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Alot of people these days feel like they need a 'catchy signature saying'. please, thank you, you're welcome, sir, ma'm & over common courtesy
sayings have given way to no problem, whatever, no worries and various other sayings. Yes, I'm old & yes I miss the old days/ways.

If you're Australian, you're qualified to say "good on ya" sometimes followed with "mate".

If you're not Australian, and you go for the "good on ya", you're a pretentious twit.

If you're a man, never, under any circumstances are you to utter: "It's to die for..."

The same applies to “Ciao” unless you happen to be Italian, otherwise you're just another PT, yah moron. You aren't impressing anyone with your simulated worldly sophistication.

What did you say?

Why I oughta...

Now, get off my lawn, meathead.

Ciao is also commonly used to mean "good bye" in Spanish speaking Argentina, likely because a significant percentage of Argentines are of Italian ancestry. I hope I get a pass for using it while working in Buenos Aires even though I'm a Norteamericano.

G'day, mates!

As long as one is a PT he might consider joining "Pretentious Twits Anonymous".

They get together once a month and never converse like normal people, but blat out every "other than American pretentious twit-ism" they can contrive to invent.

They're all very impressed with each other...

Whenever someone says to me "enjoy", I want to say "enjoy what?"
That verb doesn't mean much without an object.

Yeah, Well like.... thats just your opinion man

Cool Beans...

I thought I accidentally logged into the Grumpy Old Men forum.

Most of the time I regard these inane or casual comments with a smug and self satisfying smile.
I do have empathy for retail employees who come into contact with hundreds of people every day.
I don't expect each one to have an expression especially formulated for me. That would be too much work.

Also, I am aware that many retail stores and restaurants actually train their employees what to say to their customers.
I remember a young woman who worked at McDonald's told me that they were trained to always ask "Would you like fries with that?'
Secret company auditors would go into their stores and if employees did not ask that question, they would be reprimanded.
She told me that she felt stupid when a customer would come in and order French fries and she had to ask "Would you like fries with that?"

I have noticed that Kroger's checkers ask "Did you find everything okay?"
Chili's waitstaff ask "Does everything taste good?"
Walgreen's employees say "Welcome to Walgreen's" when you enter the store and "Have a safe and healthy day" when you leave.

Since I am an old grumpy man, most of these types of sayings remind me of the 70s saying "Have a nice day".
The words alone wouldn't be so bad except, that they bring back horrible memories of that stupid yellow smiley face.



So when people tell me to have a nice day, I still have to resist telling them "I don't have to!"

"Totes", as in "totally"
"Jelly" as in "jealous"
"Whip and nae nae"
"Stunning and Brave"

I am hoping the above stays put in 2015.

I suspect some around here are old enough to note the phrase.
Back in the early '70s we had some young people from Australia visit our church. One young lady actually invited me to "knock me up" if I ever had the opportunity to travel her way.

Yeah, and you better not say "Fanny Pack" in New Zealand.

Thankfully, "If I told you, I'll have to kill you" has finally fallen out of favor, by those unoriginal souls.

Sadly, "I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night" proudly bleated by some as if it was originated by them, completely un-embarressed to lay claim to such an utterance, revealing their lack of originality and how entirely unaware some are of their marketing conditioning.

Lemmings...

Jim Beaux wrote:Yeah, Well like.... thats just your opinion man

The dude abides!

WildBill wrote:I thought I accidentally logged into the Grumpy Old Men forum.

Hey you kids... Get off my lawn!!!

That's funny. Old guys slinging the vernacular from their day or region are using "colorful" language. No different than the terminology of today, because in a few years or decades "no worries" will be nostalgic too.

Texsquatch wrote:That's funny. Old guys slinging the vernacular from their day or region are using "colorful" language. No different than the terminology of today, because in a few years or decades "no worries" will be nostalgic too.

Whippersnapper!