Done and done

May 12, 2008 9:26 PM

I do this menial task at work at least once, and usually several times a day, which involves running my scripts and then sending out a mass email. The body of my email currently consists of the word 'Done'. I'd like as many ways as possible to say 'the task is completed' and be generally silly.

Go all out, synonyms, colloquialisms, slang, foreign languages, everything. This task will be all done within a month or two, and I just want to amuse myself and weird out coworkers.

posted by Mach5 to writing & language (78 comments total)

Mission Accomplished?
posted by flatluigi at 9:34 PM on May 12, 2008

Fin!
posted by numinous at 9:35 PM on May 12, 2008

the task is completed in as many languages you can find
posted by mattoxic at 9:36 PM on May 12, 2008

wendell
posted by mattoxic at 9:36 PM on May 12, 2008

For the fans of Ferris Beuller: "Le jeux sont faits, your ass is mine".
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 9:37 PM on May 12, 2008

Stick a fork in it.
posted by numinous at 9:38 PM on May 12, 2008

-30-

posted by enn at 9:38 PM on May 12, 2008

That is so dunzo!
posted by Asherah at 9:41 PM on May 12, 2008

On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.
posted by scody at 9:44 PM on May 12, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

Over? Over.
posted by pupdog at 9:45 PM on May 12, 2008

We'll always have Paris.
posted by unSane at 9:52 PM on May 12, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

Now, I'm going to Disneyland!
posted by Gorgik at 9:53 PM on May 12, 2008

That all you got, punk?

Tetelestai

Oh!!! My muffins!!!!!

Signed, sealed, delivered.

Game over, man, game over!
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 9:58 PM on May 12, 2008

Over and out.

My work here is done.

It's soup!
posted by amyms at 10:01 PM on May 12, 2008

http://www.instantrimshot.com/
posted by pupdog at 10:05 PM on May 12, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

Somewhere, a fat lady is singing.

Aaaaaaaaaand scene.
posted by 23skidoo at 10:13 PM on May 12, 2008

It's Miller time!
posted by nicwolff at 10:16 PM on May 12, 2008

...and boom goes the dynamite
posted by pilibeen at 10:18 PM on May 12, 2008

Yatta!

(It's the past tense of 遣る yaru which means "to do, to attempt, to try". In actual use it signifies triumph, achievement.)
posted by Class Goat at 10:18 PM on May 12, 2008

That's all, folks!
posted by suedehead at 10:21 PM on May 12, 2008

In various languages:

"fertig", "klaar", "pret".

Also "fait accompli" and perhaps "alia iacta est"
posted by Capostrophe at 10:30 PM on May 12, 2008

"ah fuck i cant believe i've done this?"
posted by drjimmy11 at 10:31 PM on May 12, 2008

Finito.
posted by peacheater at 10:31 PM on May 12, 2008

...and that's a wrap!
posted by rio at 10:32 PM on May 12, 2008

Thank you, drive through.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 10:33 PM on May 12, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

The dishes are done, man!
posted by rlef98 at 10:37 PM on May 12, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]

Cut! And print it!
posted by Kikkoman at 10:42 PM on May 12, 2008

QED.
posted by TypographicalError at 10:47 PM on May 12, 2008

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posted by emelenjr at 10:58 PM on May 12, 2008 [4 favorites has favorites]

I think we're done here.
Nothing more to see, move along.
The eagle has landed.
posted by sysinfo at 11:11 PM on May 12, 2008

Hillaried.
posted by orthogonality at 11:19 PM on May 12, 2008

Owari. ("The end" in Japanese.)

