# What are your real life catch phrases? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124 "2009-03-11T20:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ShotgunZen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@ShotgunZen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShotgunZen)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/61 "2009-03-12T15:13:04Z")
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones……… today is a kidney stone. Ignorance may be bliss but apathy is an entirely workable substitute. Someone asked me if we managed once again to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. I told them that we had actually snatched victory from somewhere in the large intestines of defeat. It was slow, bloody, nasty work, and the victory, once we had retrieved it wasn’t particularly sweet. When I’m in a meeting that is turning into a shout fest “What this meeting needs is less testosterone (or adrenaline depending on the sex of the participants), and more Prozac”. Nothing is ever fool proof. Fools are just too ingenious. These guys remind me of Larry and Curly when they didn’t have Moe to keep them straight. Just as happy as if he had good sense. Who pissed in your corn flakes? When asked if we can do something. Sure we can do that. With enough time and money we can do anything. With enough time and money I can launch a space shuttle in the parking lot. If you’re asking if we can do it NOW without spending any money then not so much. Alternate, after people have heard the time and money line enough times. “Sure we can do it, but that’s not what you’re asking” Occasionally something bad happens I say “Oh that’s unfortunate” or “OH that’s MOST unfortunate” This is especially good when it’s something really bad. Crane tongs broke and dropped something “Oh that’s MOST unfortunate” ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/62 "2009-03-12T15:48:09Z")
I finish a lot of my storys with…“but strangly arousing” not sure if I made it up or stole it from some where but that would be one of my things ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/63 "2009-03-12T16:04:17Z")
> [@MichaelQReilly](#): > > When I was a little kid, my friend and I spent one winter vacation playing Joe Montana Sportstalk Football for Sega Genesis non stop. Ever since then I’ve adopted two phrases from the announcer which I say in the same disjointed compute generated voice. > > When something neat happens: “Oooo My!” > > When there is any sort of heavy precipitation: “It’s really coming down now!” I picked up “BE the club!” from some golf game my father had. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/64 "2009-03-12T17:24:35Z")
Since I just used it in a post: “I mean, _really_…” Used as a point of emphasis by my supervisor, at least once per conversation. Then I started using it too. For a long time everything even slightly suspicious was “dodgy” for me, so much so that my friends in Toronto started calling me “Mr. Dodgy.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/65 "2009-03-12T17:48:47Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Do you have any that you’re known for? I will almost always answer the various questions “How are you?”/“How’s it going?”/“How ya doin’?” with “So far, so good” unless I’m being asked by someone I really care about. In the years I’ve noticed this about myself, exactly one person I’ve said it to has actually mentioned the joke that line refers to. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/66 "2009-03-12T17:51:36Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I will almost always answer the various questions “How are you?”/“How’s it going?”/“How ya doin’?” with “So far, so good” unless I’m being asked by someone I really care about. > > In the years I’ve noticed this about myself, exactly one person I’ve said it to has actually mentioned the joke that line refers to. And here I was about to quote the joke! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/67 "2009-03-12T17:56:23Z")
Whenever I see someone struggling with some kind of mundane task - "You know, the trick is to be smarter than the [insert name of inanimate object associated with task]. This is, however, not effective when someone is having computer problems. And one I stole from George Carlin in reply to “Have a good one.” “I have a good one. Now what I need is a longer one.” ---
**Author:** ![CallMeKate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@CallMeKate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CallMeKate)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/68 "2009-03-12T17:59:51Z")
I have quite a few, they change, but some of them seem to be sticking around. When something bad happens, “Really life??” or if it pertains to a particular object, “Really \_\_\_\_?” and when I say something stupid, do something silly, it goes with “How much do you hate me?” and more recently “Did you learn that on the dope?” Some long nights have known to contain these few one word exclamations… …Legendary! …Epic! …Fail! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/69 "2009-03-12T18:01:11Z")
> [@Ol\_Gaffer](#): > > And one I stole from George Carlin in reply to “Have a good one.” > > “I have a good one. Now what I need is a longer one.” Tangential comment: My boss was all in favor of acronyms, the less meaningful the better, so he was always signing off conversations with HAGO. To which the standard reply was STY. Hay-go Sty ---
