Michelle Ward's latest Crusade, Say What? is to journal about different things/sayings/words you use with family or friends.
Dyeoctor - When my brother Kendall started having problems with his vision my mother took him to see the eye doctor. When Kendall would say it, it came out "dyeoctor". This one has been around damn near 40 years, and my daughter and I still use it. Kendall has been gone almost 30 years and I still miss him every day.
Who shot John - This is from my ex-MIL, Wanda. This is what she says when she wants to say someone or something looks less than favorable. wtf? It's a complete mystery to all of us who John is and who shot him, but I find myself using the expression. A lot.
You must be proud - When my friends started having babies and I wasn't even remotely interested in them, I had to figure out what to say when they showed me these squalling, red-faced little poo factories. I laughed out loud when I saw Four Weddings and a Funeral and Kristen Scott Thomas' character used the same expression at a wedding.
It's.....interesting - My mother came home with a ceramic piece on which she had tried a new technique. Quite frankly, it looked like who shot John. But since I'd yet to meet Wanda, I went with, "It's....interesting". Mother now uses it on me constantly. I should have gone with, "you must be proud".
And the front door is open AGAIN - This is from Pete, a character in Shaun of the Dead, and we use it all the time with my daughter's boyfriend, Bob. He never pulls the door to when he comes in.
Poh-ping-oh - There was a video store chain, PopInGo, but my mother didn't quite see it that way. Poh-ping-oh is now used whenever my daughter or I need cheering up.
There's no light up there - My daughter Sabrina was three and she and I had been living with my second husband for five months before she noticed there was no light fixture in the dining room. When someone states the obvious, the response is, "there's no light up there".
I am not a toy! - When Sabrina's step-brothers, Kevin and Stephan, would get a bit rough, she would inform them, rather furiously, that she was not a toy.
