Has anyone used this expression in the past decade or so? It just occurred to me the other day that I haven't heard it in ages.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:19 (fourteen years ago)
i say "go for it"
― Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:21 (fourteen years ago)
knock yourself out
― all apart and no pull (electricsound), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:22 (fourteen years ago)
i prefer people not to use this around me because it's really hard not to break into song when i hear it and nobody wants that
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:22 (fourteen years ago)
no one's gloomy or complaining WHEN THE FLATWARE'S ENTERTAINING
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:23 (fourteen years ago)
i say "party on, wayne"
― sleepingbag, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:23 (fourteen years ago)
have a good one
― calstars, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:26 (fourteen years ago)
In high school & college, I worked summers at a beach resort that had a weekly variety show with mandatory skits/performances by each staff department, and a different theme song each year, something famous with lyrics re-written to showcase the local attractions. I was "volunteered" by my mother to play the clinky old piano for these things.
One year it was "Be Our Guest."
― one little aioli (Laurel), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:27 (fourteen years ago)
amazing
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:28 (fourteen years ago)
i just saw a high school production of beauty and the beast because some of the kids i work with were in it and they totally killed "be our guest," i have to say.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:29 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMNqFvQy_Vg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:31 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.brguesthospitality.com/
― textile in thighville (get bent), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:36 (fourteen years ago)
i use "by all means," which now that i think about it sounds condescending.
― textile in thighville (get bent), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:38 (fourteen years ago)
"as you wish"*makes overly elaborate hand gesture*
― buzza, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:43 (fourteen years ago)
yep
― j., Tuesday, 7 February 2012 03:58 (fourteen years ago)
Predictably, I am quite sure I have said this some time in the past decade. lol old person obv.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 04:13 (fourteen years ago)
^^^ ditto, lol x2, old x2.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:39 (fourteen years ago)
I have said it, in the full knowledge that when the person takes over the task, they will utterly fail. And that I can then resume from where I left off, no further back from then.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:42 (fourteen years ago)
that actually sounds like the canonical usage, A+
― j., Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:43 (fourteen years ago)
"don't mention it"
― Laughing Gravy (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:43 (fourteen years ago)
ffs, if you really have to
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:46 (fourteen years ago)
whatever gets you through the night
― "renegade" gnome (remy bean), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:56 (fourteen years ago)
sometimes I say "not at all" with a faint faux-aristocratic tone
― happiness is the new productivity (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 12:01 (fourteen years ago)
"not in the slightest"
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 12:03 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.alicia-logic.com/capsimages/a_025HicksApone.jpg
― sleigh tracks (1933-1969) (MaresNest), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 13:40 (fourteen years ago)
― all apart and no pull (electricsound), Monday, February 6, 2012 10:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Or a malaprop version a friend used to use, "Knock yourself up."
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 13:50 (fourteen years ago)
son't you dare, motherfucker!
― nostormo, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 14:10 (fourteen years ago)
don't
i have a friend who says "by all means" which really annoys tbh, but that might be due to her appending it with an unctuous "sweetie"
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 14:53 (fourteen years ago)
i once snapped back "thank you for your permission" and she reacted like i had slapped her
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 14:55 (fourteen years ago)
it's more like "caveat emptor" when i'm cooking
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 14:57 (fourteen years ago)
it struck me the other day that "you're welcome to [stay here for a few nights] [stay for dinner] [join us]" pretty much means "we'd really rather you didn't" 99% of the time, or at least that's the impression i get
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 14:58 (fourteen years ago)
like there's always an implied "but" at the end, that isn't said but is the unsung tonic chord of the piece
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 14:59 (fourteen years ago)