S/O: Family expressions

[siobhang]

the yoda thread got me thinking of the random quotes and expressions we use in our family, that, taken out of context, would make us seem weird or mean.

A couple of examples:

When my 5 yr old is being oppositional, one of us will ask him "Are you subverting the dominant paradigm?"

When peas are being served which my 3 yr old refuses to eat, we all must sing "All we are sayyyyyyinnnnng, is give peas a chaaaaaaaaance"

The other day, my 3 yr old and 5 yr old were playing lego star wars and the 3 yr old shot down a scoutwalker. He started cheering, "Wooo whooo". My 5 yr old replied "Don't get cocky, kid!"

And when anyone mentions the town Killkenny in Ireland (where friends got married a few years back), someone has to say "oh, my god!" {they killkenny...}

[limabean]

We say, "____ was a baaaad choice" a lot, from Anchorman where Will Ferrell is walking down the street all disheveled, drinking out of a carton of milk on a hot day, and says, "Milk was a baaaad choice." Maybe sometimes if people hear us say it they'd think we were being all controlling, but it's a family joke that we all think is funny.

Like a few days ago I made a casserole that required heating at 450* in the oven for 50 minutes, on the hottest day of the year so far, while our a/c was broken, and my DH said, "A casserole was a baaaad choice."

[siobhang]

Originally Posted by limabean

We say, "____ was a baaaad choice" a lot, from Anchorman where Will Ferrell is walking down the street all disheveled, drinking out of a carton of milk on a hot day, and says, "Milk was a baaaad choice." Maybe sometimes if people hear us say it they'd think we were being all controlling, but it's a family joke that we all think is funny.

OMG I totally forgot about that scene. Classic!

[IncaMama]

LMAO

i know we have millions but i can't think of them right now!!! AAAGH!

[sewchris2642]

"I'm selling you to the gypsies." "You don't give a monkey a latte." "I'll kill you if you do that again." "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." "Failure is not an option." "Houston, we have a problem." "Do or do not. There is no try."

I know that there are more. I just can't think of them right now.

[sewchris2642]

Remembered another one: "a successful failure."

[SAHDS]

Oh there are tons. We are major goofballs (read: freaks) and have the weirdest sayings, nicknames, habits, etc. To name them all would be a bizarre jumble of the English language. We try to keep our weirdness semi-behind doors so we don't stick out more than we already do, LOL.

[SunshineJ]

Originally Posted by SAHDS

Oh there are tons. We are major goofballs (read: freaks) and have the weirdest sayings, nicknames, habits, etc. To name them all would be a bizarre jumble of the English language. We try to keep our weirdness semi-behind doors so we don't stick out more than we already do, LOL.

Pretty much ditto word for word. One thing we do, not really an "expression" if you will, is DH and I will do the whole "duh-duh-duh-da-duh-duh-da-duh-duh-da" and the kids will moan loudly via Shaun of the Dead. It's actually pretty hysterical (they've never seen the movie). Oh and if someone whines too much you can expect to hear the old Hee-Haw song "Gloom, Despair, Agony on me" sung by at least one person!

[frontierpsych]

I could write a novel.

DH calls me "My Katums" and I ask him "Who is this Mike Atums fellow?" When he was in Iraq, he jokingly addressed a letter to me as Mike Atums, and post housing thought we were having someone else living with us (against the rules) so I had to explain it to them.

We have lots of random songs that we substitute each other's names in. It's easy, since he can sub Kati for "baby" and I can sub Lou for "you".

We also have had tons of songs we rewrote for our pets. (and child)

Our "thing" (can't believe I'm typing this, it's pretty ridiculous!):

DH: Love you!
Me: Love you too!
DH: Is it true?
Me: It's true
DH: How true?
Me: All the way!
DH: Ocho! Ocho!
Me: Nocho! Nueve!
DH: Cutie cutie pants!


Oh my god, we really are horrifying. :

[SunshineJ]

Originally Posted by frontierpsych

Our "thing" (can't believe I'm typing this, it's pretty ridiculous!):

DH: Love you!
Me: Love you too!
DH: Is it true?
Me: It's true
DH: How true?
Me: All the way!
DH: Ocho! Ocho!
Me: Nocho! Nueve!
DH: Cutie cutie pants!


