Done. Repeat. Done. Repeat.
February 14, 2019 4:34 PM Subscribe
Help me come up with interesting and creative ways to say "This is done".
At work when I finish with a task I write "Done" on the sheet of paper I'm working off of and hand it back to a co-worker. But this got boring. So lately I've been using other languages/word games/idioms/quickly scribbled cartoons instead. But I need more. Give me all the unexpected/creative/mildly confusing ways you can think of for me to say this without resorting to boring old "Done".
At work when I finish with a task I write "Done" on the sheet of paper I'm working off of and hand it back to a co-worker. But this got boring. So lately I've been using other languages/word games/idioms/quickly scribbled cartoons instead. But I need more. Give me all the unexpected/creative/mildly confusing ways you can think of for me to say this without resorting to boring old "Done".
fin.
ideally as on a card from a silent movie.
posted by zippy at 4:49 PM on February 14, 2019 [5 favorites]
ideally as on a card from a silent movie.
posted by zippy at 4:49 PM on February 14, 2019 [5 favorites]
Stick a fork in it!
posted by congen at 4:50 PM on February 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by congen at 4:50 PM on February 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
So let it be written. So let it be done.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 4:50 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 4:50 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Make it so.
posted by BlahLaLa at 4:55 PM on February 14, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by BlahLaLa at 4:55 PM on February 14, 2019 [3 favorites]
It is accomplished! (May be blasphemous to any evangelicals within earshot)
posted by Autumnheart at 4:55 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Autumnheart at 4:55 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
It's over!! a la Strong Bad.
posted by ferret branca at 5:03 PM on February 14, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by ferret branca at 5:03 PM on February 14, 2019 [5 favorites]
-30-
The traditional way to end a novel manuscript!
posted by Andrhia at 5:04 PM on February 14, 2019 [4 favorites]
The traditional way to end a novel manuscript!
posted by Andrhia at 5:04 PM on February 14, 2019 [4 favorites]
As you wish. yatta! Did it. Did this. Back to you. mahalo. Rodger. okiey dokie. Next.
posted by zengargoyle at 5:07 PM on February 14, 2019
posted by zengargoyle at 5:07 PM on February 14, 2019
Thank u, next
posted by MonkeyToes at 5:13 PM on February 14, 2019 [14 favorites]
posted by MonkeyToes at 5:13 PM on February 14, 2019 [14 favorites]
Veni, vidi, vici.
posted by bq at 5:16 PM on February 14, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by bq at 5:16 PM on February 14, 2019 [4 favorites]
Doodle the last measure of a piece of music, with the double bar line indicating the end of the score.
posted by rekrap at 5:28 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by rekrap at 5:28 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
finite incantatem
posted by phunniemee at 5:49 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by phunniemee at 5:49 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Britishism, but "It's sorted" or "Sorted."
posted by Preserver at 6:07 PM on February 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Preserver at 6:07 PM on February 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
Done and dusted.
posted by punchtothehead at 6:08 PM on February 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by punchtothehead at 6:08 PM on February 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
Slut. Okay, this one is super incredibly workplace-dependent, but it's Swedish and roughly meaning "the end" or "final".
posted by mireille at 6:15 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by mireille at 6:15 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
The dishes are DONE, man.
Um, depends on if your coworkers grew up in the 80s, I guess.
posted by silverstatue at 6:27 PM on February 14, 2019 [4 favorites]
Um, depends on if your coworkers grew up in the 80s, I guess.
posted by silverstatue at 6:27 PM on February 14, 2019 [4 favorites]
I think the author of DEEP WORK uses “system shutdown.”
posted by Peach at 6:41 PM on February 14, 2019
posted by Peach at 6:41 PM on February 14, 2019
Factum est?
posted by Mrs. Rattery at 6:55 PM on February 14, 2019
posted by Mrs. Rattery at 6:55 PM on February 14, 2019
I've used "fin" for projects.
