# "Make like a \_\_\_\_\_\_, and \[leave\]." Need some new ones **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881 "2020-08-12T13:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/1 "2020-08-12T13:29:37Z")
I need some help; I’m running out of graceful exit punchlines. The standards: “Make like a banana, and split.” “Make like a tree and leaf.” My personal ones: “Make like a priest, and get the hell out of here.” “Make like a hockey player and get the puck out.” “Make like boat and sail out.” My repertoire is getting stale. . . help me out. ETA: The interface just recommended [this old thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-my-pants-and-split/338792/12) Tripler I had more, but it’s been so long since I could mingle with others . . . ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/2 "2020-08-12T13:42:42Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > ETA: The interface just recommended [this old thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-my-pants-and-split/338792/12) Unless I’m missing it, that thread’s missing one of the basics: “Make like a drum and beat it.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/3 "2020-08-12T13:50:29Z")
My favorite has always been the simple “make like a tree and get the fuck out of here!” ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/4 "2020-08-12T14:13:48Z")
Make like a cat and suddenly run full speed in a random direction for no discernable reason. Make like a cow and moooooove. Make like the wind and blow. Make like a hermit crab and get the shell out of here. Make like manga writer Tatsuya Matsuki’s career and disappear. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/5 "2020-08-12T14:25:18Z")
Make like a jet and scram. Make like a jazz singer and scat. Make like a cashier and give us the slip. Make like a soldier and take your leave. Make like a bondsman and bail. ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/6 "2020-08-12T14:41:27Z")
Make like a horse turd and hit the road. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/7 "2020-08-12T16:54:33Z")
Make like a baby and head out. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/8 "2020-08-12T17:02:19Z")
From Comic Book Guy: Now, make like my pants and split. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Make like a baby and head out. My brother was breach, so if someone was butting into a conversation, we’d say: Make like [my brother] and butt out. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/9 "2020-08-12T17:04:58Z")
Make like a thief and steal away. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/10 "2020-08-12T17:23:00Z")
Make like an adolescent and beat it. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/11 "2020-08-12T17:24:02Z")
Make like a nose and boogie! ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/12 "2020-08-12T18:10:06Z")
Make like Lorena Bobbit and depart Make like a broken desk and skedaddle Make like a cheque and bounce Make like a lost boy and sling your hook Make like my chances of happiness and vanish with the woman I never had the courage to love ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/13 "2020-08-12T18:50:20Z")
Make like a shepherd and get the flock out of here. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/14 "2020-08-12T22:54:37Z")
Make like a bee and buzz. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/15 "2020-08-13T12:29:59Z")
Make like a board game and Go ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/16 "2020-08-13T12:53:55Z")
Make like a large North American Elk and vaMoose? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/17 "2020-08-14T02:02:06Z")
“Get the flock out of here” is the one I came in here to say. I first heard it in _Lethal Weapon_. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/18 "2020-08-14T02:55:51Z")
Make like [Mark Sanford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair#:~:text=During%20the%20six%20days%20of,sexual%20scandal%20in%20American%20English.) and take a hike. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/19 "2020-08-14T04:51:56Z")
Make like a Beiruti and blow this town. . OK, I’m going to hell for that one. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881/20 "2020-08-14T15:40:43Z")
I’ve seen all the Lethal Weapons but don’t remember that line. I was paraphrasing from _Porky’s_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-like-a-and-leave-need-some-new-ones/917881.md?page=2)