**Author:** ![MichaelQReilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MichaelQReilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelQReilly)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/70 "2009-03-12T18:20:32Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > Uhhh…I do the same thing. Especially, “I don’t believe it!” Well…They’re quality catch-phrases. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelQReilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MichaelQReilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelQReilly)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/71 "2009-03-12T18:25:53Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I picked up “BE the club!” from some golf game my father had. Was that perhaps David Ledbetter Golf? That game had a few good ones. It also used to say “Sublime!” this was before the band of that name, so it was also a good one. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/72 "2009-03-12T18:43:22Z")
I really have to struggle to keep from offering advice that wasn’t asked for. So, you’ll find me saying, “I’m sure you’ll think of something,” or “That’s an interesting situation.” When somebody tells me about an annoying person annoying him, and he wants me to share his outrage, I calmly say, “Well, that was rude.” When I’m asked, “What’s happening?,” I usually say, “Everything!” ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/73 "2009-03-12T19:04:00Z")
A classic from my mom, who has a longstanding reputation as a cranky old bag who does not suffer fools or picky eaters gladly: when faced with “But I don’t like (eggplant, yams, whatever, fill in the blank)!” at the dinner table, I offhandedly reply “More for the good kids.” In other words, tough crapola. Go hungry. Mummie Dearest is also the donor of some good quickie initialisms for email: NMP: Not My Problem. AWTEWLI: All’s Well That Ends Well, Laura Ingalls I’m not much of an outdoorsy gal - my idea of camping is along the lines of a Motel 6 with no internet connection. So, when some woodsy type is regaling me with their fascinating tales of flaking toenails from hiking and bruised crotches from cycling, windburn and insect bites, I announce my motto: “Nature! Makes a great screensaver.” Of course any of the snotty David Spade/Chris farley lines from Tommy Boy are always useful and fun, especially since one of the profs in my dept is named Richard. As in “Shut up, Richard.” and “Richard, what’s happening to us!!??” One I repeated incessantly to my young niece - “Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.” i.e. yes, take your damn jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/74 "2009-03-12T20:23:58Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > My father in law (and consequently, my husband) always say “Cat shit and brickdust.” This took me a second - for a minute there, I was all :eek: that you’d married your father-in-law. Then I figgered it out - I’m smart that way. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/75 "2009-03-12T20:25:30Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Not so much catchphrases as deliberate mispronunciations of places of business: > > Kroger is Regork > Circuit City was Suck It Silly > Big Star (defunct supermarket) was Big Rats > Captain D’s (seafood place) is Captain Hook’s > Best Western is As Good A Western As Any > Sonic is Scenic > Long ago when it went by that name, Sears & Roebuck was Sit & Rearback > Toys R Us is We Be Toys and Shit > any Car Wash is a Car Mash Are you **gonzomax**? He also says “Regork” for “Kroger”. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/76 "2009-03-12T20:45:31Z")
A coworker commented on my most-recent one – when I don’t know the answer, I tend to say “IDK my BFF Rose?” ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/77 "2009-03-12T21:00:33Z")
When the poo poo hits the fan: “JeeZUs, MARY and JOseph!” When the $#!t seriously hits the fan: “I’ll get through this. I never think I’m going to and I always do.” When I’m explaining something that a coworker (especially a higher-paid one) should already know: “It’s been my experience . . .” When I haven’t had my morning coffee yet and am asked a question: “I wanna say . . .” When I’m asked whether an impossible task can be completed within a ridculous timeframe: “What are our assets?” (a la “The Princess Bride”) And whenever anything remotely Australian is mentioned: “Maybe the DINGO ate your Baby!” (Said way too loudly, in a faked Australian accent and with campy serendipitous enthusiasm. This one has gotten me in trouble once or twice. . .) When anyone is trying to put me in the middle of something: “It’s clear that someone here has a real problem. The only thing I’m sure of; it isn’t me.” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/78 "2009-03-12T21:53:04Z")
Quickie meal kits, in this house, are called Bag-O’ or Box-O’. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/79 "2009-03-12T22:01:28Z")
[After telling a joke that fell flat] Oh, it was a _little_ funny… [After being disabused of the notion that a particular woman is interested in me] It could happen… [When someone expresses disbelief at my attitude] That’s how I roll. [When nobody’s on my side] Don’t hate; appreciate! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124/80 "2009-03-13T03:26:42Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I picked up “BE the club!” from some golf game my father had. “Be the ball, Danny” is one of many great Chevy Chase lines in _Caddyshack_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-real-life-catch-phrases/489124.md?page=5)