Family Speak

[darian moone]

Thought this might make a fun thread. . . (I got inspired by reading the Princess Bride thread).

"Family Speak" is the little sayings that your family uses to convey messages to each other and their source. It can be a word - either real or made up, a quote from a book or movie, a family expression, etc. (NOTE: A "Family" in this context is comprised of the people who are family to you whether related by blood/marriage or not).

I'll get things started.

Sometimes instead of saying "I love you" when DS would take off with his friends when he was young, we would both say "as you wish" to each other. (from the Princess Bride). Heaven forbid the other guys would know you love your mother! LOL!:happy:

I often let people close to me know that I'm there for them whenever they need me - that if they're having a rough night and need to talk that they're free to call or ask me to come over by simply saying the words "should you need me". This comes from the last scene of the movie "The Labyrinth".

If we're going to stay in for the night and curl up with a book, likewise if we've decided to go up to bed, etc., we will generally say "Well, I'm just gonna hunker down now". No clue where it came from. We didn't know it was "family speak" until it was said outside the family and they thought the expression was hysterical. (I know others use it though, but not everyone does).

In my immediate family, especially my son and I, if we are sharing a secret with each other we usually wrap up the conversation by uttering the phrase "keep it secret; keep it safe" (from "The Lord of the Rings").

When we think someone is telling us something that is not necessarily factual (not a lie, but poorly researched or a urban legend, etc.,) we say "Oh, Ricky Butler says" (from "The 'Burbs"). It indicates that we doubt the accuracy or intelligence of the source of the "information".

There are more, but this is a good start.

So what words/phrases are in your "Family Speak"???

[Caldonia Sun]

One of my daughters is extremely verbose when relaying anything that happens to her: stories, dreams, conversations. We get much more detail than we want or need. In an effort to get her to cut to the chase, I say, "No lace, Mrs. Bennett!", which is what Mr. Bennett said to Mrs. Bennett in Pride & Predjudice when she was describing the ball she and her daughters had just attended at Netherfield. He was willing to listen to her rattle on about the ball until she began to describe the lace on Miss Bingley's dress; that was going too far! She gets the hint :)

[Lamb]

My sister and me usually quote Sybill from "Fawlty Towers" when we meet an ignoramus: "He's from Barcelona!"
I think it was my grandmother's half-joking, half-threatening bit when someone was about to "climb up the wall" with impatience and/or irritation: "Beware, I can pull you down!" (from the wall or ceiling, that is).
"Is it in pieces yet?" My father, when someone is pushing something about or slamming doors.
(cr.p! it's hard to translate such short phrases...)

[Teacherbear]

Some coworkers (teachers) use to tell me to "Land the plane" when I was getting long winded during a parent conference. They even had a hand movement for it!

My brothers use to put "mutchup" on their hotdogs and hamburgers (mustard and catsup).

This one has a bit of an ewwww factor: I have friends who say "fuller'n a tick" the unspoken part is "after a blood suckin" to indicate how full they are after eating a large meal.

[LisaJaney]

Oh my gosh, this is awful, but we had a neighbor who would use this saying and we just adopted it. He was having a rough day and my Daddy asked him, "How's things today, Jerry?" and he said "Man, it's a tits-up kind of day" (meaning everything was dead or dying; you know, feet-in-the-air, x's on the eyes, a really lousy day) We shortened it to "T-U", and we are probably the only ones that know what that means.

We use the fuller'n a tick, but also "tighter than a tick" (about to pop, you know) Queenie gets that one a lot, when she's stolen Mags' food, the dirty rat.

I have had people tell me that they don't know what I mean when I say "Quarter o' one" (meaning 'quarter OF one, or quarter TILL one', on the clock?) but that's what we always said in Iowa. I figured it was normal.