Oh my god, we really are horrifying. :

I have to comment on this. Yep, it's silly. But it's also very sweet and I'm convinced it's this kind of silly sweet stuff that makes a relationship so much stronger! (And it IS cute! LOL!)

[oceanbaby]

Dh and I quote way too much Seinfeld to each other. Whenever one of us is complaining about having to wear something we don't want to, or when one of the kids start whining, one of us inevitably says "But I don't wanna be a pirate."

Whenever I try to get dh to take on some task that I don't want to do, he says "Why, I'd have to be Superman to do that, Lois."

The kids like to say things like "I love you a million eternity" and then try to one up each other (talking to us, not each other, LOL), and dh and I will say "Oh yeah, well I pistachio you." They are always very confused, but it goes back to when dh and I were first dating, long story.

[MusicianDad]

Something DD started is "I ate it!"

It comes up when someone is looking for something.

Like "Has anyone see my watch?" gets "I ate it!" as a response. I have no idea where she picked it up, but it is so weird. Occasionally gets tranfered to people. "Have you seen your dad?" gets "I ate him!" (And some really weird looks from strangers at the mall because they don't get the reference).

[inkslinger]

Originally Posted by SAHDS

Oh there are tons. We are major goofballs (read: freaks) and have the weirdest sayings, nicknames, habits, etc. To name them all would be a bizarre jumble of the English language. We try to keep our weirdness semi-behind doors so we don't stick out more than we already do, LOL.

Haha, same exact thing over here. We are terrible nicknamers, jokers, and movie-quoters. It's like our own little world and lingo.

[MusicianDad]

Speaking of movie references. DS has been nicknamed Mini-Me.

[Vancouver Mommy]

My current favourites include work's for chumps and pants are for chumps.

[Mama2Bug]

"Bob Saget!" instead of "G*dd*mm*t"

Even DD says it.

We have a million of them- mostly internet memes. A friend once said that coming to our house is pretty much like walking right into the internet. I'm still not sure if that's a good or bad thing....

[savannah smiles]

DH and I will say, "That's right - you'd better walk away!" anytime one of us is leaving the room, regardless of the reason.

[Areia]

When sometime happens that is sort of annoying, but very funny, we usually say "that's because funny beats out nice, even for God." Funny beats out nice is our unofficial family motto (although, I'm sure that will change a bit before the baby can start taking that literally )

[mamatoablessing]

"You shut your mouth when you're taling to me!" - Wedding Crashers

DH always sings this to the girls - it's from Caddyshack:

"It's easy to grin
When your ship comes in
And you've got the stock market beat.
But the man worthwhile,
Is the man who can smile,
When his shorts are too tight in the seat."

"It's a moo point" - Friends

"These pretzels are making me thirsty" - Seinfeld

"Ah, you're crazy".
"Am I? Or am I so sane that you just blew your mind?" - Seinfeld

There are tons more - we're huge on tv show and movie line memorization around here!

[kblackstone444]

We quote alot of tv...

"Houston, we have a problem." when something goes wrong...

"Sweet Nibblets", "Good day sir, I SAID, good day, sir!" and various references to Uncle Earl and Aunt Pearl (yeah, my Kids watch Hannah Montana)...

From South Park, when one isn't listening to me, someone will say, "Mooooommm, I want more cheesy poofs!"...

From Star Trek, when someone leaves, we sometimes say, "Live long and prosper", "Are you out of your Vulcan mind?" when someone does something crazy, and "I'm a doctor, not a (insert random word)" when there's a problem we don't know the answer to...

From the Matrix, "Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions." and when somebody has a problem, "The answer is out there, Neo, and it's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to."...

When the kids aren't listening to my Hubby, someone will say, "LUKE, I am your Father!"

And "Why should I spoeak, for I know nothing".

Sometimes we like to mix things up. My favorite is when my Hubby falls asleep on the couch, someone will say, "He's dead, Jim", and someone else will say, "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" (Note here, especially funny is, My Hubby's name is Kenny!)...

And we have countless referenses to songs, which I'm not gonna get into, since, over the last 15 year, my Hubby and I have accumulated over 6000 songs!

My Hubby, my kids, my sister and her kids, and my two brothers get together and can speak our own little language. Everyone else must think we're absolutely crazy.

Oh, and just my son and I do this one- we are both addicted to playing the Sims, so we are both fluent in "speaking sim".