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In our house it is the LAW to say

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lovablequalities · 10/10/2021 21:27

"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?

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Getyourarseofffthequattro · 12/10/2021 23:16

So many of these!

Also when anything is vaguely shocking 'jesus Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey " from LOD.

And just recently "fuck the sheep" like Caleb from Clarksons farm.

Getyourarseofffthequattro · 12/10/2021 23:18

Oh and we sing the words "you're welcome" like the song from moana when ds needs reminding

Feelslikealot · 12/10/2021 23:24

A conversation with my mum will often go:
Me: "carol asked after you the other day",
Mum: "did she?"
Me: "yeah"
Mum: "did she?"
Me: "er, yeah"
Mum: "oh she did did she?"

As per Alice's mum from the vicar of Dibley Christmas episode.

MoreCraicPlease · 12/10/2021 23:52

One for the Irish Mumsnetters over 40.

"Put a bit of butter on the spuds André"

Imy06 · 13/10/2021 01:28

I do this too and was so impressed when I first got with my partner and he did it back, I just knew it was meant to be then 😂😂

lilywillywoo · 13/10/2021 06:50

'Pears are notorious ' if eating a pear. Not entirely sure what for, but they are.

Shoobydooer · 13/10/2021 07:52

Love this thread! DS calls his favourite superhero Incredible Honk. Don't think it will ever be anything else now.

PennineWayinSlingbacks · 13/10/2021 08:06

We finish every phone call with 'and on THAT bombshell...' a la Alan Partridge.

Whenever my DM mentions 'your father' in passing, we have to intone 'if, indeed, of course, he is my father'....

Sometimes we're in polite company and forgot that it sounds startling. (They've been together 60 years and he is our father)

HarrietsweetHarriet · 13/10/2021 08:51

Keep them coming please! (That's just me asking, not a quote).
Whenever my husband says 'you smell nice' , I always say 'it's gin '. I think that was from The Fast Show.

But what is the reference to Snape? I'm intrigued.

wofs · 13/10/2021 09:13

Just the one swan, actually ( the one whatever!) - Hot Fuzz.
It really hurts - also Hot Fuzz!

2Bottles · 13/10/2021 10:27

"More tea, vicar?" if anyone accidentally farts.

My DD (3yo at the time) said it to my in-laws whilst at a coffee shop. They wept real tears apparently Grin

Curlygirl06 · 13/10/2021 10:46

@FatsoGatso

Mango is only ever pronounced 'Hey Mango. Mango Italiano' as Rosemary a looney would have wanted.
I always say "no man goes like a mango goes" and I've no idea why!
VoluptuaSneezelips · 13/10/2021 10:49

We have so many, love a good catchphrase in our family.

When someones angry we respond 'but please, I dont want to go to argue men - my daughter used to say these when she got told off for being naughty

Insert name of person 'my chickens too spicy'

The thickens plot explains their plans.

I live in a lemony - Finding Nemo but my daughter couldn't say Anenome.

But whose Lily - said in an exagerated way, no idea where it's from.

Ohhhh it's a potato - think it was from an old advert. We also do the birds eye potato potato and Walls for sausages.

When packing swimming gear I always sing 'Dad's pants in the middle of his roll' from the vimto adverts.

Wakey Wakey and Cuckoo in Scottish accent from the Irn Bru 32 adverts.

Put big light on, little lights too little or Put little light on, big lights too big.

Bright Lights whenever someone puts a light on - Gremlins

Where am I? and the response should be You're in a room - from the kids show Knightmare

I 'avin 'ooops in response to being asked what your having to eat - Gene Huny in Life on Mars

Thankyou Mrs Patterson - Kevin & Perry

Poor Lulu - when someone hurts themselves - harry enfield

Follow me chaps - said in our best Richard o Brian voice whilst making a beckoning motion.

A whole ton of random Monty Python refrences that are relevent to whatever happened - Flesh Wound for injuries and so on.

It's called summer, have a solero and shut the fuck up - Peter Kay whenever anyone moans it's too hot, although to be honest we might just say anything from the hot weather skit. An of course we do garlic bread, its the future and cheese cake, you fucking dirty bastard.

So many more including ones that have already been mentioned like Red Dwarf, Faulty Towers etc.

