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Take a Dick Smith

Verb. Liquidating one's assets (esp. community property) for pure personal gain and leaving; abandoning societal/familial social, moral and ethical expectations; forsaking one's responsibilities. Taking the easy way out.
Dick Smith was married and had 5 children. He had a big house with expensive cars and all the trappings of a wealthy family. One day Dick lost his job and after leaving work, liquidated all of his bank accounts and assets and left town, leaving his family high and dry.

Applications-

1. Someone gets fired from work- "he took a Dick Smith"
2. You are at a party and want to leave- "Hey I am going to take a Dick Smith"
3. Someone quits a job- "I took a Dick Smith"
4. Sean White lost in the Olympics- "Sean White took a Dick Smith in that event"
5. A store or restaurant closes- "They took a Dick Smith"
Take a Dick Smith by T.M. Zappa February 26, 2014

It's a joke not a dick you don't have to take it so hard 

something said when someone takes the joke too seriously or personally and they need a reminder of what they're mad about. knocks the sense back into someone real quick.
Samuel: It's a joke not a dick you don't have to take it so hard
Emanuel: I wish it was...
Samuel: what.
Emanuel: what.

it's a joke not a dick don't take it too hard

thing to say when someone bitches about a biology joke
z3ma b9a lih i3raf ghi les gènes dialo, it's a joke not a dick don't take it too hard