How about a closing narration quote from The Twilight Zone? There are a bunch, but my two favorites for your purposes:

"There are more things in heaven and earth, and in the sky, than perhaps can be dreamt of. And somewhere in between heaven, the sky, the earth, lies the Twilight Zone." (1.18, The Last Flight)

"[A]sk yourself, do you live here, in this country, in this world, or do you live instead in the Twilight Zone?" (2.62, Shadow Play)
posted by bettafish at 11:21 PM on May 12, 2008

Thank you, come again.
posted by naoko at 11:23 PM on May 12, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

Can you use a noise? I just found this on the blue page and I've fallen in love.

http://www.instantrimshot.com/
posted by wv kay in ga at 11:25 PM on May 12, 2008

</task>
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 11:30 PM on May 12, 2008

And they all lived happily ever after.
posted by naoko at 11:41 PM on May 12, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

I can't believe I ate the whole thing.
posted by naoko at 11:43 PM on May 12, 2008

"Well, I'm back."

"Yes."

"Shantih shantih shantih"
posted by holgate at 12:20 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

+1

<>

Now *that's* elegant.

The pacman 'dying' wav might be cool...
posted by DrtyBlvd at 12:44 AM on May 13, 2008

"Pens down everyone."
posted by leakymem at 12:47 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

This task caught the Westbound home.
posted by orthogonality at 12:49 AM on May 13, 2008

Veni, vidi, vici.
posted by jacalata at 12:52 AM on May 13, 2008

yes I said yes I will Yes
posted by scody at 1:02 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

Mehr Licht.
posted by Ghislain Bellec at 1:41 AM on May 13, 2008

The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first time with a sense of hope, because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can, too.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 2:45 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

It is done.

For you, the war is over.
posted by TheTelf at 2:53 AM on May 13, 2008

Great Last Lines of Films

Loads of good ones on there.
posted by chrispy108 at 3:10 AM on May 13, 2008 [3 favorites has favorites]

Maybe not totally appropriate for your workplace, but there're some apt bible verses:

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith
2 Timothy 4:7

...in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Genesis 20:5

...and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
Revelation 16:17

...I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
John 17:4

(IANATheist)
posted by hjo3 at 3:32 AM on May 13, 2008

Consummatum est.
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:53 AM on May 13, 2008

This is [firstname], last survivor of the [company/project name], signing off.

I finished the scripting. The last guy was really hard.

Roses are red / violets are blue / all my scripts / are belong to you.

Done. But then again, tomorrow is another day.

This goes out to Radio Raheem.

Now it's complete because it's ended here.

Stand by for a wave of emotion.

Per ardua ad astra.

Let me run this up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it.

Let me throw this out in the stoop and see if the cat licks it up.

Let me run this up the flagpole and see if the cat licks it up.

Let me throw this out in the stoop and see if anyone salutes it.

Let's put it on the five-fifteen and see if it gets off at Westport.

Face. Bovvered.

"Brothers!"

"Victory is ours!"

"Thank you, sir. Thank you. I’m glad it’s off my mind. Glad."

"Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Goodbye."

"And this is my room - and you're all here! And I'm not gonna leave here ever, ever again because I love you all!"

"I did it. I did it all. I feel as though I'd lived through all of this before in another life."

"I've just launched Gerald."

"Attaboy, Clarence."

"Maybe I didn't do such a wonderful thing after all."

"All right! Saddle up! Let's get back in the war!"

"You finally really did it. You maniacs!"

"Here’s to Nick."

"Don’t thank me, Warden. We’re all part of the same team."

"The horror. The horror."

"Greetings, programs!"

"Do you think you'd be happy doing that?"
"“Well, I don't know. What are the hours?"

"It is accomplished! It is accomplished!"

"Now, where was I?"

"Mischief managed."
posted by nthdegx at 3:53 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

You could include a Deathbed Quote, a line from a children's lullaby, or end quotes from famous plays, such as Shakespeare's. Also, famous or funny epitaphs.

