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Film or TV quotes you use so often...

304 replies

ChippySauce · 25/02/2025 08:00

... it's ingrained into your family vocabulary?

This morning: "Porridge today Gromit.
It's Tuesday".

Other favourites: "Where's the salad? Where's the salad?"

"That'll do Pig, that'll do..."

We have so many in our family!

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Chiseltip · 25/02/2025 11:32

The League Of Gentlemen

"Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?"

Spaced

""I can't just pluck another winter skincare do's and don'ts out of the air"

"You know about the deal"

"Oh Brian you came!"

Fawlty Towers

"Basil!"

"Oh!, I thought there was something wrong with you"

Father Ted

"Small, far way!"

"That money was just resting in my account"

"Ah well now, some people can be very cruel"

I'llBuyThatForADollar · 25/02/2025 11:33

A-haaa (Eddie Murphy's Jewish guy at the end of Coming To America)

Look at me (Kath & Kim)

Who is your Daddy and what does he do? (Kindergarten Cop)

dontforgetme · 25/02/2025 11:33

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

BombayMixAllOverMyDesk · 25/02/2025 11:33

"I feel like a pig shat in my head."

"We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here, and we want them now"

"We've gone on holiday by mistake"

dontforgetme · 25/02/2025 11:34

Also 'oh my Christ' Pam

'Bloody hell fire' said I'm Jim Royles voice.

dontforgetme · 25/02/2025 11:34

dontforgetme · 25/02/2025 11:34

Also 'oh my Christ' Pam

'Bloody hell fire' said I'm Jim Royles voice.

Said IN Jim Royles voice.

Bloody phone.

Spottylittledog · 25/02/2025 11:35

I'llBuyThatForADollar · 25/02/2025 11:33

A-haaa (Eddie Murphy's Jewish guy at the end of Coming To America)

Look at me (Kath & Kim)

Who is your Daddy and what does he do? (Kindergarten Cop)

look at moiiiiiii

fixed that for you

Whylurkwhenicanjoinin · 25/02/2025 11:36

When something's broken or a character is killed off on TV...."he's dead Jim"

I'llBuyThatForADollar · 25/02/2025 11:36

I forgot Father Ted Chiseltip!

Go on go on go on go on go on!

Marmite27 · 25/02/2025 11:36

Guns for show, knives for a pro.

DustyLee123 · 25/02/2025 11:36

Something vexes thee?

Aworldofmyown · 25/02/2025 11:37

"He's a transponder" to describe husbands job as no one really knows his exact title.
"Oh, what's occuring"
"More cheese Gromit?"
"Pivot" I actually use quite alot of Friends sayings 😆
"Life isn't fair" done in a solomn Scar voice.

SaffyWall · 25/02/2025 11:37

womanjustwanttohavefun · 25/02/2025 11:26

Knife! From tangled

Just the one Mrs Wembley - can't remember what this off from actually

Squirrel! From up

Lovely bit of squirrel - FND

Calm down dear it's only a commercial

We also quote random strangers we've overheard quite a bit a favourite being
Shut up! I'm not doing this today

"Just the one Mrs Wembley" - that's from On the Up. Early 90's sitcom with Dennis Waterman.

"who throws a shoe" and "will everyone just stop getting shot" are the lines we quote the most - usually when things have got out of hand!

DappledThings · 25/02/2025 11:37

It's not finished......... it's finished

corlan · 25/02/2025 11:38

'Make me proud, or at least a bit less ashamed' from the Simpsons.

Aworldofmyown · 25/02/2025 11:38

Oh god, how could I forget.

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

Allthegoodhorses · 25/02/2025 11:39

That'll do Pig, that'll do.

Eight is a lot of legs David

Come the fuck on Bridget

SaffyWall · 25/02/2025 11:39

I forgot about The Simpsons -

"you don't make friends with salad" and "never eat anything bigger than your own head"

TheignT · 25/02/2025 11:40

If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all. To my kids and now grandkids.

The one I think is harry Bosch saying ,"everyone matters or no one matters"

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 25/02/2025 11:42

Also That's What She said

Others -

Back of the net
That was text book > insert thing <
Your never gonna meet him Lynne

We watch too much Partridge in our house

HorrorFan81 · 25/02/2025 11:42

SQUIRREL!! If we see a squirrel

They're coming to get you Barbara

Quid pro quo

We've had a doozy of a day

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 25/02/2025 11:42

Also -

That's just exacerbated the situation

SongSungBlues · 25/02/2025 11:43

"For the greater good..."

HorrorFan81 · 25/02/2025 11:43

SongSungBlues · 25/02/2025 11:43

"For the greater good..."

The greater good

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 25/02/2025 11:43

I regularly send teams messages to colleages starting Are you free Mrs Slocombe?
Quite a few of the above as well, particularly I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid can't do that
And of course Is this a local shop?

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