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Don't try this at home 

Phrase often used in TV shows. When people in it do stupid, dangerous or crazy things and show them to millions of people and they don't want to be responsible for injuries, deaths or any consequences that could happen to the audience. They cover themselves from any lawsuit, charge or accusation but still do it looking cool captivating the audience
Cool guy 1: "Remember kids, don't try this at home!"

*cool guy 1 breaks a brick with his head*

Cool guy 2: "Now see this. Don't try this at home!"

*cool guy 2 gets in a shopping cart and jumps into the ocean*
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Don't try this at home 

Dr. Magic is about to set himself on fire, jump off a bridge,
get eaten by sharks, play poker, rob a bank, AND sleep with a woman ALL in 5 minutes. Don't try this at home. Because he's cooler than you.

Don't try this at home 

Anything that's fun or dangerous, from the lawyer warnings on TV commercials. See professional driver on closed course.
Look, he's skateboarding on top of a 767!

Don't try this at home.

don't try this at home 

Precursor to something that might be construed as dangerous or requiring arcane knowledge.

Comes from television commercials featuring people doing insane stunts.
"And now, Doctor Science is going to drink the liquid nitrogen! Don't try this at home, kids, remember, he knows more than you do!"

the perfect insult to your enemies(WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, YOU WILL GET GROUNDED) 

whatyoureabouttoreadhereisthemostpowerfulinsultinhumanhistorywithoutadoubt
I want to set on you on fire, but my mother doesn't allow me to burn trash. That is the perfect insult to your enemies(WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, YOU WILL GET GROUNDED).

We try our best, and yet this is how you treatise! 

How a group of people grumbles regarding a supervisor, mayor, journalist, historian, or other influential mucky-muck who publishes a less-than-favorable report about said body of citizenry.
Teenage parishioners, in a letter of protest to their local abstinence-and-chastity-ranting minister who'd recently written an article admitting to having "gotten some" from one or more females other than his wife: How can you expect us to ignore our basic urges and desires when YOU YOURSELF won't even exert yourself adequately?! We try our best, and yet this is how you treatise!

How bout dem knicks? 

A phrase referring twoard the New York Knicks.
Its usually said to break an unplesent moment of silence.
Guy 1: I think I may be gay.
Guy 2: ...
Guy 1: ...
Guy 2: How bout dem knicks?
How bout dem knicks? by Flame060 March 28, 2005
Word of the Day on June 8, 2026