(In business, it's never really over until the client signs off, the invoice is sent, the client thanks you, the invoice is paid, & the client doesn't come back with a technical time bomb months later. By then it's on to next thing. It's never really over.)
posted by ovvl at 7:04 PM on February 14, 2019
(In business, it's never really over until the client signs off, the invoice is sent, the client thanks you, the invoice is paid, & the client doesn't come back with a technical time bomb months later. By then it's on to next thing. It's never really over.)
posted by ovvl at 7:04 PM on February 14, 2019
Spanish: ¡Ya!
Please, sir, may I have another?
The rest is history.
posted by SLC Mom at 7:07 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Please, sir, may I have another?
The rest is history.
posted by SLC Mom at 7:07 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Make it so.
Made it so.
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 7:11 PM on February 14, 2019
Made it so.
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 7:11 PM on February 14, 2019
Exit, pursued by a bear.
posted by MonkeyToes at 7:19 PM on February 14, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by MonkeyToes at 7:19 PM on February 14, 2019 [3 favorites]
Sketch a picture of the person you hand the paper to, and soon enough, you're a portrait-sketching genius! Make this habit work for you.
The dishes are done, man.
Wow -- I never saw that movie, but I distinctly remember that quote from the trailer.
posted by klausman at 7:25 PM on February 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
The dishes are done, man.
Wow -- I never saw that movie, but I distinctly remember that quote from the trailer.
posted by klausman at 7:25 PM on February 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
Ship it.
posted by JonJacky at 8:00 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by JonJacky at 8:00 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Push it to prod.
posted by bendy at 8:13 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by bendy at 8:13 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Nailed it
Park it
Spike this
Aussie-isms :
Deadset
Sweet as
Piece of piss
No wuckers (from no fuckin’ worries/ no wucken furries - I would so put this on an ink stamp)
Ridgy-didge
Stoked
Hit the turps
Your shout
Too right
Call it a day
True blue
Defo
Ripper
Bonza
Beaut/ bewdie
posted by honey-barbara at 8:19 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
Park it
Spike this
Aussie-isms :
Deadset
Sweet as
Piece of piss
No wuckers (from no fuckin’ worries/ no wucken furries - I would so put this on an ink stamp)
Ridgy-didge
Stoked
Hit the turps
Your shout
Too right
Call it a day
True blue
Defo
Ripper
Bonza
Beaut/ bewdie
posted by honey-barbara at 8:19 PM on February 14, 2019 [1 favorite]
"And Scene"
"They Lived Happily Ever After"
"Goodnight Gracie"
"Happy Trails"
"Thanks for the Memories"
"Roger. Over and Out"
"Curtain"
"Lights Out"
"Take a Bow"
posted by brookeb at 9:14 PM on February 14, 2019
"They Lived Happily Ever After"
"Goodnight Gracie"
"Happy Trails"
"Thanks for the Memories"
"Roger. Over and Out"
"Curtain"
"Lights Out"
"Take a Bow"
posted by brookeb at 9:14 PM on February 14, 2019
That's all, folks!
That's all she wrote.
The fat lady sings.
Bob's your uncle.
Klaar is Kees. (Dutch)
✅
EOF
Finito.
Fix und fertig.
posted by Too-Ticky at 12:46 AM on February 15, 2019
That's all she wrote.
The fat lady sings.
Bob's your uncle.
Klaar is Kees. (Dutch)
✅
EOF
Finito.
Fix und fertig.
posted by Too-Ticky at 12:46 AM on February 15, 2019
In Tok Pisin "finished" is "pinis" ( originally from the English word). A colleague of mine who works in PNG got used to shouting "pinis!" when he completed a task. Turns out it doesn't go down so well in public in am English-speaking country.
posted by lollusc at 1:58 AM on February 15, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by lollusc at 1:58 AM on February 15, 2019 [1 favorite]
Mischief managed
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 4:30 AM on February 15, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 4:30 AM on February 15, 2019 [4 favorites]
Ship it!
posted by The_Auditor at 4:44 AM on February 15, 2019
posted by The_Auditor at 4:44 AM on February 15, 2019
Also fond of finito, used to great effect in Catch-22.
Excelsior!
Tah Dah!
Through.
downtohisturtles 1, world 0
Clear!
posted by aspersioncast at 5:07 AM on February 15, 2019 [1 favorite]
Excelsior!
