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When someone frustrates me, I will say "You're killing me, Smalls!" from "The Sandlot."
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M-O-O-N... that spells appropriation! Laws, yes...
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville

I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!

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As a Looney Toons fan, I find myself using the following:

Yikes and Away! (Daffy Duck)

What an Ultra-Maroon (Bugs Bunny)

I say, I say, that boy is about as sharp as a Bowling Ball... - Foghorn Leghorn

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Post by Linna Heartbooger »

ahh, "What a maroon!" was one I've heard a lot... and also "thuffering thuccotash!"

Just watched "Order of the Phoenix" the other day.. haven't read the books.
Decided to incorporate Snape's tone of voice saying "Obviously." into my conversation. Just did this morning.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor

"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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Ahhhh....Looney Tunes.....

"Girls, hold on to your boyfriends....."
"Get away from me kid, you bother me...."

These are among my favorites!

I have also been guilty of saying "Good Gad!" from the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters.
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