Lithuanian: nešik miltais – malūnai sustos
English: don’t shit flour – the windmills are going to stop
collected: Kaunas, Lithuania (01-10-2016)
origin: old/ traditional (especially first part. just “Nešik miltais”) and common Lithuanian joke – a way to tell someone to chill out.
Tag Archives: comeback
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Lithuanian: Kas ant kito sako, tas ant savęs pasisako
English: what you say about another, you say about yourself.
collected: Kaunas, Lithuania (01-10-2016)
origin: from grade school. meaning “talk to the hand.”
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in English only: if I was a cunt I would look like you
collected: Kaunas, Lithuania (01-10-2016)
origin: he is a baseball player and used this as a comeback against an opponent during a match in the UK.
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Swedish: Din pappa gjorde det då han lagade dig.
English: Your father did that when he made you
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common expression in Swedish, from north of Finland
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Swedish: Jag är fet, du är ful, jag kan banta, vad kan du?
English: I am fat, you are ugly. I can lose weight, what can you do?
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: common comeback joke used in upper secondary school in Northwest Finland (Swedish speaking)
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“Why don’t you tape that for me, I’ll listen to it at my leisure”
collected: Pittsburgh, Polish Hill neighborhood (9-17-14)
origin: common comeback
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“Is there no mirrors in your house?”
collected: Belfast, Northern Ireland (9-7-13)
origin: common Belfast comeback