In our house it is the LAW to say

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"Basil!" in a screech à la Sybil

"Brown sugar!" In the style of Mick Jagger.

"Mangetout, Rodney, mangetout!" à la Only Fools.

OR

"What the hell is Mang-e-tout?!" À la the (American) boyfriend of a pal of mine who had never heard of it.

"Aubergine!" In a horrified tone in memory of DD2 when offered some.

What foodie (or otherwise) catchphrases do you have?

If DH or I say 'love you', the other says 'love U2... especially bono'

Oh I'm always saying exactly that! Did I pick it up from somewhere without realising/remembering?

@sma1978

I've read this whole thread, surely I can't be the only one. Any of the spoken lines from Parklife. I get up when I want............except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen. Put my trousers on........ Have a cup of tea

I have loads too but they are mostly lost on my 14 and 9 yo.

I actually did escapeas tonight, at my mum's house, she wasn't amused.

I do Parklife ones, don't worry.

When I see an Audi driver being an absolute numpty, 'It's not all about your vorsprung durch technik, you know!'

If you’re going to the loo then you’re a wee bag

Loving the Kath and Kim references! Will have to dig out my dvds later..

Cheese and Rice instead of Jesus Christ

"Bloody 'ell Paaam' said as Dawn when anything is too expensive and in reply to said exclamation 'But it is a Norfolk Kerry Bronze' as if that's ok then!

And if DH is trying a new recipe and is fretting that I may not like it I channel Ness: 'well if it's crap you've ruined my day, simple as'

What's for lunch?
Waffles ... because they are waffley versatile (sung)

Porridge today Gromit, Tuesday.

We pronounce tagine "tagina" to rhyme with... Well, you get the picture!

'To me, to you.' Chuckle brothers style. DH always looks at me which make me laugh more.

'I don't want the potato!' like DD2 when a bald friend suggested raw potato was good for sunburn. DD2 was about 5. We still say it now when anyone has sunburn.

Friend's wife had put sliced raw potato on his head when he got sun burnt in Spain... I think he reckoned it worked ok, but I was laughing so much that I didn't catch the end of the story.

'Lovely bit of squirrel 'at any meal with meat.

Now we're cooking with gas, from a 60s advert I think!

Nuts! Ooh hazel nuts, Cadbury's take 'em and they cover them in chocolate!

When we see roadworks we scream DIG UP THE ROAAAAD a la Mr Bull from Peppa Pig

We do 'Just stir it, Una' and from the same film 'Come the fuck ON, Bridget' if someone is being slow.
Nippy nippy
Shit on it
Crimble crumble
PIVOT
Passports! Tickets! Money! from Ab Fab whenever we leave the house for any sort of trip

We do Parklife too!

And "Don't mention the war!" Anytime we say anything vaguely controversial. Particularly if it's something that's likely to set the kids off.

On the last day of the holidays or after a celebration I say "back to auld claes and porridge the morn".

Work = the chalkmine

Whenever we are returning home I put the kids in the car and the keys in and say "Home, James! And don't spare the horses!" Which is something my mum used to say to us. Don't think dh knows I do that because I never do it in front of him.

@SmellyOldOwls we do that one too! Is it something to do with Napoleon or am I making that up?

@sma1978 the beauty of the internet and especially YouTube means you can show them what you are referencing. We do it all the time, I mean come on, how much stuff of theirs have you suffered through for years? Time to turn those tables.

@Waitwhat23 just for you,

We actually do loads of these. My children adore Dh and he does love a bit of silliness, so when the kids mock roll their eyes at him I quote "Sophie, who do you like best Daddy or Chips?" and I keep saying "Daddy or chips, Daddy or chips" until they say "chiiiips".

I'm a donkey on the edge!

Loving many of these! We have a few that I can think of.

"Ooohhh NEW SHOESSS" whenever we get new shoes (obvs) from that ancient Clark's advert. We had a friend over at the time who was most bemused till we showed him to advert and then he was in hysterics at it for a while.

We have a "mick-ro-wav" because I worked with a Portuguese guy who pronounced it like this but recently sometimes we pronounce it Nigellas way too.

fajitas are fahgeeeetas.
"Have you let the cat out?" Is always answered "of the bag" which is often not helpful at all.

@FlatterNow

'When I was a young warthog' when telling a story about the past. If done correctly, the person you are talking to should then sing it back to you, operatically.

We do this too!

'where's ma keys, where's ma phone' from Britain's got talent

"White rice??? Bleurgh!" You must say this in the most disgusted sounding voice possible.

From an overheard conversation in a restaurant in the lakes about 13 years ago that had us in stitches!

Pride: "Pastry?"
Maid Marion And Her Merry Men: "Pancake Day, Pancake Day, P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P Pancake Day!"

This thread has made me realise that every household is the same 😂

We do loads of these. Only one we do I haven't seen is we say 'the beacons are lit' when we light a candle.

Which of course requires the other to say 'gondor calls for aid'

Oh and when we offer cake we say 'it's got cocaine in it...I mean raisins'

Ooh some more.. if anyone says thank you very much you have to sing back to them "for feeding William" from the vey old Quality Street ads..

And we call cans of coke, can I can'ts..