# Make like a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321 "2004-11-06T04:46:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/1 "2004-11-06T04:46:57Z")
Make like a rug and roll! Make like a tree and leaf! Make like horse shit and hit the dusty trail! Make like a shepherd and get the flock out of here! Make like Gretzky and get the puck out of here! C’mon, what are some more? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/2 "2004-11-06T04:56:56Z")
Make like a banana and split. I can’t think of any more right now, but I wanted to get one original one in there. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/3 "2004-11-06T04:58:25Z")
Just a few results from Googling “make like a \* and \*:” Make like a banana and split Make like a fetus and head out Make like a tom and cruise Make like a rock and roll Make like a horn and blow Make like a planet and spin Make like a nail and press on Make like a bowel and move Make like a trailer and get hitched Of course my favorite, and the one my wife uses on a regular basis, is from “Back to the Future:” Make like a tree and get out of here ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/4 "2004-11-06T05:05:31Z")
Make like a drum, and beat it. Make like an egg and get laid. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/5 "2004-11-06T05:22:16Z")
If you want to ditch any pretense of being clever… Make like your sister (or any suitable person) and (insert extremely lewd act here). I shouldn’t drink and post, I have a bad mind. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/6 "2004-11-06T05:27:54Z")
> [@Kingspades](#): > > Make like a fetus and head out :: choking on \*Fosters \* :: I forgot that one !!! How 'bout… Make like a Rum & Coke. No? Ok… ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/7 "2004-11-06T05:32:33Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > :: choking on \*Fosters \* :: > I forgot that one !!! > > How 'bout… Make like a Rum & Coke. No? Ok… I chuckled. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/8 "2004-11-06T05:42:29Z")
Make like Mel Torme and scat Make like United and fly ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/9 "2004-11-06T06:25:06Z")
Make like a tuck and roll. Let’s blow this pop stand. Hello, I must be going. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/10 "2004-11-06T06:25:23Z")
The only one I can remember that hasn’t been mentioned already is… Make like the north wind and blow. ---
**Author:** ![NoPretentiousCodename](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NoPretentiousCodename](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoPretentiousCodename)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/11 "2004-11-06T06:49:13Z")
Make like Brave Sir Robin and RUN AWAY!! Make like Hansel & Gretel and get lost. Make like a pimp and turn tail. Make like cremation ashes and scatter. Make like a library and book. Make like an ungulate and hoof it. Make like a priest and bugger (off). Make like Sister Bertrille and take a flying leap. Make like an asian cook-ware thief and take a wok. Make like Ned Flanders and ski-diddle-daddle. Make like Paul Ruben and beat it. Make like Lance Armstrong and … On yer bike! Make like Christopher and start Walken. Make like Benny and jet. Make like mint jelly and go on the lam. Make like a dog and flea. Make like Wendy and leave me alone. Make like a donkey delivery truck driver and haul ass. (Sorry so many, I’ll let somebody else have a turn now) ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/12 "2004-11-06T06:57:10Z")
wow. just, wow. :eek: :: Gesticulates wildly in **NoPretentiousCodename** ’s general direction :: ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/13 "2004-11-06T07:03:34Z")
I like this variation from Trailer Park Boys: Why don’t you make like a tree and fuck off! ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/14 "2004-11-06T07:26:52Z")
> [@NoPretentiousCodename](#): > > Make like Wendy and leave me alone. Just checking - Wendy Carlos? -mdf ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/15 "2004-11-06T08:37:47Z")
Make like U-Haul and move. That’s the best I got, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/16 "2004-11-06T09:52:59Z")
Make like a 1960s explorer and visit the Marianas Trench for 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/17 "2004-11-06T10:26:24Z")
Make like a banana and split?? I always thought it was make like an amoeba and split. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/18 "2004-11-06T10:35:28Z")
> [@MisterThyristor](#): > > Make like a banana and split?? > > I always thought it was make like an amoeba and split. NO, no, no. It’s make like a PEA and split. Or make like Horse Turds, and hit the trail. \<— that one was in the OP, barely different ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/19 "2004-11-06T11:50:08Z")
A good one I heard from a co-worker, upon leaving for the night: “Let’s make like Cheech and Chong and split this joint.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321/20 "2004-11-06T13:50:13Z")
> [@NoPretentiousCodename](#): > > Make like Paul Ruben and beat it. “Make like Michael Jackson and beat it” works on more levels. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-_______-and-_______/273321.md?page=2)