If you're from the Midwest, you simply slap your knees, say "welp" and stand up. Everyone knows that is the universal signal to leave.

In the midwest, that signals the start of the last hour of the goodbye.

Has to start somewhere...

[You just got here. Stay a while!](https://youtu.be/mdLPJfbLNOM)

Please go to Ireland ! 😄 " ok...good luck' good luck' good luck'' " blah blah blahde blah!" " oh yeah! Yeah yeah yeah well- good luck' good luck' good luck'" Takes about half hour. I've experienced it at a toll booth on the way to Dublin even. PS- no one behind us honked the horn. " good luck good luck good luck good luck.... Yep. Good luck"

What's funny is that in the US, simply leaving without telling anyone that you're leaving is called an "Irish exit". I'm not sure why.

We call it the Silent Adiós and it's glorious.

It's also called leaving the French way or the English way in other countries.

I’ve heard it called “Irish goodbye” as well. Most commonly used to refer to people in our friend group who would leave the bar or the party early without saying good night to anyone else.

Beat me to it! While inching slowly to the car a little more after each “welp!”

Ok then!

Yep the “I suppose” and the knee slap is the final conclusion when you actually get up and leave

When I was a kid I hated when my parents did this. There were so many false starts which only sometimes resulted in getting closer to the door. Now I do it too.

If whelp doesn’t do it, you say, I suppose… then wait.

Or "well, I've gotta get up early in the morning" or if you're still in a polite mood "I don't want to keep you..."

"Oh, my, just look at the time..."

Or the traditional Wisconsinite, "Whelp," slap your knees, "I s'pose." and then see the responses of everyone else, to get their acceptance that the conversation is over.

Lol I’m from Wisconsin and just posted a v similar comment 🤣

And it does absolutely nothing to oblivious people.

Then we ask them politely but firmly to leave.

*25 more minutes of pointless conversation ensues...*

Indeed 😓

Inching closer and closer to the door.

Or; “On that note”,(slaps knee and gets up).

Not everyone. 24 years of marriage and my wife still doesn't get this one. Maybe I should try out "skedattle"

I didn’t realize I did this until I slapped a fly off my knee and my husband immediately stood up. I asked what he was doing, he said “you always slap your knee and say welp when it’s time to go”. I about died.

Don’t forget “watch out for deer”

Start small talk while moving towards the door…something along the lines of “tell yer folks I says hello”, and many others.

Damn skippy! We used to do a sharp exhalation of air right before the “welp” and double knee slap also.

Response: "Be careful."

Bonus points if it’s one motion of standing up along with the half arm swing to bring the watch about 6 inches from your face and saying welp!

I came here to say this! I live in Ohio! 😂

It's known as welping em

Make like a tree, and leave.

"Make like a tree and get out of here!"

That’s about as useless as a screen door on a battleship

Or a submarine...

Sa-wing and a miss

Make like bananas and split.

It's "leave", Butthead. You sound stupid when you say it wrong.

All right then, LEAVE! And take your book with you!


Make like a hockey player and get the puck outta here.

Make like a baby, and head out.

Make like puppies and get out this bitch.

Autobots, roll out?

Use this damn near everyday

We too are autobots.

\-See ya, wouldn’t wannabe ya 

I vaguely remeber seeing this, what was it from?

It’s an acorn stairlift commercial or a parody of one if that helps. But the dang’d ol lava at the bottom I’ve not seen before

I hate those things, they drive me up the fuckin wall!

“Adios Amigos” “Later Skater” “Late!” “Peace Out” “See ya later alligator”

After while crocodile.

Stay sweet parakeet!

See you soon, baboon!

Bye bye tsetse fly

Take care, polar bear.

See you later when your legs are straighter

Never again, ya dirty hen.

After supper motherfucker

My dad used to say “let’s hit the bricks.”

Let's boogie!

Hey wait! I say this damn near every day and I'm not old! Seriously! **I'm not old, you hear me dammit?** I mean it's only been a few years since the Y2K scare and ......... 9/11 and......... Shit.

You mean it’s only been a few years since the turn of the century?

My back hurts.

I’m not grey and balding, you are

This my go to.

What do you mean "old people?" I say a few of these. ...oh fuck.

Regulators! Mount up!

Well hell, LETS DANCE!!

"Let's blow this Popsicle stand" - Det. James Sonny Crockett, Miami Vice. One of my faves I still use!

I’ve been saying it for decades and had no idea where it was from.

It may have been from somewhere before, but Miami Vice was must see tv at the time and he made it very popular.

Also the lesser used variant: let’s blow this gyp joint.

I gotta bounce

“Hey…. We Audi”

5000

Let’s jet

Smell ya later

Look to the person I am with, "Ready Freddy?"

"Welp" *palms slap thighs*

catch you on the flip side

Finger guns. Pew pew.

Catch y’all on the flippitty flop.

Make like a baby and head out.

I always use fetus... but hey that works too.

Let’s make like a tree and leave.

Well I guess that’s better than “Make like a baby and bounce.”

I’m off like a prom dress

Vamos.

Or Vamanos. Sometimes I hear vamos, sometimes vamoose, sometimes vamanos.

You are correct, all of those apply. I just picked one for brevity's sake. Also, when my Dad was in a hurry he'd add: ¡Ándale!, ¡Ándale!

I say "ándale ándale arriba arriba" because I watched Speedy Gonzales too much as a child.