Ormally · 13/10/2021 10:52

Cinnamon requires a Nina Simone 'Oh Sinner Man, where ya gonna run to?'

WhatTimeDoYouCallThis · 13/10/2021 11:19

Good moaning, mangetout mangetout, and when one of us is sounding off about the shiny past say (high pitched) 'when i was young this was orange groves, as far as the eye could see...' or part of it. We can't even remember the film it's from any more

Curlygirl06 · 13/10/2021 12:00

Apropos Friday night dinner, we named our venus fly trap Wilson after the dog in FND, and sometimes when we bring him in we act like Jim.

Curlygirl06 · 13/10/2021 12:04

Ooh mangetout! We once had a right snotty old lady discussing the price of said item, supervisor said mangetout correctly but the lady insisted she hadn't and spent a long time enunciating it properly to her, so she would know how to pronounce it in future. I was wetting myself, mouthing "mangetout Rodney !" at the supervisor.

BoredZelda · 13/10/2021 15:02

Dolphin nosed potatoes

@Roughasabadgersbum ours are dolphin noise potatoes. 😆

GothicaAutistica · 13/10/2021 15:06

@lilywillywoo

'Pears are notorious ' if eating a pear. Not entirely sure what for, but they are.
My Ddad always used to say things like that, @lilywillywoo. I think (knowing my dad's humour) it's meant to imply that pears have an effect on the bowel. Sorry about the TMI. Flowers
lilywillywoo · 13/10/2021 15:13

Thanks @GothicaAutistica ! I'm glad we aren't the only ones saying this- always wondered if it was just us!

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 13/10/2021 15:17

In any eating establishment We do "I'll have the calamari" said in a Ray Winstone voice from 'sexy beast'
We do a lot from that film actually, I won't quite any more as nobody ever seems to have seen it.
Shout out to the where's me jumper fans too, as we do that a lot.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 13/10/2021 15:17

*quote

TrickyD · 13/10/2021 15:19

DS2 on being served roast parsnips:

“We don’t like tweeds”

Me driven insane by fussy eater:

“They’re not bloody TWEEDS!”

Root veg always called tweeds now.

lovablequalities · 13/10/2021 15:58

@2Bottles

"More tea, vicar?" if anyone accidentally farts.

My DD (3yo at the time) said it to my in-laws whilst at a coffee shop. They wept real tears apparently Grin

When dh farts he stamps the floor and says "Bloody frogs!"

I don't think he did this before we got married. It might have altered things...

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lovablequalities · 13/10/2021 16:02

@VoluptuaSneezelips

We have so many, love a good catchphrase in our family.

When someones angry we respond 'but please, I dont want to go to argue men - my daughter used to say these when she got told off for being naughty

Insert name of person 'my chickens too spicy'

The thickens plot explains their plans.

I live in a lemony - Finding Nemo but my daughter couldn't say Anenome.

But whose Lily - said in an exagerated way, no idea where it's from.

Ohhhh it's a potato - think it was from an old advert. We also do the birds eye potato potato and Walls for sausages.

When packing swimming gear I always sing 'Dad's pants in the middle of his roll' from the vimto adverts.

Wakey Wakey and Cuckoo in Scottish accent from the Irn Bru 32 adverts.

Put big light on, little lights too little or Put little light on, big lights too big.

Bright Lights whenever someone puts a light on - Gremlins

Where am I? and the response should be You're in a room - from the kids show Knightmare

I 'avin 'ooops in response to being asked what your having to eat - Gene Huny in Life on Mars

Thankyou Mrs Patterson - Kevin & Perry

Poor Lulu - when someone hurts themselves - harry enfield

Follow me chaps - said in our best Richard o Brian voice whilst making a beckoning motion.

A whole ton of random Monty Python refrences that are relevent to whatever happened - Flesh Wound for injuries and so on.

It's called summer, have a solero and shut the fuck up - Peter Kay whenever anyone moans it's too hot, although to be honest we might just say anything from the hot weather skit. An of course we do garlic bread, its the future and cheese cake, you fucking dirty bastard.

So many more including ones that have already been mentioned like Red Dwarf, Faulty Towers etc.

I did the "'avin'oops " thing once and dh went and got some out the cupboard. He can be a bit literal at times!
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