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01/11/24 Grif.Net – Skedaddle Synonyms

01/11/24 Grif.Net – Skedaddle Synonyms

My personal &#82=
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.&#8=
221;

 

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.”

 =

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."

 

=

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")

 =

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 &#82=
11;

“Prolly ought to hit the road before the crazies are out.&#822=
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&#8217=
;s time to milk the cows.”

 

Sherri R – =

“Better =
get the lead out.”

 

Joel B –

No “words&#82=
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&#8217=
;Dell radio show) –

“I’d better be shoveling on.”=

 

Ken M –

“TTFN” (British “ta-ta for now=
”)

 

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Dr Bob =
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