We also say, and Beppie just said to me yesterday "It's a fat week til our next test", meaning just over a week. (a skinny week would be just under a week)

And, from when Gussy was little, having to go pee is "addy". I have no idea why, but that was it. Pooping was DEED-addy (BIG addy) And Ah-deem is icecream. Yeah, he was one screwed up little kid... He got bettah, though! (yes, that's a Monty Python reference. You don't LOOK like a newt!)

[angelthadiva]

My response to this is really only LOL to those who are in the inner circle, but my family (sissy, kids, DH and close friends) we answer the phone by either saying hello in a real old man sounding voice, or by sounding like Madea saying, "Hel-ler"...I wish you could hear it, you'd crack up. Most of the time when either voice is heard by people outside the circle, they just hang up because they think they've gotten the wrong number!

When the kids try to get involved in adult topics, we usually say, "No, never you mind"...That was just something we made up.

Another made up thing was actually inspired by a local corner store...The worker made the change and said, "Thank you, come again", but with an accent...It tickled DS16, that's something we say a lot--Another one is "Fo sho, fo sho", and another is "TONIGHT/TODAY"...The explanations are too lengthy, but we have teenage boys--Enuf said :)

[Pierre]

My mom and I say "I'll be seeing you" with a drawl, sounding like "Abyssinia", to which we respond "Ethiopia", and since it split off, "Eritrea". When I was little at bedtime, she said it was time to "go schlafen". One of us (possibly my sister when I was a baby; I don't remember) said "Tedibi dodo"; this is bilingual baby-talk for "The teddy bear has to go to sleep", with "dodo" from French "dormir". I made up that the plural of that was "Tedibum dodan", in what language, I never decided.

[LisaJaney]

My dad used to answer the phone "Joe's Morgue -- you stab 'em, we slab 'em". That's horrible, I know. This is why we don't take him anywhere... ;)

[jennysdreaming]

My dad was calling sandwiches 'sammys' long before Rachel Ray came on the scene. The only other ones I can think of at the moment are hangeburgers (hamburgers) and pasketti (spaghetti) both from toddler-speak.

[ilovemycop]

My dad used to answer the phone "Joe's Morgue -- you stab 'em, we slab 'em". That's horrible, I know. This is why we don't take him anywhere... ;)

HaHa! My mom still says that!

This may sound almost mean but me and my DH whenever one says I love you, the other replies I know. From Star Wars...our favorite movie :)

[freznow]

Hah we have too many to count but they're all so naturaly I rarely think of them. Most come in use from a certain thing and eventually die out a bit only to reoccur later. Like "Adequisiquosity" for "average" from some show... "___, like a Vulcan!" (like if you say some adjective "The dog's gotten dirty again" someone might reply "Dirty like a Vulcan!" even if it makes no sense really) And numerous times someone is imitating Patrick from Spongebob. And there's a running gag about the dog saying "PET ME!" after anything she supposedly 'says'. Oh so many about the pets... And many many more random things. I just can't think of them because they're family speak!

I also have friend speak. I caught 'indeed' from a friend of mine (she'll say indeed after a lot of things, if it's a true statement and there's really not much other things to respond with) and my other friend caught it from me and started spreading it to her friends. Lol. And this second friend we speak in part Latin part Spanish mostly English to each other. Lots of fun. "Ecce! Est larus!" xD "Look! It's a seagull!"

[Anje]

My husband and I occasionally employ pronounciations of common internet misspellings and 1337-speak, including "hace" (pronounced "hass"), "teh", ending verbs in "-xor", etc.

Worse than that, though, are all the little jokes within my family. Cabs are "appneemens", because they proclaim abbreviations for the three towns they service where I grew up. My inlaws will randomly break in on things with lines like "I don't suppose there are any sandwiches" from Cold Comfort Farm. And tuna on toast is "tuna fish on crunchy bread" (in a sing-song voice).

[Pierre]

Here's one I made up: Someone who's going too fast on the highway is "passing the air". That means he's going fast, as if he were passing someone, but there's no car to the right of him, just air.

