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  • bazjonster
    bazjonster Posts: 2,875
    After two years in the 'corporate' world, I could list a whole ream of pointless buffoonery that I hear spouted everyday by sycophantic wannabes
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    edited July 2016
    Hard work never hurt anyone.

    Tell that to injurylawyers arebloodsuckers
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    Wheresmeticket? said:

    "Going forward" appended to almost any sentence, as in:

    We've got 46 games this season going forward.

    The plan is to deliver 10 staff training session this year going forward.

    I'm having a ham sandwich for lunch going forward.

    Nice.

    In a nutshell, what was it like?
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,636
    "I'm not a racist, but."
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,902
    pushing the envelope ...
    ...

  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    Dazzler21 said:

    colthe3rd said:

    I love you.

    Thanks mate, I'm not quite ready to say it back yet, but give me time.
    JaShea99 said:

    Dazzler21 said:

    thai malaysia addick said:

    You can't have your cake and eat it

    Exactly, why the hell wouldn't I eat my cake?

    It's my flipping cake, just try and stop me.
    Don't know if this is a joke, but that's not what it means. It means you can't eat your cake and then still have it there in front of you. Eg. You can't have it both ways.
    Ha ha ha I genuinely had never seen it explained.

    The saying has just become even more stupid. Why not settle for 'You can't have it both ways'
    Well, the Kama Sutra suggests that you can...

    You could put your back out, though.
  • SWEnglandAddick
    SWEnglandAddick Posts: 877
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  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,976
    Don't put off til tomorrow what you can do today (or something like that)

    Bollox. Put it off.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,792
    ricky_otto said:

    Couldn't hit a cows backside with a banjo.

    I'm sure you could.

    Exaggeration for effect, not pointless in the least.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,792
    Taxi_Lad said:

    By country we mean a sovereign state in it's own right !

    Richard Osman says it in every episode

    "its", not "it's".
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  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,792
    Daggs said:

    "can I get" In place of "can I have"

    In place of "may I have". If you're going to be pedantic, at least be accurate and pedantic.
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    "....the likes of....."
    (as in "...the likes of Johnnie Jackson")
    Who are they, then? Name them!

    "...going forwards...."
    (as in "...the organisation must look at enacting changes, going forwards...")
    What happened to "in future"?

    "...not to mention..."
    (and then mentioning the very person / thing that you said you wouldn't mention!)
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    AddicksAddict said:

    ricky_otto said:

    Couldn't hit a cows backside with a banjo.

    I'm sure you could.

    Exaggeration for effect, not pointless in the least.
    Thanks for clarifying.
  • Daggs
    Daggs Posts: 1,344
    edited July 2016
    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    "can I get" In place of "can I have"

    In place of "may I have". If you're going to be pedantic, at least be accurate and pedantic.
    You are of course correct, not that you're likely to hear 'may i have' very often. I was merely correcting the further corruption.

    What about 'don't poke your nose in'
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,682
    "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea".
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    You never know until you tread in it.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,792
    edited July 2016
    ricky_otto said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    ricky_otto said:

    Couldn't hit a cows backside with a banjo.

    I'm sure you could.

    Exaggeration for effect, not pointless in the least.
    Thanks for clarifying.
    De nada.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,792
    edited July 2016
    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    "can I get" In place of "can I have"

    In place of "may I have". If you're going to be pedantic, at least be accurate and pedantic.
    You are of course correct, not that you're likely to hear 'may i have' very often. I was merely correcting the further corruption.

    What about 'don't poke your nose in'
    Do you mean "What about 'Don't poke your nose in'?"?.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.
  • Daggs
    Daggs Posts: 1,344
    edited July 2016
    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    "can I get" In place of "can I have"

    In place of "may I have". If you're going to be pedantic, at least be accurate and pedantic.
    You are of course correct, not that you're likely to hear 'may i have' very often. I was merely correcting the further corruption.

    What about 'don't poke your nose in'
    Do you mean 'Don't poke your nose in'?.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.
    No. I meant "Don't poke your nose in" It's not a question, it's an instruction.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,792
    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    "can I get" In place of "can I have"

    In place of "may I have". If you're going to be pedantic, at least be accurate and pedantic.
    You are of course correct, not that you're likely to hear 'may i have' very often. I was merely correcting the further corruption.

    What about 'don't poke your nose in'
    Do you mean 'Don't poke your nose in'?.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.
    No. I meant "Don't poke your nose in" It's not a question, it's an instruction.
    "What about 'don't poke your nose in'" is a question whether you incorrectly leave out the question mark or not.
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  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    "can I get" In place of "can I have"

    In place of "may I have". If you're going to be pedantic, at least be accurate and pedantic.
    You are of course correct, not that you're likely to hear 'may i have' very often. I was merely correcting the further corruption.

    What about 'don't poke your nose in'
    Do you mean "What about 'Don't poke your nose in'?"?.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.
    Can you spot your own pedantic mistake?
  • Daggs
    Daggs Posts: 1,344
    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    "can I get" In place of "can I have"

    In place of "may I have". If you're going to be pedantic, at least be accurate and pedantic.
    You are of course correct, not that you're likely to hear 'may i have' very often. I was merely correcting the further corruption.

    What about 'don't poke your nose in'
    Do you mean 'Don't poke your nose in'?.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.
    No. I meant "Don't poke your nose in" It's not a question, it's an instruction.
    "What about 'don't poke your nose in'" is a question whether you incorrectly leave out the question mark or not.
    And you called me 'pedantic' .......... night night :)
  • Sonicstud85
    Sonicstud85 Posts: 2,161
    "I'm not being funny" prior to something can fuck right off
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,336
    Forward planning - I've never considered doing any backward planning.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,792
    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    "can I get" In place of "can I have"

    In place of "may I have". If you're going to be pedantic, at least be accurate and pedantic.
    You are of course correct, not that you're likely to hear 'may i have' very often. I was merely correcting the further corruption.

    What about 'don't poke your nose in'
    Do you mean 'Don't poke your nose in'?.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.
    No. I meant "Don't poke your nose in" It's not a question, it's an instruction.
    "What about 'don't poke your nose in'" is a question whether you incorrectly leave out the question mark or not.
    And you called me 'pedantic' .......... night night :)
    That was more of an "If one is going to be pedantic..." rather than addressed at you, particularly.





    However, whilst we're here, you missed out the hyphen in "night-night".
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    AddicksAddict said:

    Daggs said:

    "can I get" In place of "can I have"

    In place of "may I have". If you're going to be pedantic, at least be accurate and pedantic.
    You are of course correct, not that you're likely to hear 'may i have' very often. I was merely correcting the further corruption.

    What about 'don't poke your nose in'
    Do you mean 'Don't poke your nose in'?.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.
    No. I meant "Don't poke your nose in" It's not a question, it's an instruction.
    "What about 'don't poke your nose in'" is a question whether you incorrectly leave out the question mark or not.
    And you called me 'pedantic' .......... night night :)
    That was more of an "If one is going to be pedantic..." rather than addressed at you, particularly.





    However, whilst we're here, you missed out the hyphen in "night-night".
    Where do you stand with regard's to comma's' before quotation's?
  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,572
    When the shop assistant says that they have run out of what you needed.
    "Is there anything else I can help you with". No thankyou, unless you can come around and fix my loose ridge tiles.
  • Vinnie V.
    Vinnie V. Posts: 1,509
    cafcfan said:

    Cheap at half the price.

    (Except when you know that cheap also meant goods or property. So it's really the medieval equivalent of "everything 50% off".)

    This has become misused over time.

    Cheap used to mean shoddy. So the saying says it would still be crap at half the price.

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