Listening to one of the talking head shows yesterday, my son latched on to the phrase “The Trump family, and Reince Priebus”, which he decided is a terrifying phrase. It has become our family catchphrase (well for the last 24 hours)
Who left the light on in the bathroom? “The Trump family, and Reince Priebus”
Hey, who was on the phone? “The Trump family, and Reince Priebus”
I am sure this will die off soon, but for now it is kind of fun. What are your family catch phrases at the moment?
I just dropped in to say that this new administration has certainly been fertile territory for humor!
Our current inside joke is: “Conflicted”.
My brother recently said something about being “conflicted” about his current relationship. It was a bit dramatic. Unrelated to that, but that same day, my son said he was “conflicted” about which Navy job he’d like to apply for when he joins up this fall.
So my wife and I are currently “Conflicted” about various things.
Q: Did you start the dishawasher? A:Not yet, I’m conflicted.
Q: What do you want for dinner? A:Not sure, I’m conflicted.
Q: Do we need more forever stamps? A:Not sure, I’m conflicted.
I forgot! Last fall when Candidate Trump was asked if he would contest the election results, the phrase “Maybe I will, maybe I won’t Im going to keep you in suspense” was a big phrase in our family.
(I promise we actually do not need script writers to have a conversation. It is just we have the tv on cable news much of the time. )
“Nevertheless, she persisted” gets some good use in our household. It’ll never trump (hey!) “That’s what SHE said”, but then, that’s a perfect phrase.
This one is a couple years old, but we still drag it out during holiday gatherings. “But would you tweet it?”
Come to think of it, with a certain political figure’s fondness for Twitter, we might want to give our catch phrase a rebirth.
I really should have titled this differently.
I think this was from iCarly, but I am not sure.
When there is an awkward silence between people.
“So, do you like… stuff? Do you like things? Do you like stuffy things?”
Whenever in our family something slightly out of the ordinary happened, my kids got into the habit of announcing “Dramatic Plot Twist!”
This has … morphed slightly. So now it’s
“Oh no, someone ate all the Nutri-Grain”
“Germanic Pop Quiz!!!”
“I’m going to be home early tonight - band’s cancelled”
“Germanic Pop Quiz!!!”
“You’re not my real mum” is another favorite - said to anyone who’s not me. Their dad, each other, cousins, friends. I, of course, get “You’re not my real dad”
Number Two Daughter had an amusing time over holidays emailing “You’re not my real mum” randomly to a bunch of her school friends. They were … somewhat confuzzled (another of our favorite words)
Our “awkward silence” phrase is “Kittens are fluffy.”
Well? It’s true! Kittens ARE fluffy!
We tend to do this while watching TV. We watch all the Hallmark romance movies where nothing will ever happen to disturb the viewer. “And the interloper boyfriend pulls a knife and all of the sudden it’s a completely different movie.”