[frannyg]

I'm happy to know that we're not the only geeky family. :)

Whenever one of us looks totally glazed over, deep in thought, including the pets, one of us will say, "Oh, poor (insert name here) is pining for the fjords." That of course is from Monty Python.

We also "collect" incorrect usages of words, either from people in real life, or on TV. If you watch a baseball game, there is usually a gem. Then we take that word and run with it, such as, "I'm feeling particularly ubiquitous today." or "Your hair is looking very incredulous this evening."

Gosh, there are so many more, but I can't think of them at the moment.

[SheliaAnn1969]

Me and my sis always say Ipe Ceem, for Ice Cream, because thats what my 12 year old nephew called it when he was 2 years old.

We also make the motion of (crazy- turning your finger around and around by your ear, when you make that motion) but we will say..."Wind up the hamster wheel" and make the motion bigger and bigger and faster and faster to indicate someone is really nuts! Or we will just say "wind up the hampster wheel" when we see that someone is acting crazy or talking crazy and we dont want them to know what we mean.

We also say "Pass the pipe" when someone is talking trash or rambling, its like saying, stfu man just leave it be. Or it just means, "I wish they would shut up" We say pass long ..."paaaaaaaaass the pipe."

When its all crazy somewhere, we make the circus sound, I cant find a file right now, but its the music you hear at the circus, it means that things are crazy, or someone is high, or that were going to party, depending on the situation.

We always have weird stuff we say, one time we were at the Columbus Zoo, feeding birds french fries, there was a sign that was missing a few letters, and it said "P_ease do _ot fee_ _he birds" (Please do not feed the birds)
I saw the sign and kept saying in a real shrill weird voice....Pease do ot fee de he birds....people were looking like I was a nut and we were laughing so hard because we realized we were feeding the birds fries and it said no feeding the birds, that made us laugh even harder.

So now, when were doing something we shouldnt we say "Pease do ot fee de he birds"

You would have to hear it, my sister was like, "youre crazy, people think youre mentally retarded" which made me do it all day and say it really loud and shrill every time. (those were fun times) lolol, I know, were lame.

Also, when we want to "run away" or get away from a situation, we will say "where we going lil baby Joesph"? and we will all say "Fworda"
That come from when we was living in California and moving to Florida and we would ask my nephew, whom we called lil baby Joesph....."where we goin lil baby Joesph"? and he'd reply, "Fworda"

[LisaJaney]

Pass the pipe! That's brilliant. I'm going to borrow that one, if I may... My hubby would get it without explanation. ;)

[SheliaAnn1969]

hehe LisaJaney, its basically saying "Quit Bogarting" or "get on with it man" haha

[Wanita]

I have had people tell me that they don't know what I mean when I say "Quarter o' one" (meaning 'quarter OF one, or quarter TILL one', on the clock?) but that's what we always said in Iowa. I figured it was normal.

Of course it's normal! :rassberry: Except I usually say "Quarter to" or "quarter past".

The thing around here that puzzles 'others' is when we have tavern for lunch. It's even on the school lunch menus. Basically it's a sloppy joe (wherever that name came from).

Someone said to DD19, "oh, you mean barbecue." She said, no, barbecue is with shredded meat; this is with hamburger. Her friend just did this: :huh: and :rolleyes:

Don't ask me why it's named that. I just know how to make it, I didn't name it.

[morningstar]

"Run Forrest" I am always saying that to my DS 9.
"Good one Jethro" I am always saying that one to Mark cause he is grew up on a farm I guess.
Have fun storming the castle Mark uses that one when ever I go somewhere...
My dad and I always refer to the movie Defending your Life He says "He is just the dumb guy that lost the hose" whenever he does something my mom is not happy with.
Mark and I quote Rain Man alot. Too many quotes that we use often to mention.
My kids and I say this to each other just about every day. Them: I love you mom.
Me: I love you more
Them: I love you more and you can't beat it.
Me: I love you as much as that so now we're equal.

