we have this thing my partner and I do, childish-yes, but when we feel a disagreement starting, it makes us disolve in giggles
me: SHUT UP!
him: NOW YOU SHUT UP! (evenly spaced)
me: Nooooooo YOU SHUT UP!
him: JUST SHUT UP!
me: RUHE, KINDER (literally shut-up children in German)
and by then we're giggling......(guess we are easily amused in the desert)
SHUT-UP is one of my fav phrases
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956