"Go quick, come back quicker"

[conuly]

My mother used to say that to me when I left the house. I guess it comes from French, or maybe even Walloon originally - I've never heard anybody say that but Mommy and Bonne-Maman, and I think Bonne-Maman told me once that her mother used to say it to her, so there you go.

And now I don't know anybody who says it anymore.

I took my mother's actual number off my phone, but I left the entry for "Mommy" there. I know that if *I* find a phone that's unlocked the first thing I do is call "Mom" or "Dad" to let them know where whoever-it-is left their phone, but obviously that's not going to work now. Be a bit weird if it did! Still, I couldn't stand to actually remove the entry, so now it's just a name that leads nowhere.

Comments

[ethelmay]

My daughter once found a phone with contacts including "Mom," and that was indeed how she got the phone back to its owner. The contacts also included "My bitch" and "My bitch's work," which would probably also have worked, but it seemed a lot less fraught to say "...and your number was under 'Mom'..." than - well, you see the problem.

I always wondered if he did it that way because he put each girlfriend in turn under those headings, like having an entry for MECHANIC - [actual name] under M instead of alphabetically under "Pat's Auto Repair" or something, and then it moves when you start going to "Chris's Automotive."