My Gran used to say "Well dip me in honey!". Her side of my Mom's family were Swede descendent farmers. Don't know if that's where it came from or if it had some hidden reference to my Grandpa
. Don't want to think to hard about that....
She also used "Well I'll be!". Figure that one out...
My Grandad on my Dad's side used to make up words but, a couple of his favorite expressions like that was "Bingo!" and "Sassafrass!".
Growing up in Ill. I used to use "Fuch me runnin!" a lot and "Holy Sheep Shyte!". "Jumpin Jehosaphat!" I heard a lot too. Don't know if I spelled it correctly. Like it matters..
Nowadays it's primarily "WTF!" with an occassional "Hot Damn!" thrown in.