[kimberlily]

With us, it is funny pronunciations. I have a hard time saying asparagus now, because DH is a silly bugger and likes to call it "asper-AGUS" :lol:

[basak]

There are so many things that I use with my BF and friends that are hilarious, but it wouldn't be funny even if I told you guys-mostly because of the language difference(Turkish). For instance, instead of saying "I love you", we say "levye", which is pronounced somewhat similar to "love you", but it means crowbar in Turkish(this is a comic reference, by the way). It's also funny to change the pronounciations of words, like saying Beseg(which is my favourite nickname, and believe it or not, it even gets compliments XD) instead of Basak. And then there are the dirty references, like "killing cats", which make no kind of resemblance to their actual meaning.

[feisty redhead]

I can't really think of anything at the moment, other than a slip of the tounge MANY years ago led to my sister and I referring to each other as "snilly" and "snissy". It's odd but it's us. :)

And I am not sure if this counts or not, but my brother and I have a weird connection where we can "talk" without ever saying a word; we just read each other's facial expressions to have entire conversations. It's kind of fun when others are around because we will just start laughing over whatever we're "talking" about and nobody ever knows what we're laughing about. And, along the same lines, we understand each other well enough that (and this might seem gross and immature but we don't do this as often as we did when we were younger.. well, I don't anyway. can't speak for my brother lol.) we can talk to each other with our mouths full and still understand exactly what was said, even if all that was heard by others was random mumbling. Yeah, very lady-like of me I know. :sweatdrop:

[Teacherbear]

We say many things incorrectly, just for fun. The grocery list requires a bit of imagination to figure out what the item actually is. A sample grocery list might be: garwik, uhyons, maters, tubers, sketti, aigs, collie flwr.

Oh the fun! ;)

[kimberlily]

Teacherbear, that's funny :lol:

We also tease my MIL because she uses filum in her camera and likes to eat lassaghna followed by an EXpresso ;)

[Nat242]

Where to begin?

One of my sisters and I have our own language - the other two sisters (and also our boyfriends) have picked up on it somewhat. For example, coffee is 'clack'.

My sisters and our mum would say "Love-love-love" to each other instead of "love"...it's extra love! In the movie Bruce Almighty, he says it - we were so outraged that our saying had been stolen.

If you feel like being really annoying (again this is with my sisters), if someone says, "Do you want to watch a movie", you reply, "YOU'RE a movie". It works for anything. "Where's the mirror?" "YOUR'RE a mirror!" It's a really annoying and almost insulting way to remind us we're all one, I guess ;)

Toddlerspeak from my young cousins - a DVD is a deeveedeevee.

Also, my darling partner likes to make fun of "cutesy pie" language that some couples use. So he makes up frighteningly odd pet names for me, e.g. Goverly Buns.

Also, spaghetti carbonara is Carbo-banara.

I think I've said enough. ;)

[Teacherbear]

LOL, I love this thread!

An ex-bf use to call the turn signal in the car a "gick-el" (the sound it makes) and an alarm clock a "skeeeeb" (the sound *it* makes).

And if one person has some food/drink and the other person takes a bite of it, then the person is "taxing" the food/drink. Ex: Hubby pours a soda into a glass for me and he takes a swing from the glass before giving it to me - he took a tax on the drink.

[Pierre]

I call the gickel "tipbolt".

If maters are to aigpwants what uhyons are to garwik, are tubers also like aigpwants?

[Anje]

edit: Decided to remove it. Someone might take offense...

[Velvettt]

This is a good thread! Hmmm. So many but too many of them are not safe for work or kids. :drool:

My sons and I used to say we wanted crunchings and munchings when we were hungry. That was from Lloyd Alexander's book series.

DH uses so many odd (to me) expressions, such as "drunk as Cooter Brown" and he has no idea where they came from.

