.
Eva: "No mayonaise? Argh, could this day be any worse?"
Michael: "Meanwhile in Africa..."
Rik: "Argh, nothing is on TV tonight! Im pissed off!!"
Susan: "Meanwhile in Africa..."
Something you say when someone around you says something that has nothing to do with what your current conversation is about and you want to get back to the other topic.
A: I think it should be brown.
B: Maybe red.
A: Brown matches the rest of the room though.
C: I like bananas.
A: *odd look* ...meanwhile, back at the ranch
A quote line to introduce a new topic of conversation, or to end a particualarly embarrassing line of talk.
Derived from the old horse operas where action at one point was interrupted to go to the ranch in question; This line being spoken by the narrator in order to assist the hard of thinking. ( A hold over from radio narration style )
A;"Anyway, how did your date with Sarah go?"
B:'OK, I guess . . . Did you know she was a hermaphrodite?"
(Silence)
A:"Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . . "
A term meaning: 1)two events simultaneouslyhappening in two different locations.2)while that was going on there, this was going on here at the same time.