# How do you tell someone to get lost?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820>\
**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:** 4\
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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/21 "2009-07-31T23:37:31Z")

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> [@runner pat](#):
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> Why don’t you make like a tree… and get out of here? 😃

Damn, that’s the one I was going to say.

I like: You should go outside and play ‘hide and go fuck yourself.’

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/22 "2009-08-01T00:16:27Z")

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As always, Buffy comes through:

“Why don’t you let the door hit you on the ass on your way out of town?”

Of course, she did punctuate it by bending a gun barrel in two while she said it.

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**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/23 "2009-08-01T00:23:35Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Go fly a kite.

I’m all for that!!!

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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-someone-to-get-lost/504820/24 "2009-08-01T01:04:47Z")

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Whenever I want to encourage someone to get lost, I recommend they use MapQuest. Because it’s wrong so often.

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