Words to live by
“If you’re not living life on the edge, you’re taking up too much space”
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No way
“Get outta here!”
As in: really?! No way!
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Chop chop
“Schnell!”
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The tall one
“Long walk for a tall drink or something?”
Wording to confirm. Sarah remembered this one approximately.
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A firm greeting
“Händedruck”
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An unexpected landing
“Went ass over kite”
Wording to confirm. Sarah suggested “tit” in a later reply.
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A good night’s sleep
“Slept like a baby. Kicking and screaming all night”
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Just a couple
“Couple of quiet drinks”
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At the table
“Now I’m really hungry”
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On the menu
“Tastes foul”
When eating chicken.
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Making an exit
“Make like Russians and fuckoffski”
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The family favourite
“More chins than the Beijing phone directory”
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Dinner is served
“Come get your kai, kids”
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Dinner is served
“Kai’s ready”
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Hello, kids
“What’s cracka lackin, kids”
Attribution to confirm. Sarah asked whether Dad says this.
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In the queue
“A far queue”
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Rise and shine
“Wakey wakey, hands off snakey”
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A question
“Is there anything you want to tell me?”
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A word for it
“Feck”
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By the sea
“Beached whale”
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A little wordplay
“Big M, small organ”
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One of a kind
“You’re unique like everyone else”
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Friday at the office
“See you next Tuesday”
Said when leaving the office on Friday.
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On the podium
“Second place is first loser”
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Quite enough
“Full as a family po”
Wording to confirm. Kept as recorded in the family chat.
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Going for gold
“Don’t win silver, you lose gold”
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The glory days
“The older I get, the better I was”
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Available for selection
“I was always available for selection for the All Blacks”
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By the numbers
“50% of the population are below average”
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At the table
“Feeding time at the zoo”
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Dinner plans
“Off to the trough”
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After a joke
“You can have that one for free”
Permission to reuse the joke.
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Not quite enough
“I’ll waste away”
Whenever there’s a suggestion of not eating enough.
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A little Latin
“Did you know that the Latin word for that is…?”
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Keeping count
“Still got their marbles”
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Keeping count
“Lost their marbles”
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The close family
“Boozer · Moozer · Beaver · Mikey · Az”
The family nicknames.
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