Phrases your parents said that you only now understand

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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > Phrases your parents said that you only now understand

Das Boo: Jun 9, 2011; There was a GHOST here.
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I heard "poo poo fire and save the matches!" so often that I never stopped to parse it until way, way later.

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Das Boo: Jun 9, 2011; There was a GHOST here.
It's gone now.

Jestery posted:

Mind unpacking it for the class?

Powerful Katrinka posted:

I love this but also need it explained

Nothing as complex as you might be thinking! More that I just registered it as a mundane exclamation of surprise or frustration without noticing how ridiculous the actual statement is. My mom liked to cuss and was coloring it up a bit in front of the kids to be less severe/scary. Which actually, thinking of it now, was probably something she only considered because of how terrified she was by her own dad's anger.

Oh poo poo, it ended up complex.

Also of note was "gently caress a duck!"

# ¿ Sep 13, 2023 18:10

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