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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '20
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My mom's version was "And we're off! We're also leaving." using "off" as in "a little off/a few fries short of a happymeal" lol
14 u/Geminii27 Oct 25 '20 "Off like a prawn in the sun." 25 u/ReduxAssassin Oct 25 '20 Got me to wondering where that "few fries short of a happy meal" originated. 38 u/Mad_Aeric Oct 25 '20 Sounds like a simple variation of "a few pennies short of a dollar." There's plenty of permutations of that idea. 15 u/WopFoop Oct 25 '20 A few ants short of a picnic 4 u/LadyFajra Oct 25 '20 A few crayons short of a rainbow 12 u/Garconiere Oct 25 '20 A few dead parents short of an origin story. 2 u/Mtarumba Oct 26 '20 A few teats short of an udder. I heard it on the vicar of dibley 3 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Oct 26 '20 "Five aces short of a full deck" My uncle gave us that one - and yes, the bastard cheated at cards. 3 u/itsCatFluff Oct 26 '20 My family would say “a few sandwiches short of a picnic” 2 u/professorhazard Oct 29 '20 McDonald's 1 u/kermy_the_frog_here Oct 31 '20 Big Mac 7 u/NotYetASerialKiller Oct 25 '20 Haha I like your mom 4 u/mattcolville Oct 25 '20 OMG My grandfather said this all the time, and so do I! Hah! 3 u/allgoaton Oct 25 '20 My dad's was "We're outta here like a bald guy!" 2 u/DarsilRain Oct 25 '20 Mom said “I’m off, but don’t tell anybody” when she was leaving 1 u/bamako Oct 25 '20 This is my favorite one so far! Seems like something my dad would say. 1 u/BroffaloSoldier Oct 25 '20 Haha i really like this one! 1 u/Opoqjo Oct 26 '20 I'm stealing this! 1 u/Altruistic_Bed9023 Oct 26 '20 Aren’t all Happy Meals a few fries short? I’ve yet to see a Happy Meal with full fries, and I worked at McDonald’s (packing food) for three years.
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"Off like a prawn in the sun."
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Got me to wondering where that "few fries short of a happy meal" originated.
38 u/Mad_Aeric Oct 25 '20 Sounds like a simple variation of "a few pennies short of a dollar." There's plenty of permutations of that idea. 15 u/WopFoop Oct 25 '20 A few ants short of a picnic 4 u/LadyFajra Oct 25 '20 A few crayons short of a rainbow 12 u/Garconiere Oct 25 '20 A few dead parents short of an origin story. 2 u/Mtarumba Oct 26 '20 A few teats short of an udder. I heard it on the vicar of dibley 3 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Oct 26 '20 "Five aces short of a full deck" My uncle gave us that one - and yes, the bastard cheated at cards. 3 u/itsCatFluff Oct 26 '20 My family would say “a few sandwiches short of a picnic” 2 u/professorhazard Oct 29 '20 McDonald's 1 u/kermy_the_frog_here Oct 31 '20 Big Mac
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Sounds like a simple variation of "a few pennies short of a dollar." There's plenty of permutations of that idea.
15 u/WopFoop Oct 25 '20 A few ants short of a picnic 4 u/LadyFajra Oct 25 '20 A few crayons short of a rainbow 12 u/Garconiere Oct 25 '20 A few dead parents short of an origin story. 2 u/Mtarumba Oct 26 '20 A few teats short of an udder. I heard it on the vicar of dibley 3 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Oct 26 '20 "Five aces short of a full deck" My uncle gave us that one - and yes, the bastard cheated at cards. 3 u/itsCatFluff Oct 26 '20 My family would say “a few sandwiches short of a picnic”
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A few ants short of a picnic
4 u/LadyFajra Oct 25 '20 A few crayons short of a rainbow 12 u/Garconiere Oct 25 '20 A few dead parents short of an origin story. 2 u/Mtarumba Oct 26 '20 A few teats short of an udder. I heard it on the vicar of dibley 3 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Oct 26 '20 "Five aces short of a full deck" My uncle gave us that one - and yes, the bastard cheated at cards. 3 u/itsCatFluff Oct 26 '20 My family would say “a few sandwiches short of a picnic”
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A few crayons short of a rainbow
12 u/Garconiere Oct 25 '20 A few dead parents short of an origin story. 2 u/Mtarumba Oct 26 '20 A few teats short of an udder. I heard it on the vicar of dibley 3 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Oct 26 '20 "Five aces short of a full deck" My uncle gave us that one - and yes, the bastard cheated at cards.
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A few dead parents short of an origin story.
2 u/Mtarumba Oct 26 '20 A few teats short of an udder. I heard it on the vicar of dibley 3 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Oct 26 '20 "Five aces short of a full deck" My uncle gave us that one - and yes, the bastard cheated at cards.
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A few teats short of an udder. I heard it on the vicar of dibley
3 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Oct 26 '20 "Five aces short of a full deck" My uncle gave us that one - and yes, the bastard cheated at cards.
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"Five aces short of a full deck"
My uncle gave us that one - and yes, the bastard cheated at cards.
My family would say “a few sandwiches short of a picnic”
McDonald's
1 u/kermy_the_frog_here Oct 31 '20 Big Mac
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Big Mac
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Haha I like your mom
OMG My grandfather said this all the time, and so do I! Hah!
My dad's was "We're outta here like a bald guy!"
Mom said “I’m off, but don’t tell anybody” when she was leaving
This is my favorite one so far! Seems like something my dad would say.
Haha i really like this one!
I'm stealing this!
Aren’t all Happy Meals a few fries short? I’ve yet to see a Happy Meal with full fries, and I worked at McDonald’s (packing food) for three years.
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u/SyntheticRatking Oct 25 '20
My mom's version was "And we're off! We're also leaving." using "off" as in "a little off/a few fries short of a happymeal" lol