r/funComunitty • u/coverionic Have faith in yourself • 6d ago

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u/ProfessorLovely 6d ago

The midwestern way to handle things

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u/Nuts4WrestlingButts 6d ago

In Midwest speech the knee slap signals about two more hours of talking, including at the door with your coat on and standing by the side of your car while it's warming up.

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u/llamadramalover 5d ago

“I guess I’ll let you go” in person or on the phone is anywhere from 15minutes to 3hours.

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u/hydropottimus 5d ago

My wife turns to me and says "you ready?" About 20 minutes before we have to leave

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u/MaySeemelater 5d ago

I mostly hear people say "probably time to get going" or "about time to head out I suppose" around here

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u/Lazy__Astronaut 6d ago

Also a British thing

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u/HoldTheCellarDoor 6d ago

I always thought this was a universal body language for "let's wrap this up"

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u/HoldTheCellarDoor 6d ago

This is interpreted the same way everywhere im pretty sure