These mashed potatoes are so creamy.

From the movie "While You Were Sleeping". The family sits around the holiday dinner table making inane conversation. This line is used as a response when people are talking about useless information. A similar line from the same scene is, "John Wayne was tall." The line is even more powerful if someone else responds with this line.

Person a: "Justin Beiber was at the mall today."
Person b: "I love him, he is so gorgeous!"
Person c: "These mashed potatoes are so creamy."
Person d: "John Wayne was tall."

by janeelizabeth May 31, 2011

these times

Another way of saying "in reality..."

Ben: I was looking at so many cars on instagram, that lambo was peng
Josh: yeah it was
Ben: these times I haven't even got my license yet😂

by big.M1000 June 7, 2017

these aren't the droids you're looking for

A sarcastic phrase used to inform someone they are pursuing the wrong course of thought/action or barking up the wrong tree.

Comes from Obi-Wan Kenobi's use of an old Jedi mind trick on Stormtroopers in Star Wars Episode IV in order to help them avoid Imperial entanglements.

Homeboy: "Man, why can't I get in da club tonight, yo?!"

Bouncer: "Holmes, these aren't the droids you're looking for wit'cha pants on da ground. You gon' have to hang elsewhere tonight with that attire."

by dookeyboy January 21, 2011

These fucking flies

Your not an Aussie if you haven’t said this before.

*summer in Australia*
Aussie *drinking a beer while sitting near a barbie* “THESE FUCKING FLIES”

by Zooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo April 25, 2019

These People Can Vote

A cynical statement used to point out that no matter how stupid someone is, they can still decide the fate of a country.

There are people who actually think that an almost eighty-year-old man who can't even walk up a flight of stairs without tripping or stumbling at least three times and can't go more than five minutes without uttering a non-sequitur or having a random emotional outburst and has a long, documented history of being extremely racially prejudiced whenever it's convenient to him is fit to run an entire country. And these people can vote.

by Ubeenbamboozledson May 29, 2022

these beans

a lesbain or a bi woman

Brandon: hey man look at these beans.
Tanner: I know they are such lesbains or i mean these beans.
Brandon: these beans

by Brandon - Tanner January 10, 2008

These things happen

A consolation offered to someone who has just experienced something shameful or embarrassing. This may be particular to Northern Ireland but I cannot confirm.

Seems common place amongst traditional working class families, a type of "stiff upper lip" attitude.

"Awhk Billy, you've never been done for drink driving before."
"Awh a'know but I'm just so embarrassed about it."
"Louk', these things happen."

by WE CANT GO ON TOGETHER WITH SU May 27, 2013