When getting ready for bed, we say we're going to our happy place, from Finding Nemo, of course.

He says I'm the one with "exotic Canadian expressions", such as when I call falling down "going ass over teakettle".

LisaJaney, we always used to answer the phone with the Joe's Morgue thing when we were teenagers! Or sometimes "Mabel's Massage Parlor, we never rub you the wrong way!"

From toddlerspeak, we called any canned spaghetti type food "olies". That came from my son's attempt to say Spaghetti Os.

ETA: a really, really insider thing just between DH and I: a former friend was very conceited about her cooking although it didn't merit that conceit. She was fond of saying that many people told her she was the best cook they knew. So when we're commenting on something the other one has cooked that didn't quite make the grade, we say "You're the best cook I ever knew." and the other will respond "Many people say so."

[morningstar]

Velvett, "going ass over teakettle" is something my late husband used to say. I never knew where it came from. His family would say it.

[angelthadiva]

I never realized how much family speak we do! We were in the car driving last night when DH and I were discussing this...

We say, "Whatchu talkin' about, Willis" when we don't understand what the OP is saying...That's from Different Strokes

We use, "Run Forrest Run" from Forrest Gump

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" from Finding Nemo
"Wanna hawka loogie" from Finding Nemo

My DH and BIL say "50,000 kronkites", I think that is from some cartoon.

I say Lasaganah too, I think that came from Garfield.

One that my friends and I use is, "What the bloody hell was that?" said w/an English accent...That is courtesy of Simon Cowell from American Idol.

This one is actually courtesy of Pegs, in one of her posts, she said the word "dumbassery"...When I read that I LMBO, I try to use that word as much as possible...Around the kids I've changed it to "dumbbuttery" :)

I work with this lady who is touched by something....What exactly is TBD, but any way...She says things that don't even go with the conversation, that just kind of makes the conversation pause, while everyone is looking at each other wondering what the heck she's talking about...We swear it's some kind lingering effects from the 60's...We say, "It's puff, puff pass, Lil--Not puff, puff, puff"...

[SheliaAnn1969]

I work with this lady who is touched by something....What exactly is TBD, but any way...She says things that don't even go with the conversation, that just kind of makes the conversation pause, while everyone is looking at each other wondering what the heck she's talking about...We swear it's some kind lingering effects from the 60's...We say, "It's puff, puff pass, Lil--Not puff, puff, puff"...


haha, kinda like "Pass the pipe" lololol

My ex used to say "Drunk as Cooter Brown" too, who the heck knows.

My current BF says ...ohhhhh Bull Bologna when he is po'd like Bull **** I guess and now when sis and I are po'd we will mimick him and say Bull Bologna.

And when were hungry...we say hooooongry, and when we say what do you wanna eat, we say ....real slow.......bread.............bologna..........doll ar..........
Because it was some stuff my mom used to say when she was looped....lol

If something stinks, or smells good, we say " I mell it in my nose" because when my nephew was about 3, he smelled something stinky and said......ewwwwwww I mell it in my nose......Poor Joe, he will never get out of this stuff!!!!

[iris]

Fun thread!

When dealing with dangerous objects (can openers, tools etc) my man and I like to say 'do not point at the creature'. It comes from a BB gun manual - one of those manuals that are written in Japanese and then translated to English following the 'pick the first meaning in the dictionary' approach. Excellent method to up the amusement value of any manual, highly recommended.

In the family I grew up in, 'those shoes fit comfortably' is the standard response when someone is interpreting what you are feeling without actually having a clue. Comes from the time my mom went shoe shopping, tried on some shoes but didn't find they fit right, so she said to the lady in the store they didn't fit her comfortably, to which the lady replied 'those shoes do fit comfortably!'

Hm, something is being lost in translation here which I can't fix. In any case, it's funny because my mom was quite offended that the lady decided for her how she felt, while, the person who without a doubt is the unchallenged world champion in deciding for others how they feel is... my mom.

