Ma's Things

Les nuits des étoiles start tonight until Sunday, so look up for the sparkly dust and be ready to shoot wishes.

I know now why I love this saying so much, because it has to do with witches!!
The salt was supposed to make a witch weak, hence the pinch of salt, and the punch would help get rid of the witch, weakened from the salt.
Also (though I shouldn't write that because I'm always the second one to say it, so I want to have the possibility to retaliate, but) adding "and no returns" to the end of the phrase should prohibit the person to whom the phrase is said from responding.
Another counter spell would be to shout "white rabbits" to the one casting the pinching and the punching before he can finish his sentence and it would allow you to administer a punch instead.

Heehee I love this saying, a close first in my it-list with "Made you look, made you stare, made you lose your underwear"