# Why don't you make like a tree... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876 "2006-02-03T18:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/1 "2006-02-03T18:52:13Z")
…and leave? How many “I want you to go” or “I’m leaving” sayings are there? …make like a drum and beat it …off like a bride’s nightie. …make like a shepherd and get the flock out of here. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/2 "2006-02-03T18:54:47Z")
a Peter Griffin-ism… “Why don’t you make like Siamese twins and split…and then one of you die” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/3 "2006-02-03T18:57:38Z")
The only one I would ever use was the one from The Boondock Saints “Why don’t you make like a tree, and get the f\*ck outta my bar.” Of course I don’t own a bar, so I’m not sure when I would be able to use it. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/4 "2006-02-03T18:58:19Z")
Stick an egg in your shoe and beat it. Make like an atom and split. Make like Paris Hilton and blow. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/5 "2006-02-03T19:02:11Z")
… make like a banana and split… ---
**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:** [February 3, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/6 "2006-02-03T19:07:13Z")
…off like a prom dress. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/7 "2006-02-03T19:08:21Z")
Make like a good Catholic… and pull out. Make like a newborn… and head out. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/8 "2006-02-03T19:11:23Z")
Make like a priest and get the hell out of here. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/9 "2006-02-03T19:14:55Z")
Make like a tree, and get out of here. I know, I know: it makes as much sense as a screen door on a battleship. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/10 "2006-02-03T19:52:04Z")
I’m gonna make like a baby and head out ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/11 "2006-02-03T19:55:59Z")
Amscray Usterbay! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/12 "2006-02-03T20:28:54Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > Make like a tree, and get out of here. > > I know, I know: it makes as much sense as a screen door on a battleship. Hello! McFly! Think for a minute, would you? If I tuned in my post with your username, I’d get banned, You wouln’t want me to get banned, would you? (Basically, that’s my clever way of saying you stole my post. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/13 "2006-02-03T20:33:15Z")
Two of my faves… Make like a french Elk… and vamoose Make like a donkey’s dong… and hit the road 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/14 "2006-02-03T20:47:15Z")
Make like a bakery truck and haul buns. Make like a hockey player and get the puck outta here. (thank you Tom Waits!) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/15 "2006-02-03T21:00:26Z")
This is an A and B conversation, so C your way out. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/16 "2006-02-03T21:03:07Z")
Make like horse shit and hit the trail. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/17 "2006-02-03T21:03:24Z")
Make like a rock and roll. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/18 "2006-02-03T23:02:10Z")
Make like Gumby ans slide on outta here. Make like a hippie and blow this joint. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/19 "2006-02-04T18:53:02Z")
Make like a nose and boogie! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876/20 "2006-02-04T20:44:09Z")
Make like a pair of headlights and hit the road! (Yes, it would be more accurate to say headlight _beams_, but the sentence above is how I heard the expression phrased.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-you-make-like-a-tree/342876.md?page=2)