Tah Dah!
Through.
downtohisturtles 1, world 0
Clear!
posted by aspersioncast at 5:07 AM on February 15, 2019 [1 favorite]
Mission Accomplished.
(Emeril) BAM!
(Andromeda Strain) 601
(Monty Python) Splunge.
Drawing of buttocks with an arrow pointing to them
(SNL Brokaw) He was delicious.
posted by zaixfeep at 6:00 AM on February 15, 2019
(Emeril) BAM!
(Andromeda Strain) 601
(Monty Python) Splunge.
Drawing of buttocks with an arrow pointing to them
(SNL Brokaw) He was delicious.
posted by zaixfeep at 6:00 AM on February 15, 2019
Alice! (i.e. Das ist Alles)
(Python) It is an EX-TASK, it has CEASED TO BE; it is pinin' for the fjords
posted by zaixfeep at 6:08 AM on February 15, 2019
(Python) It is an EX-TASK, it has CEASED TO BE; it is pinin' for the fjords
posted by zaixfeep at 6:08 AM on February 15, 2019
Literally stick a fork through the paper and give it to your coworker.
posted by klausman at 6:16 AM on February 15, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by klausman at 6:16 AM on February 15, 2019 [2 favorites]
A few years back I walked to the stencil and stamp shop down the street and got a custom stamp with my first initial for very little money. I still use that to stamp papers when someone (me, someone else in my department, whoever) might conceivably need to know at a glance that it's been done.
It's very satisfying.
posted by komara at 7:09 AM on February 15, 2019 [3 favorites]
It's very satisfying.
posted by komara at 7:09 AM on February 15, 2019 [3 favorites]
That's a wrap
posted by vignettist at 7:31 AM on February 15, 2019
posted by vignettist at 7:31 AM on February 15, 2019
Drawings you could do, inspired by a quick google image search for "finished work cartoon"....
Marathon finish line with an exhausted runner laying down across it. Or a person happily breaking the tape.
Smiling person at a desk with an empty inbox and a full outbox
Person in a beach chair with drink and umbrella as you hand off the paperwork to the office-dressed person next to you. This would also work at a pub scenario.
Happy office person jumping/dancing while they throw papers in the air
Smiling kid at a school desk, with a "100" paper in front of him on the desk
Homer Simpson has a meme that is a woo-hoo face with fists pumping the air.
You could draw an elaborate stamp that looks like you bought one. The ones I am seeing are round with stars in the outside borders, block letters saying COMPLETION between the stars, and 100% very large in the middle.
A target with a bullseye.
Another phrase:
I'm done, now what?
posted by CathyG at 8:39 AM on February 15, 2019
Marathon finish line with an exhausted runner laying down across it. Or a person happily breaking the tape.
Smiling person at a desk with an empty inbox and a full outbox
Person in a beach chair with drink and umbrella as you hand off the paperwork to the office-dressed person next to you. This would also work at a pub scenario.
Happy office person jumping/dancing while they throw papers in the air
Smiling kid at a school desk, with a "100" paper in front of him on the desk
Homer Simpson has a meme that is a woo-hoo face with fists pumping the air.
You could draw an elaborate stamp that looks like you bought one. The ones I am seeing are round with stars in the outside borders, block letters saying COMPLETION between the stars, and 100% very large in the middle.
A target with a bullseye.
Another phrase:
I'm done, now what?
posted by CathyG at 8:39 AM on February 15, 2019
Oh, I just saw you said "word games" -
You could draw a few squares of a crossword puzzle with some filled in and some blank, then a clue like 4(down) 4-letter word for Complete and make them fill in their own DONE announcement.
Or a sketch of Vanna White standing in front of the Wheel of Fortune board with some letters exposed and others blank.
"What do you get if you remove the G from cow poop?" DUN
Ask other mefi's if they can come up with more riddles.
posted by CathyG at 8:47 AM on February 15, 2019
You could draw a few squares of a crossword puzzle with some filled in and some blank, then a clue like 4(down) 4-letter word for Complete and make them fill in their own DONE announcement.
