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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.
The chocolate bus honks.
My favorite is, "boss makes a dollar, I make a dime. I'll be back in awhile."
Gotta make a deposit at the porcelain ATM.
"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...
Gotta make room for dinner
I'm gonna go drop the kids off at the pool
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.
Touching cotton, gotta go.
Turtle's poking its head out.
Farting freckles.
Making fuzzy rope
"All hands rig for dive. DIVE DIVE DIVE"
And my absolute favorite to use in the office or around older family / the youngins, "I gotta go make"
"Gotta go read The Hobbit" after my dad claimed he could do it in one 'sitting'.
Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl
(the cleveland browns are an american football team)
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'll be right back, gotta check if the bathroom still works"
I need to pinch a loaf.
I quote cars.
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 need to practice the tuba.
There's a rumble in the Bronx
There's big trouble in little China
The spice must flow