# Lets get outta here **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461 "2017-03-31T22:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nansbread1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/1 "2017-03-31T22:42:27Z")
Why do Hollywood films use this phrase so often. Does any one have copyright on this phrase. Doesnt anyone find it annoying? You kidding me …appears to be catching up soon too. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/2 "2017-03-31T23:02:11Z")
(In before the move to Cafe Society.) Well, there are a finite numbers of non-stilted ways to make a suggestion to someone that you leave–especially if you are under duress. “Perchance, let us vacate this domicile!” just doesn’t have the ring of verisimilitude. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/3 "2017-03-31T23:03:34Z")
One I’m fed up with: “Can I ask you something?” (You just did.) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/4 "2017-03-31T23:10:15Z")
I say “I’m gonna blow this joint” or “I’m gonna blow this pop stand.” You’d probably find that a lot more annoying. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/5 "2017-03-31T23:11:51Z")
**Moderator Action** Let’s get this thread outta here. Moving thread from General Questions to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/6 "2017-03-31T23:13:20Z")
You didn’t ask, first. You didn’t even ask to ask. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/7 "2017-03-31T23:24:59Z")
[You look like shit](https://youtu.be/cio096u3t1A) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/8 "2017-03-31T23:51:30Z")
What’s wrong with “Let’s get outta here”? I use it all the time. I find myself at a lot of heres at rather be outta. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/9 "2017-03-31T23:57:48Z")
[**Trancephalic** , you’ve inspired me.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taZwviU0sy0) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/10 "2017-04-01T00:15:44Z")
Let’s make like a tree… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/11 "2017-04-01T04:02:43Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Let’s make like a tree… 😃 Eh, you’re as funny as a screen door on a battleship. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/12 "2017-04-01T04:56:07Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > I say “I’m gonna blow this joint” or **“I’m gonna blow this pop stand.”** > > You’d probably find that a lot more annoying. My bold. I just finished the audiobook for _Ready Player One_ today, and this phrase was used-. Which seemed strange to my ears. 'Round here, we say Popsicle stand… And here the phrase rears up again! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/13 "2017-04-01T05:04:26Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Eh, you’re as funny as a screen door on a battleship. … or a submarine. 😃 Seriously, I once read an article about how difficult it was to write for Irwin Allen’s _ **The Time Tunnel** _, especially for “one of the two leads.” Usually, it boiled down to “Let’s get out of here!” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/14 "2017-04-01T05:24:40Z")
Don’t forget my favorite overused phrase, uttered by one of the bad guys, in the driver’s seat, to the other bad guy in the passenger seat, while glancing in the rear-view mirror: “We’ve got company.” ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/15 "2017-04-01T05:29:36Z")
I remember an old trivia book which claimed that “Let’s get out of here” was the most common phrase heard in films. There were no cites or supporting evidence provided, but somehow the truth of the claim was self-evident. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/16 "2017-04-01T06:16:37Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > … or a submarine. 😃 Whoosh! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/17 "2017-04-01T07:35:16Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > What’s wrong with “Let’s get outta here”? I use it all the time. I find myself at a lot of heres at rather be outta. Yeah, me too. Besides, what are the alternatives? How else would you announce you desire to leave? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/18 "2017-04-01T11:34:43Z")
Shakespeare used “Let us away” rather a lot. Richard III. “They, for their truth, might better wear their heads Than some that have accused them wear their hats. But come, my lord, let us away.” And many others ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/19 "2017-04-01T12:59:50Z")
> [@Nansbread1](#): > > Does any one have copyright on this phrase. … In the US, you can’t copyright a short phrase such as this. So even [“Hasta la vista, baby.”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasta_la_vista,_baby) is copyright-free. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461/20 "2017-04-01T13:02:25Z")
Here’s a supercut (i.e., a collection of video clips showing one thing done repeatedly) for the phrase “Let’s get out of here”: Here's a website with a list of such common phrases and links to supercuts of them: > **[35 Most Overused Lines in Movies](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/35-most-overused-lines-in_b_9500594)** > > 35 Most Overused Lines in Movies [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-outta-here/783461.md?page=2)