# How do you tell someone to get lost? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820 "2009-07-30T22:57:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/1 "2009-07-30T22:57:19Z")
I’m looking for the idiomatic expressions meaning “get lost” the other day a co-worker said “go kick rocks” go scratch take a long walk off a short pier take a flying leap at a rolling donut what are some others? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/2 "2009-07-30T23:29:31Z")
Why don’t you make like a tree… and get out of here? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/3 "2009-07-30T23:35:20Z")
Go fly a kite. ---
**Author:** ![pabstist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/4 "2009-07-31T01:10:13Z")
The other day I honked at a lady, and then she followed me to the gas station to tell me why she stopped at an intersection with no stop sign. So I just said to her- “I don’t care, so shut the fuck up and go away”. Does that count? “Go fly a kite” wouldn’t quite have expressed my emotions, ya know? So what scenario does your question relate to? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/5 "2009-07-31T01:22:59Z")
Amscray. Why don’t you go play in traffic? See you later. Oh wait, you’re the one who’s leaving now. (Add desired emphasis to last word. or “you’re”) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/6 "2009-07-31T01:35:28Z")
Go pound sand. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/7 "2009-07-31T02:06:02Z")
Go tell your mother she’s calling you. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/8 "2009-07-31T02:13:11Z")
Go commit pesticide. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/9 "2009-07-31T02:23:14Z")
_Only one human Captain has ever survived combat with the Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else._–Delenn ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/10 "2009-07-31T02:54:51Z")
From the best TV show in the world “Prisoner” (Called “Prisoner Cell Block H” elsewhere) “Drop off, luv” 🙂 One of my favourites from _Burns & Allen Radio_ Show George) Come on Gracie go out with me on Saturday Gracie) I’d love to George, but I’m expecting a headache ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/11 "2009-07-31T03:06:09Z")
Piss off. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/12 "2009-07-31T03:54:45Z")
Buzz off. Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya. Get out of my sight. Fuck off. Go play in traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/13 "2009-07-31T04:00:23Z")
“Go and play tig (tag) with the trains”. (Might not work if you are nowhere near any trains, I suppose.) “Do you like sex? Do you like travel? Well then, fuck off” (Haha, look - someone admits to remembering _Prisoner Cell Block H_! 😃 Ah, they don’t make them like that any more. The great days of drama. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/14 "2009-07-31T05:02:33Z")
IRL? I usually don’t. Or I ask them politely to go away/give me some space/let me be alone. In my head, or to my friends later? My favorites: Go pound sand. Get bent. Go play in traffic. ---
**Author:** ![SmashTheState](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/15 "2009-07-31T05:16:52Z")
Many years of reading hard-boiled detective novels have revealed the following to me: Walk west 'til your hat floats. Take a long walk off a short pier. Put an egg in your shoe and beat it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/16 "2009-07-31T05:20:12Z")
Is it even possible to get lost intentionally? @OP: Wanna go find out? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/17 "2009-07-31T05:58:58Z")
> [@11811](#): > > take a long walk off a short pier Nitpick: Long walk ON a short pier. “Off” gives the game away. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/18 "2009-07-31T06:43:46Z")
Hadaway ’n’ shite. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/19 "2009-07-31T23:10:44Z")
Thanks all. I didn’t have a particular scenario in mind, just looking for all the creative ways to tell someone to get knotted. ---
**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/20 "2009-07-31T23:35:07Z")
The key is in the very first episode of the first season, in the scene between Locke and Walt. After that, it’s all about the numbers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820.md?page=2)