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TV quotes that you MUST get in at work....

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Winenotttea · 19/07/2019 21:41

I’m just watching Agatha Raisin and she has just said that she is ‘waiting in for someone to trim her thatch’ 😂
I don’t have a thatched roof but no one at work knows that, I am SO going to try to get that into conversation or a meeting at work next week.
Does anyone else have some great expressions that you would love to get into a conversation at work?

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Nonstopbuttmachine · 19/07/2019 21:55

Ah, this reminds me of the Fast Show in the 90s:

Scorchio!
Suits you Sir
This week I have mostly been wearing..
What did I say Roy?
Which was nice

Grin

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TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 19/07/2019 21:58

The one I do use is Phoebe's, from Friends:

Oh, I wish I could but I don't want to.

And an old one from Xena, Warrior Princess Grin:

I just want to get through the day without having to kick somebody's ass.

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Bumbags · 19/07/2019 21:58

‘That’s brand new information!’

Phoebe in Friends

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BooksAreMyOnlyFriends · 19/07/2019 22:30

Can she have wafer thin ham, Barbara?

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Winenotttea · 19/07/2019 22:34

Wafer thin ham Barbara is one of the best lines ever!

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TremblingFanjo · 19/07/2019 22:35

“I’d love to stop and chat but I’d rather have type 2 diabetes.”

“When I need your advice, I’ll give you the special signal: which would be me being sectioned under the f*ing mental health act.”

"Yes and ho! "

"I'm bored of this, I'm going for a twix."

The Thick of It. There's so many more.

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ContactLight · 19/07/2019 22:36

No, just a wild stab in the dark which is, incidentally, what you'll be getting if you don't start being a bit more helpful.

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hopscotchz · 19/07/2019 22:36

"I don't understand the question and I won't respond to it"

Lucille (arrested development)

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iklboo · 19/07/2019 22:42

No luck then Ted?
That would be an ecumenical matter
Ah go on go on go on go on

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Chune · 19/07/2019 22:45

'That's what she said'

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Blutopia · 19/07/2019 22:48

Did nooooooo get an agenda

She says it isn't hers, and I for one believe her

Get out.

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RosaWaiting · 19/07/2019 22:49

no “I” in team
No “f” in way

Courtesy of Lee Mack on Not Going Out.

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SimonArch1983 · 19/07/2019 22:50

I work in an architects office and I try to quote "how thick is wall?" from peep show where I can Grin

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ChampagneCommunist · 19/07/2019 22:51

Can you smell my Charlie?

Jean, from Dinnerladies

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PeterRabbitsBlueCoat · 19/07/2019 22:51

An old colleague and I used to try to slip Alan Partridge quotes into presentations wherever possible.

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Pinkarsedfly · 19/07/2019 22:56

‘I’m basically a chilled-out entertainer.’

‘Ah, you will you will you will you will.’

‘Patrick, your genius is showing.’
‘Really? Where?’

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NationMcKinley · 19/07/2019 23:02

CBC, Chem 7 and page Weaver (ER)

Stay nourished, eat some chops (Killing Eve)

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Winenotttea · 19/07/2019 23:06

Right, I’m now going for my thatch but I’m also going for smelling my Charlie 😂
What the actual fuck does that mean!

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MrBlueSkype · 19/07/2019 23:08

Eagle!

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Lamentations · 19/07/2019 23:10

I encounter a lot of, shall we say challenging people at work. I often think 'DRACARYS' when people are giving me shit but I'm yet to say it out loud.

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BooksAreMyOnlyFriends · 19/07/2019 23:17

The eyes are open, the mouth moves, but Mr Brain has long since departed.

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4catsaremylife · 20/07/2019 00:03

"You may think that I couldn't possibly comment" I say this on average weekly, so far only a handful of people have cottoned on

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Giggorata · 20/07/2019 00:14

“It's not rocket surgery” and “waste of skin” from Lexx

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TreacleSmiles · 20/07/2019 00:23

There is an appropriate Simpsons quote for every single workplace situation.

Box factory comes in handy fairly often.

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lavenderbluedilly · 20/07/2019 00:26

The eyes are open, the mouth moves, but Mr Brain has long since departed.

Haha, I’m going to use this ASAP Grin

Not a TV phrase, but I saw “high dudgeon” on another thread today and I’m determined to use it soon!

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