Don't have a cow, mate

A phrase used by David Brent in "The Office" in an attempt to appease his boss when he is unhappy with him. The first use of this phrase on a Colonel's break was in ⁵ Genoa. At end of the meal on the second night, everyone threw in money for the bill. Since we were fairly low on change, some people had to throw in more than their share. One such person was Dave who threw in an extra five Euros. Mike gathered the money together and told everyone how much their share was. At this point, Dave, having already pointed out that he'd thrown in extra, said, "Don't forget I've got an extra five Euros in there". He said it so strongly that Mike was taken aback somewhat. However, he recovered admirably and turned round to Dave, saying, "Alright, don't have a cow, mate!" David then burst into fits of laughter at this application and once he'd got himself under control, Mike explained the gag to the rest of the Colonel's Regiment. "Don't have a cow, mate!" is now used regularly when a member of the Colonel's Regiment feels that another is overreacting about something. It is a less offensive version of "Touched a nerve there, interesting!"