Or a sketch of Vanna White standing in front of the Wheel of Fortune board with some letters exposed and others blank.
"What do you get if you remove the G from cow poop?" DUN
Ask other mefi's if they can come up with more riddles.
posted by CathyG at 8:47 AM on February 15, 2019
Game over man, game over!
posted by farlukar at 9:16 AM on February 15, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by farlukar at 9:16 AM on February 15, 2019 [1 favorite]
Fait Accompli
posted by BigLankyBastard at 9:45 AM on February 15, 2019
posted by BigLankyBastard at 9:45 AM on February 15, 2019
drawing of an empty bowl with chopsticks balanced across the rim on the left side? a plate with only cake icing left on it?
a knocked over king chess piece?
a hourglass where all the sand is on the bottom?
a peeled orange rind? an apple core? a squeezed out tube of toothpaste? a turned off lightswitch? a broken finish line ribbon?
posted by euphoria066 at 11:00 AM on February 15, 2019
a knocked over king chess piece?
a hourglass where all the sand is on the bottom?
a peeled orange rind? an apple core? a squeezed out tube of toothpaste? a turned off lightswitch? a broken finish line ribbon?
posted by euphoria066 at 11:00 AM on February 15, 2019
Done-ski!
posted by Duffington at 11:47 AM on February 15, 2019
posted by Duffington at 11:47 AM on February 15, 2019
Response by poster: Thank you all! These are great! And yes, more riddles if ya got em!
posted by downtohisturtles at 11:56 AM on February 15, 2019
posted by downtohisturtles at 11:56 AM on February 15, 2019
Exeunt omnes.
Consummatum est.
Es ist vollbracht.
Achievéd is the glorious work.
SWORDED.
Bob's your uncle.
Over like a Mars rover.
Done like a Chelsea bun.
Ka'plaa!
Well done, sister suffragette.
Einmal und fertig.
Finished, not diminished.
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.
That's a wrap on this crap.
Homeward bound.
Round the back for the brandy.
See you next time on the Muppet Show!
posted by Pallas Athena at 1:08 PM on February 15, 2019 [2 favorites]
Consummatum est.
Es ist vollbracht.
Achievéd is the glorious work.
SWORDED.
Bob's your uncle.
Over like a Mars rover.
Done like a Chelsea bun.
Ka'plaa!
Well done, sister suffragette.
Einmal und fertig.
Finished, not diminished.
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.
That's a wrap on this crap.
Homeward bound.
Round the back for the brandy.
See you next time on the Muppet Show!
posted by Pallas Athena at 1:08 PM on February 15, 2019 [2 favorites]
Another (more common nowadays, I think) way of writing Q.E.D. is with a square, either filled or hollow. A bit obscure, though, if you're not familiar with mathematical notation.
Also, the Morse code prosign for "end transmission" is ..._._ (SK).
posted by mhum at 1:46 PM on February 15, 2019
Also, the Morse code prosign for "end transmission" is ..._._ (SK).
posted by mhum at 1:46 PM on February 15, 2019
Apparently, in CB radio lingo, 10-7 is sometimes used to sign off as well.
posted by mhum at 1:58 PM on February 15, 2019
posted by mhum at 1:58 PM on February 15, 2019
It looks like there may be (at least) two ways to use maritime signal flags to mark the end of a message. You can either use the "answering pennant" itself or using the the two flags representing "A" and "R" (see page 11 in this pdf).
posted by mhum at 3:57 PM on February 15, 2019
posted by mhum at 3:57 PM on February 15, 2019
Boom!
posted by Stewriffic at 4:03 PM on February 15, 2019
posted by Stewriffic at 4:03 PM on February 15, 2019
If I were going to use CB radio, I would use "10-4 Good Buddy".
'Night, John-Boy
Another stupid riddle: What do you call Scandinavian Ted's brother? Finnish-Ed
posted by CathyG at 9:53 AM on February 16, 2019
'Night, John-Boy
Another stupid riddle: What do you call Scandinavian Ted's brother? Finnish-Ed
posted by CathyG at 9:53 AM on February 16, 2019
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posted by gideonfrog at 4:36 PM on February 14, 2019