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That joke shows your age, how many gen z'ers would give an odd look? π
In our language "sitting" is a synonym of "meeting". So in the office setting, I always say "I have an important sitting coming up".
What language?
Pretty sure he's German (https://translate.google.com/?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&text=Sitzung&op=translate).
I'm not daddy32, but this halfway works in English haha!
"Gotta use the sandbox"
Found the cat.
Lay a sewer pickle
"I gotta go do some paper work" or "I need to get something down on paper" are my two go-tos
I've got shit to do
"I need to poo-poo in the pot-tay"
i say βgotta go log outβ
i do freelance work with technology, and the clients think i am going to do something work related and technical.
I gotta drop the Browns off at the Superbowl.
Gotta make a deposit at the porcelain ATM.
The chocolate bus honks.
My favorite is, "boss makes a dollar, I make a dime. I'll be back in awhile."
I'm gonna go drop the kids off at the pool
"Gotta see a man about a dog."
Had a coworker that would go the the bathroom and sit in there for 10 to 15 so I started calling it a "Tony ten-er."
I find myself quoting a line from Farscape a lot:
Must...Excrete...
A silly Dutch one is saying you got a fax from Darmstad, which is a city in Germany but also Darm=intestines and Stad=city.
Gotta make room for dinner
"I'll be right back, gotta check if the bathroom still works"
"Gotta go read The Hobbit" after my dad claimed he could do it in one 'sitting'.
In Dutch or Flemish at least we say: Ik moet een grote boodschap doen.
Which is a literal translation for: I have to make a big message.
I need to pinch a loaf.
Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl
(the cleveland browns are an american football team)
I need to practice the tuba.
If I have to pee I'll say "I have to pee" if I have to shit I say "I have to go to the bathroom"
I quote cars.
There's a rumble in the Bronx
There's big trouble in little China
The spice must flow