Iris

[darian moone]

When someone hasn't been feeling well and the others have been catering to their needs (read waiting on them hand and foot ;) ), if the "waiters" finally determine the sickie is no longer so sick that they can't change the blooming TV channel themselves or get their own glass of water, we just let out a loud "MOOOO" like a cow. :moo:

This started when I was in my early 30's, a divorced mom and my DS was about 10 years old. I had to have a series of surgeries one summer. I didn't have any help around the house other than my son, and I had fixed meals and had frozen them before the surgery, etc. I would give him instructions as to setting the oven, putting the dish in, taking it out, serving, etc. Finally during my recouperation period after the last surgery after a good week or so, he just came up to me where I lay on the couch and let out a loud "MOOOO". I was so shocked I said: "What?" He replied, "MOOOOOOO!!!!!" I asked him what in the world he was doing. He said, "Just lettin' ya know I think you're milkin' it mom".

Guess what? The kiddo was right. I could do more than I thought I was just so afraid of being in pain again that I didn't even try.

So now, we MOOOO each other whenever necessary. And it still works. :D

[darian moone]

Ah, another one for the girls only ;)

When my "monthly visitor" arrives I inform DH by telling him "The eagle has landed" (from the words spoken when the astronauts landed on the moon). We say it very seriously and try to sound like we're talking through an old time mic to sound as much like the recordings from the moon landing as possible.

(I never said I was normal)

[morningstar]

Darian you are funny. MOOOOOO! That sounds like something my DS9 would say. I love it. I am glad your not normal!

[Anje]

Darian, I love the MOOOOing!

As regards "the eagle has landed", it beats my monthly announcement that "I am officially not pregnant."

[SheliaAnn1969]

As regards "the eagle has landed", it beats my monthly announcement that "I am officially not pregnant."


hehe, I usually say, welp....guess what you WONT be getting for a while??

he knows IMMEDIATELY, and what a sad sad face he gets.....lololol

[Velvettt]

Something else we say so frequently, I forget it's not normal talk.:drool:
When one of us is listing things and runs out of steam, the other chimes in with "And evwything!" said in an exaggerated childish lisp. The silly thing is that I've forgotten where we got it from.

[LisaJaney]

The first time I ever saw "Ass Over Teakettle" was in the book Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux (sp?) The dad said it about their trip on the ship. That was a good book, I thought. Weird, but good. That was more than 20 years ago by now, though.

OK, I gotta run. This is the ONE thread on the baords I've looked at; I have to get to studying for my calc-test. Woot! Related Rates will be on this one. TOMM, do you hear me????

[morningstar]

When a cat looks at you and sorta blinks as it is purring I always say " oh look the kitty is giving me love looks." It has turned into "The kitty (insert name) is giving love looks for free" This is because it is such a honor to be loved by a cat.

[darian moone]

Darian you are funny. MOOOOOO! That sounds like something my DS9 would say. I love it. I am glad your not normal!

Me too. Normal is boring. ;)

[darian moone]

Darian, I love the MOOOOing!

As regards "the eagle has landed", it beats my monthly announcement that "I am officially not pregnant."

LOL!!! I think if I even said the "p" word to my DH he would totally freak out at this stage in the game! LOL!

[jessie58]

One day my oldest sister started bellowing at me to close the windows and doors because there was a big storm coming up. She sounded so serious that I started shouting in a very crisp, authoritative voice. "Close all doors, shut all windows, remain calm." We laughed so hard that after that when it would rain out or a big wind picked up, we would shout "Close all doors, shut all windows, remain calm."

When my children were little, each one had funny way of saying certain words. My middle daughter was about 3 or 4 years old and used to announce, "that's hootch" quite often and we never knew what she was talking about. One day when we were driving in the car, her sister who was 2 years older than her started shouting, I know what it means "that's hootch means that's huge." So we still say to this day, that's hootch when we see something really large.

