Best ways to express surprise.
Best ways to express surprise.
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jonsp

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1,278 posts

173 months

Yesterday (11:54)
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Bit random but came to me. My old dad used to express surprise by saying I'll go to the foot of our stairs.

Few years ago in Dallas Shania Twain concert at the Cowboys stadium. She came bounding onto the stage in a Cowboys shirt which she was wearing as a dress. Let's just say she looked good.

Guy next to me took his cowboy hat off and said well shut mah (Texas accent) mouth. His woman looked at him and I thought you're a dead man mate.

I tend to say stone the crows. Im sure somebody here has a really good way to express surprise.

Oilchange

9,343 posts

277 months

Yesterday (12:05)
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fk me! yikes

Super Sonic

10,413 posts

71 months

Yesterday (12:06)
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:0

Gary29

4,617 posts

116 months

Yesterday (12:10)
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Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

fk!

blingybongy

4,032 posts

163 months

Yesterday (12:55)
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Gadzooks

The Rotrex Kid

33,272 posts

177 months

Yesterday (12:57)
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Hell up!

(or 'Ell Up) as pronounced.

Adenauer

18,884 posts

253 months

Yesterday (13:23)
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Ach du dickes Ei. yikes

or

Heilige Scheiße! biggrin

s6boy

1,746 posts

242 months

Yesterday (14:16)
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Lummy - only heard it once in a 2nd World War film but liked it.

By jove - uttered by my father and his brothers. Maybe taken from a comic book of the time.

Gosh - if in polite society.

Which isn't often so - fk me gets used a lot.

Roofless Toothless

6,732 posts

149 months

Yesterday (14:24)
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Gary29 said:
Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
And the little wee donkey!

jet_noise

5,935 posts

199 months

Yesterday (14:25)
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Gary29 said:
Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

fk!
The Line of Duty variant "Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey"

In polite company "Crivens".
And the less polite "Bugger me backwards with a 10' pole".

Turn7

24,910 posts

238 months

Yesterday (14:27)
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Oilchange said:
fk me! yikes
This , every.single.time .

vixen1700

26,598 posts

287 months

Yesterday (14:37)
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I was quite surprised in Greece last week, walking back from the beach, looking up and enjoying the mountain, sky and sea view.

Not noticing there was a 12" hole in one of the planks making up the wooden bridge we were crossing.

All of a sudden one leg was through the hole and I was instantly 3 feet shorter in height.

"fkin' 'ell!" was the only thing to loudly come out of my mouth.

Only a graze to my left knee, but could have been worse.

Spare tyre

11,671 posts

147 months

Yesterday (14:50)
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My friend says

“Well bugger me gently “

sunbeam alpine

7,195 posts

205 months

Yesterday (15:05)
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Spare tyre said:
My friend says

Well bugger me gently
Whereas one of mine says "Well fk my arse and call me Gerald"

southendpier

5,871 posts

246 months

Yesterday (15:12)
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anything by Frankie Howerd

98elise

30,332 posts

178 months

Yesterday (15:13)
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For me....
Surprise/disbelief - "Good lord"
Shock - "fk me!"

I knew a girl that would say "Jeepers". I thought it was hilarious as I've only ever heard it said by Daphne in Scooby Doo smile


durbster

11,490 posts

239 months

Yesterday (15:19)
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I've adopted some I picked up from Australians that I liked. I'm sure everyone already knows strewth and crikey of course, but there's also hooley dooley which rolls off the tongue nicely. That can pivot to the equally enjoyable Holy moly at the last second if needs be smile

Edited by durbster on Monday 29th September 15:46

Magnum 475

3,890 posts

149 months

Yesterday (15:20)
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Well, bugger me sideways with a rusty tin can!


languagetimothy

1,468 posts

179 months

Yesterday (15:40)
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Magnum 475 said:
Well, bugger me sideways with a rusty tin can!
or, well bugger me sideways and call me Susan


Doc Brown of course says "great Scott!"


durbster

11,490 posts

239 months

Yesterday (15:45)
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Good grief is a good one too.