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Weird shit DH says

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Hangingover · 13/12/2020 19:47

At the end of a work call that's been productive he sometimes says, "great, looks like we're cooking on gas then!"

I have never heard anyone say this except him. I think he's made it up and he's trying to make it happen, like fetch in Mean Girls.

How about yours?

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FlamedToACrisp · 13/12/2020 23:07

I say, "Now we're cooking on gas!"

My sister's husband freaked her out by saying a phrase our Dad used to say: "I don't wish to know that - kindly leave the stage!" (I think BiL was born aged 75!)

TheGremlinsAreComing · 13/12/2020 23:09

I say 'cooking with gas', know loads of people who say it too. I thought it was a pretty well known saying?

Excitedforxmas · 13/12/2020 23:09

I said “mind your language Timothy” to my kids . Think it was from a program with Ronnie Corbett in

DappledThings · 13/12/2020 23:10

WTF is Ned Flanders?

letmegooglethat.com/?q=Ned+Flanders

DappledThings · 13/12/2020 23:11

@Excitedforxmas

I said “mind your language Timothy” to my kids . Think it was from a program with Ronnie Corbett in
It was, called Sorry. Although I remember it only as "language, Timothy" without the "mind your".

My brother is called Timothy so we used that a lot.

copperoliver · 13/12/2020 23:22

Lots of people say it. X

TheLittleRedToothbrush · 13/12/2020 23:24

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EggNogPegg · 13/12/2020 23:32

Now singing 'How Bizarre'.

And thanks to this thread, I now know thF Drop The Dead Donkey is available for me to watch on All4. I loved it back in the 90s!

We say 'two mintes Turkish' and 'chill Winston' both are from Snatch (I think).

What's wrong with 'bless me'?!

zigzag12 · 13/12/2020 23:35

I think 'course you can Malcolm' came from a Vicks Synex advert.

WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 13/12/2020 23:38

@WingBingo

I’ll share a saying that sometimes results in puzzled faces.

Trunky want a bun?

I've only ever seen than on MN & on this type of thread.

Does crack me up though!

FrankiesKnuckle · 13/12/2020 23:41

Every time we leave the house I'll say 'have you got the keys' and DHs reply is always 'I've got the key, I've got the secret'

Every time.

You're singing it now, aren't you?!

oldshoeuk · 13/12/2020 23:45

@Bluntness100

Yes this is quite a common saying I’m surprised you’ve not heard it

I have it worse, my six foot ex military husband infantilises words.

Like I’m having some crispies do you want some. Or I’m cold I think I’ll put my jumpie on.

Seriously just fucking say jumper and crisps. You’re not two.

I'm on his side, I infantilise all the time, including going wee wee, poo poo, and at times 'I go wee tea' (one followed by the other)
Ladylimpet · 13/12/2020 23:50

Haha. Bringing back memories. My nanna used to say 'ooh Timothy' or 'ooh Jennifer' if we were playing up (she used to live with us when we were little).
I always sing in my head 'how bizarre, how bizarre' Grin

Smidge001 · 13/12/2020 23:51

Yes Grin

Whenever we're driving and someone mentions seeing a sign, we always ask if it opened up their eyes...

FiveFootTwoEyesOfBlue · 14/12/2020 00:10

I sometimes say 'caff' instead of cafe, in a kind of semi-ironic not-quite-cockney, and DD absolutely hates it! I try to explain to her that it's a thing, and I'm not trying to be funny, it's a habit. I'm not the only person who does that, am I?

I also remember 'Course you can Malcolm' and 'Language Timothy'.

And for some reason I've just remembered:
'NUTS! Oh-oh hazelnuts, hey! Cadbury's take them and they cover them with chocolate'

whatthehelldowecare · 14/12/2020 01:12

@FrankiesKnuckle

Every time we leave the house I'll say 'have you got the keys' and DHs reply is always 'I've got the key, I've got the secret'

Every time.

You're singing it now, aren't you?!

We do think whenever we're on holiday/a night away and have a hotel room that we don't want to end up accidentally locked out of. I think it's hilarious 🤣
C0NNIE · 14/12/2020 02:17

Cook cook cook ability gas advert, with Noel Edmonds !

PhilCornwall1 · 14/12/2020 04:14

WTF is Ned Flanders?

😮😮

Weird shit DH says
Littlepond · 14/12/2020 05:37

My DH’s answer to any question starting with “where is...?” is “It’s in the sand!”

“Do you know where the cheese grater is?”
“It’s in the sand!”

So annoying.

Gothere · 14/12/2020 05:49

When Im shopping in the actual shops or online and there are quite a few of the item in stock, I do a little "It's not what you would call all the rage is it Xmas Hmm" to myself!

Velvian · 14/12/2020 07:11

I say 'of course you can Malcolm' and couldn't remember where it was from, so thanks for that. I don't say to DH though, he would divorce me.

SlatternIsMyMiddleName · 14/12/2020 07:44

Every, and I mean every, trip to the bathroom in this house is announced with “ I need a P please Bob”. Even my kids say it and they have no idea where it comes from.

I am old.

SlatternIsMyMiddleName · 14/12/2020 07:45

We are another - have you got the keys/ have you got the secret? - family.

CigarsofthePharoahs · 14/12/2020 09:02

@Smidge001
Hate to (uh oh, we're in trouble something's come along and...) burst your bubble, but I recently found out which sign it was Ace of Base were singing about.
A swastika. They weren't Hindu.

Don't get me started on armadillos. Crunchy on the outside....
Oh, too late.

PoppyOppy · 14/12/2020 09:11

I say a lot of these phrases! Grin