My personal R=
20;Put an egg in your shoe and beat it” post last week (giving the no=
d for when it’s “time to mosey down the trail”) brought t=
he following suggestions to the blog. Use them at your own risk.
Eric S and Terry L –
“Time to act like a baby and head out.=
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Alric S, Debbie H, and Elizabeth B –
“Mak=
e like a banana and split.”
Lois A –
“Mung zoo” (Let’s go in Pashtu)
Gary D –
&#=
8220;Time to make like a stripper and take off.”
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Steve S=
(in Australia, so some British-style wordplay) –
“Time to h=
it the frog and toad.”
Tim M –
"Hah-g=
oo-neeh" (goodbye in Navajo)
and
I flip it around some=
time when people don’t leave and tell my wife, "Let’s go to bed =
so these folks can go home."
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David M =
–
As a particularly obnoxious person leaves the room, you kindly suggest=
to him (or her), "Come again when you can’t stay as long!"
Jeff M –
Adios amoeba. (I=
think amoeba is Spanish for "little thing")
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Jim W &=
#8211;
“Make like a jet and take off.”
and
“Mak=
e like a cow and moo-ve along.”
Shelia Johnson –=
“We’re burning daylight.”
Bryan A R=
11;
“Prolly ought to hit the road before the crazies are out.̶=
1;
Adam C (quoting Hawk Harrelson, Chicago White Six announcer=
, after a home run) –
“He gone.”
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Karen D =
–
I’m usually the last dog to die, people are kicking me out!=
Marie C – (this is a favorite of my husband when leaving)
“I’ve got to go put my wife’s husband to bed.”
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Kort B –
“I’m off again like a dirty shirt.”=
and
“Let’s make like a bread truck and haul buns.”=
Sandy S –
When it’s time to leave, I always say to my hus=
band Dennis, "Let’s Hit the road, Jack."
(Not everybody will g=
et that, but last Sunday my pastor heard me and responded, singing, "a=
nd don’tcha come back no more, no more, no more, no more …" Not bad =
for a 62 year old preacher!)
Ken Y –
“It’=
;s time to milk the cows.”
Sherri R – =
“Better =
get the lead out.”
Joel B –
No “wordsR=
21; spoken. I make the "K" letter (from ASL – pointer/middl=
e finger like a v and thumb at bottom of v) with the fingers, then point to=
the eye, the ear and the nose. It comes from Spanish–Hay que irnos–we ha=
ve to go.- that sounds like: “Eye, k, ear, nose”.
Renee S –
“Time to head off like a herd of turt=
les.”
Sue W –
“Time to go unless you wan=
t us to spend the night.”
John K (quoting Digger O’=
;Dell radio show) –
“I’d better be shoveling on.”=
Ken M –
“TTFN” (British “ta-ta for now=
”)
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Dr Bob =
Griffin
[email protected]=
www.grif=
=2Enet
"Jesus Knows Me, =
This I Love!"