"Beneath this stone lies Murphy
They buried him today
He lived the life of Reilly
While Reilly was away"
posted by BrotherCaine at 3:59 AM on May 13, 2008

Anagrams of "it is done" include:

editions
sedition
edit is on

Anagrams of "I have finished" include:

a fiendish hive
hi, adhesive fin
hi, divine sheaf
naive hide fish
I heaved in fish

Anagrams of "fait accomplis" include:

Apical Comfits
Pacific Almost
Calf Simpatico
Acclaim Fist Op
Cacao Film Pits
Tom's facial pic
Mafia's colt pic
Lactic sofa imp
Lo, pacifism act
Fiscal coma tip
posted by nthdegx at 4:25 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

aww man, you guys are totally awesome. i will mark best answers as i actually use the lines.
posted by Mach5 at 5:10 AM on May 13, 2008

...and then I found $20.
posted by Osrinith at 5:16 AM on May 13, 2008

You could also use punchlines to well known jokes:

"The Aristocrats!"

"Twenty bucks, same as in town!"

"A stick!"

"Why the long face?"

"Give me a beer, and a mop?"

"Does this taste funny to you?"
posted by unSane at 5:36 AM on May 13, 2008

"The package has been delivered."
posted by kirkaracha at 5:58 AM on May 13, 2008

That's one small step for a script, one giant leap for scriptkind.
posted by pupdog at 6:26 AM on May 13, 2008

"How are the scripts like Beethoven's Fifth? They're done done done doooonnnnee"
posted by pardonyou? at 6:32 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

The End
End
Fin.
The Fin.
Le End.
posted by daveyt at 6:38 AM on May 13, 2008

"No man is an island"
--John (The Scripts Are) Donne
posted by pardonyou? at 6:39 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

What's done, is done.
--Macbeth, Act 3, scene 2
posted by pardonyou? at 6:47 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

Elvis has left the building.
posted by naoko at 6:48 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

And behold, it was very good.
posted by naoko at 6:56 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

That's all there is, there ain't no more.
Shave and a haircut, two bits!
Thanks for coming, be sure to tell your friends!
See you here next time, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!
posted by Oriole Adams at 6:57 AM on May 13, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]

finississimo (for a humorous musical allusion)
posted by amtho at 6:58 AM on May 13, 2008

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
posted by naoko at 7:09 AM on May 13, 2008

"The Eagle has landed." (Armstrong)

Done-diddly-un! (Flanders)

"And that's the way it was" (Kronkite)

"Good night and good news!" (Ted Baxter)

~CURTAIN~

*ding!* (egg timer)
posted by Koko at 7:16 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

From the depths of hell... I stab at thee...
posted by Debaser626 at 7:24 AM on May 13, 2008

'The Italian navigator has landed'

--the coded message that went out when Enrico Fermi's group at the University of Chicago successfully turned on the first nuclear reactor (and then was able to turn it off!). I didn't realize until this morning that part of the allusion was that it took place in 1942 as opposed to 1492.
posted by jamjam at 7:39 AM on May 13, 2008

...and if I don't see you later, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!
- Truman
posted by catkins at 9:22 AM on May 13, 2008

Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 9:47 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

We have met the enemy, and they are ours.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 9:48 AM on May 13, 2008

Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife—chopping off what's incomplete and saying: "Now it's complete because it's ended here."
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 9:50 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

The greatest accomplishments seem imperfect,
yet their usefulness is not diminished.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 10:02 AM on May 13, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

The first transport is away!

Pretty sure that's the line from Empire Strikes Back. Tried to look it up on imdb but couldn't find an exact quote. We used say that when the pizza oven was empty for the first time during a busy night. Then we could head out back for smokey treats.
posted by friendlyjuan at 12:49 PM on May 13, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]

As a young child I was convinced, despite ample evidence to the contrary, that books ended with"the and" If you look at the books I "wrote" (more like dictated) and illustrated as a 4 or 5 year old, assuming that my parents have them stored somewhere, you will see, on the last page, the following words painstakingly scrawled in large marker:

The And

Also, James Lipton recommends Explicit.
posted by Deathalicious at 12:59 PM on May 13, 2008

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
posted by Lanark at 2:11 PM on May 13, 2008

You got it, friendlyjuan.
posted by nthdegx at 1:37 AM on May 14, 2008