"Be my guest"

Has anyone used this expression in the past decade or so? It just occurred to me the other day that I haven't heard it in ages.

i say "go for it"

knock yourself out

i prefer people not to use this around me because it's really hard not to break into song when i hear it and nobody wants that

no one's gloomy or complaining WHEN THE FLATWARE'S ENTERTAINING

i say "party on, wayne"

have a good one

In high school & college, I worked summers at a beach resort that had a weekly variety show with mandatory skits/performances by each staff department, and a different theme song each year, something famous with lyrics re-written to showcase the local attractions. I was "volunteered" by my mother to play the clinky old piano for these things.

One year it was "Be Our Guest."

amazing

i just saw a high school production of beauty and the beast because some of the kids i work with were in it and they totally killed "be our guest," i have to say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMNqFvQy_Vg

http://www.brguesthospitality.com/

i use "by all means," which now that i think about it sounds condescending.

"as you wish"
*makes overly elaborate hand gesture*

i say "go for it"

yep

Predictably, I am quite sure I have said this some time in the past decade. lol old person obv.

^^^ ditto, lol x2, old x2.

I have said it, in the full knowledge that when the person takes over the task, they will utterly fail. And that I can then resume from where I left off, no further back from then.

that actually sounds like the canonical usage, A+

"don't mention it"

ffs, if you really have to

whatever gets you through the night

sometimes I say "not at all" with a faint faux-aristocratic tone

"not in the slightest"

http://www.alicia-logic.com/capsimages/a_025HicksApone.jpg

knock yourself out

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Or a malaprop version a friend used to use, "Knock yourself up."

son't you dare, motherfucker!

don't

i have a friend who says "by all means" which really annoys tbh, but that might be due to her appending it with an unctuous "sweetie"

i once snapped back "thank you for your permission" and she reacted like i had slapped her

it's more like "caveat emptor" when i'm cooking

it struck me the other day that "you're welcome to [stay here for a few nights] [stay for dinner] [join us]" pretty much means "we'd really rather you didn't" 99% of the time, or at least that's the impression i get

like there's always an implied "but" at the end, that isn't said but is the unsung tonic chord of the piece