Ahh, I just love this expression. No idea where I heard it (Gavin and Stacey? The Office?) but it summarises so many situations. Example, stranger is stood in from of what I want in the supermarket but not selecting anything. “Shit or get off the pot!” I think, meaning “pick something or get out the way”.
The time it comes most into my head is on the motorway and some joker is in the fast lane but not making any attempt to overtake. “Shit or get off the pot!” I say, meaning “overtake or get back into the middle lane, for the love of God!”.
Anyway I have a DS now. Inevitably there are to be hundreds of moment I’ll want to say it, but shan’t, mustn’t teach those words. I’m wracking my brain and can’t for the life of me work out what the non sweary, more polite equivalent of this phrase is, can anyone help? It’s not just “hurry up” because it has that extra layer of “you are stopping someone else using something but you’re not using it yourself”.
Come on wordsmiths, any help?