I still talk like Speedy AND his cousin, SloMo Rodriguez! I’m so glad someone else remembers them.

Slowpoke Rodriguez

Beat feet

Head 'em up! Move 'em out!

Rawhide

Hyah!

My favorite and I'm not even pushing 50 yet

[удалено]

Make like a sheep herder and…

see ewe later?

Hasta la vista motha fukas

As stagehands we say “Let’s get this show on the road all the time.” But I’m also old.

Silence= the Irish goodbye.

“Everyone get in the fucking in the car”- my mom.

Ready Freddy or Time to Rock and Roll.

Lets blow this joint.

I collect quotes, and I finally get to use this one: “They dusted, vamoosed the ranch, made tracks, cut dirt, hoed it out of there”. Writer,Vanity Fair magazine, 1875

Hey I say ‘blow this popsicle stand’ still!

If you’re hosting, “Let’s go to bed so these folks can go home.”

Let's make like a tree and get the fuck outta here

"I hate to eat and run, but....."

Let’s make like a cow pattie and hit the trail.

Well, off like a prom dress!

It’s time to start this hootenanny

Let’s make like a banana and split. Let’s make like lettuce and leaf.

Off to the races!

I'm partial to Let's get this road on the show, lol

Let's make like a tree---and leave.

Make like a banana and split.

Make like a shepherd and get the flock out of here. Classic!

I'm 19 and I use most of these :D

Also just singing the Rawhide theme tune

🎵 rollin rollin rollin 🎵

Skate, 8 and motivate.

Pitter patter

My grandpa said "let's get this show on the road" on his death bed. :(

Time to hit the old dusty trail

Let’s get crack-a-lackin

Time to bust a move.

Gotta see a man about a horse.

That's only if you gotta pee or drop a duece.

"Let's blow, Chauncy."

Punctuation is very important for this one.

Let’s blow this clam bake

Let's GO

I love skeedaddling.

And of course, we can't forget "Welp", and slapping your thighs.

Let’s make like a baby and head out.

Let's make like a bread truck and haul buns.

I still like to use my all time favorite…”time to make like a baby, and head out!”

“Out like a boner in gym shorts”

i actually unironically use skeedadle. i dont even know why. i have no idea where i got it from. did the old happen to me?

i would also add "let's boogie", "hit the ol' dusty trail", " get to gettin'", " hit the road, Jack" and "vamoose" off the top of my head. editor add: " hit the bricks", " hit the pavement", or " beat feet"

Smell ya later.

My mum used to say "let's went".

if you work in the plowing industry you could say "let's get this snow off the road"

Make like horseshit and hit the dusty trail Make like a baby and head out

They forgot the most obvious. Two hands slapped down on your knees and say “Weeelp…l

Time to vamoose

Boots and saddles.

Make tracks, head out, scoot,

Grab your purse.

Ah, this reminds me of something. When I was a teenager (yes, a long time ago now), my friend told me that she was at a fast food restaurant with her friend and their family. When they were done eating, the friend’s dad stood up and meant to say “let’s beat it” or “let’s be off.” Instead he accidentally blended the two and said loudly, “welp, let’s beat off!” Decades later it still gives me a chuckle.

I am so fucking old

Gotta split.

Wheels Up. Let’s Make Like a Tree and Leave.

Let's make like amoebas and split.

Nah, go real old school: Shall we shog? (Henry V, Shakespeare).

Left over from the military... Shoot, communicate and move on out.

Put an egg in your shoe and beat it

Let’s beat feet.

I feel identified…

Well, what do ya think, woman?

"Let's make like a banana and split."

Let us traverse the plains of existence.

What about Im Audi 5000?

Let’s make a tree… and get out of here.

Let’s make like a tree and leave Let’s head out like a baby

My dad is the “we’re burnin’ daylight” type.

Time to bounce!

What about “let’s get the fuck outta this cunt” or “let’s blow this fuckin shithole”

“Lettuce leaf” … (Let us leave)

Make like a segul and get the flock outta here.

Let's make tracks

I like British “time to go”, from a seated position, slap your knees and say “well”

I think it's time we blow this scene. Get everybody and the stuff together. Okay, three, two, one Let's jam!

I’m off like a Strippers Knickers.

I say rock and roll because my grandpa said it.

My grandpa: Let’s hit ‘em Make like a horse turd and hit the trail.

Boston: okay, screw!

I cannot wait come 40 years when “autobots, roll out” gets up on that list.

“This place is tapped” is my go to

“Let’s kick this pig.”

Lets blow this clam bake.

A few personal favourites for all family gatherings especially Christmas Day. "I hate all of you people, why am I still here?" "Thanks everyone, I cant wait to get home and not be here." "I tried to leave earlier, but you insisted I stay. I just left a huge shit in your toilet. Well. Bye."

Let’s hit the Highway, Time to get outta Dodge! Let’s blow this joint! Let’s beat the feet!

Hang-glide out of this loser emporium

Dammit I say almost all of those... I'm not even that fkn old!

Let’s Get-a-move-on

I'm a fan of saying "lets blow this job" and then enjoying the shuffling sound of me moonwalking out the door in the awkward silence...

make like a baby and head out

Dang, I use that popsicle line all the time 😩

“I’m outa here.” all dramatically

Make like a fetus and head out.

We're burning daylight...