Our first daughter used to say patter killer for caterpiller and plass mate for placemat. So we still use those words today.

Our oldest daughter also used to say "it just appeared" when she meant it disappeared and we sometimes still say that too.

Another one is popsook for popsicle.

And the girls and I say, "who you calling scruffy" from Star Wars when Princess Leia calls Hans Solo a scruffy nerfherder.

[Miss Murphy]

I just noticed one we use around here: "blablabla yakketi-shmakketi" (from Taz-Mania) when someone's just droning on and on and on about something.

[Velvettt]

When a cat looks at you and sorta blinks as it is purring I always say " oh look the kitty is giving me love looks." It has turned into "The kitty (insert name) is giving love looks for free" This is because it is such a honor to be loved by a cat.

My sons and I always call that look "squinging". As in, "he's squinging at me." It's from a book but I can't remember if it's The Abandoned by Paul Gallico or another one which I've lost in the brain fog.

[angelthadiva]

jessie58 (http://chatter.thebeautybottle.com/member.php?u=174): One day my oldest sister started bellowing at me to close the windows and doors because there was a big storm coming up. She sounded so serious that I started shouting in a very crisp, authoritative voice. "Close all doors, shut all windows, remain calm." We laughed so hard that after that when it would rain out or a big wind picked up, we would shout "Close all doors, shut all windows, remain calm." You almost made me spit on that one! Too funny!

[capelli lunghi]

When my brother was little he would say "stuffing" instead of "something".. so we still say stuffing to this day.. lol

When someone can't find something, we will say "look in the fridge" (because stuff has ended up in there and no one knows how.. keys, remotes, even a wallet one time.. LOL) or we will say "Well, it's gone forever now!".. lol

We had one of those Ronco Rotissiere things on our counter.. and EVERYTIME someone needed to know where something was.. it was in relation to where that dumb thing was.. LOL.. "It's in the cupboard above the rotissiere." "It's straight across from the rotissiere"... lol

Mom accidentally called the laptop the microwave one time.. so we now use the microwave to get online and we heat stuff up in the laptop.. lol

There was this thing on youtube with Mr. Bean about the Taliban and they kept on getting telemarketer phone calls.. lol I can't find the Mr. Bean version.. but here is one with the same sound as the mr. bean one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww-xEcfhfFY So sometimes when we call dad's cell.. or when we call home.. In a real sedated voice we'll say.."Did you know aluminum siding can raise the property value of your house?" or "Good afternoon, Sir. How would you like free HBO for a month?" "Congratulations! You've qualified for the platinum card!" LOL

We are ALWAYS quoting movies... It is just too much to even try and list here.. LOL

[angelthadiva]

capelli lunghi (http://chatter.thebeautybottle.com/member.php?u=970): That is too funny!!

Sharing your story, reminded me of when we were little...When something naughty was done around the house and nobody would fess up to it...Mom would say that it must have been a gremlin...That's about the time when the Gremlin movies were popular (I'm dating myself, I know)...

[jessie58]

Capelli Lunghi, the thing about the rotisserie just made me laugh out loud. The taliban one is funny too. :)

[capelli lunghi]

LOL.. What is really funny is that the thing is not there any more.. so now it is in relation to where the rotisserie WAS! LOL We are so weird! lol

[Maryr2]

Well my maiden name was White. We lived in a White House. My brothers had names like 'Jimmy", "Gerry", "Pat (Nixon)" so of course the phone was always answered appropriately to whoever was in the real White house at the time. "White House Jimmy Speaking" during Jimmy Carter, etc. The silence on the other end was always golden.

The most annoying one, which I have told my kids to shoot me if they ever hear me say it is: "What I did" My uncles, aunts, mother all of them would stick that at the end of every statement. "I went to the store what I did" "Got me some tomatos what I did" "Gary gave the corn to grandma what he did" ARRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!