Quotes from my 55 year old male Croatian friend:

"It's only time!" in response to my suggesting that he doesn't need to fix something that we are going to replace anyway

"Open! Off! For safety! Seguridad! Segurno!" repeat this 10 times, notice the three languages. in reference to saftey on an exposed electical wire

"Ah, you make good pie. You know what we say in Croatia? When woman can make good pie, she can then get married." raised eyebrows and a wink