We’ve been thinking of the creative, punny ways of declaring an intention to vacate the premises.
The classic being, “Make like a tree and leave.”
Ones that made me laugh out loud (which doesn’t happen often):
Make like a baby and head out.
Make like a hippie and blow this joint.
Not as funny, but clever:
Making like Major Tom and coming home.
Do you have any others? Old or new?
Is this mundane enough?
I don’t know…
Make like jackhammers and hit the road?
Make like money and disappear?
Make like a banana and split.
Make like the wind and blow.
Make like a hockey player and get the puck outta here.
Make like a cow patty and hit the trail.
Make like Imelda Marcos and shoo!
Make like an exorcist and get the devil out.
Make like an egg and beat it.
Make like a tree and get out of here (Still say this, courtesy of Biff Tannen, 1955, Back to the Future)
Make like an atom and split.
Make like diarrhea and run!
Make like Jack the Ripper and depart.
Make like an Michael Jackson and Beat It.
NOT molest children! That is RIGHT OUT!
Make like a shepherd and get the flock out of here!
Make like the kind of person who says “Make like insert witticism here” and go away.
Make like a bread truck and haul buns.
Make like a fart and blow this shithole.
Make like a Harley and haul ass.
On a similar note, in college we would use "I’m ____ like (name rhyming with ______).
The only ones I remember are, “I’m starvin’ like Marvin” and the much better “I’m outta here like Vladimir”. That one was used universally when departing.
I’ve always enjoyed the vulgar variation, make like a tree and fuck off!
Make like a tree and leaf. I like it.
Make like a library and book.
Make like Bullwinkle and vamoose.
Make like an adolescent and beat it.