IRRITATING words and expressions 3

[Ladyazh]

UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN -- "If they haven't followed the law to get here, they are by definition 'illegal.' It's like saying a drug dealer is an 'undocumented pharmacist.'" -- John Varga, Westfield, New Jersey.

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php

 

[gbaughma]

Yup. Very true. I used to live on the east side (read "bad side") of Joliet.

In fact, the opening scene of Blues Brothers, where "Joliet Jake" is getting out of prison, was filmed about a 1/2 mile from my old house.

Now I'm in northern Minnesota. Nice, quiet, safe, no gunshots unless someone is going hunting, minnesota.



Just my 2¢
"Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste." -Bonnie Raitt "Nick of Time"
--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com

 

[philhege]

What, Greg, no sheriff's helipcopter shinin' the spotlight on your neighborhood like I used to have in Berdoo?

Glad to be out of that gang-nest.

Phil Hegedusich
Senior Programmer/Analyst
IIMAK

http://www.iimak.com

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I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.

 

[philhege]

Helipcopter". Yeesh. Helicopter.

Phil Hegedusich
Senior Programmer/Analyst
IIMAK

http://www.iimak.com

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I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.

 

[SantaMufasa]

By Jove, Phil, I believe you have come up with a name for a form of sexual harrassment:

He-lip-copt-'er



Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
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[donbott]

Sammich
Psgetti


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[SantaMufasa]

Drove me nuts when the reporter said that the accused felon was released on his own reconnaissance. Sheesh!

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
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[SantaMufasa]

expresso.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[mjldba]

Had an uncle who called the 12v object under the hood of his car a "bat-tree" while the rest of us call it a
"bat-ter-e".

"thingy" drives me nuts. My daughter had a birthday sleepover and one of the girls came upstairs crying with a pretty average-looking scratch on her leg. I asked her what happened and she said "I scratched my leg on the little metal thingy on the big metal thingy".

 

[MallardVHS]

Drove me nuts when the reporter said that the accused felon was released on his own reconnaissance.

Dave, the guy just meant he'd see himself out... an eye for an I, so to speak.

Don


[gray]ever hear the one about the pirate who walked into a bar with his ship's steering mechanism between his legs? Me either.[/gray]

[green]Tis far easier to keep your duck in a row if you just have the one.[/green]

 

[Ladyazh]

little metal thingy on the big metal thingy? ) I do that!

 

[MallardVHS]

be steel, my heart (assuming you're not a robot).

[gray] I always wanted to drive a Volvo! (they're boxie, but good!)[/gray]

"Donald Ternative"

[green]Tis far easier to keep your duck in a row if you just have the one.[/green]

 

[MallardVHS]

TOO FUNNY!

Hey, Ladyazh, read this thread again and imagine mjldba hadn't posted.

Then giggle at the mere thought of responding to a post that, get this, has ALREADY been responded to.

hehe, etc...

Don

(apologies to clocks, second thoughts, "rounding off")


[green]Tis far easier to keep your duck in a row if you just have the one.[/green]

 

[Ed2020]

Brilliant thread, and probably a bit late for me to be posting to it. Some of mine are:

Touch base
Starter for ten
And I turned around to him and said...

Ed Metcalfe.

Please do not feed the trolls.....

 

[pinkgecko]

Heard one on PBS last night on a show about stealth technology in American aviation. The "expert" was talking about how the angled paneling of the F-117 was able to remain invisible to radar even when the radar was "orientated" directly on the fighter. He had a British accent - maybe "orientate" is actually a word over there...

[blue]Never listen to your customers. They were dumb enough to buy your product, so they have no credibility. - Dogbert[/blue]

 

[sha76]

It's not a word your side of the pond? If I was lost & then spied a familiar landmark then I'd use that to orientate myself. What would you do?

"Your rock is eroding wrong." -Dogbert

 

[pinkgecko]

Orient. Orientate is in dictionary.reference.com, but the definition is "to orient."

[blue]Never listen to your customers. They were dumb enough to buy your product, so they have no credibility. - Dogbert[/blue]

 

[MicroZealous]

Some of my favorites(not).
Adding the word 'not' into a question.
Using 'we' instead of 'you'.
Example: "Did we not get this fixed?"

(snarl)

 

[KenCunningham]

Pinkgecko - that's exactly what Sha is saying isn't it?

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[flapeyre]

That's neither here nor there" - wait a minute, it has to be one or the other!

Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas.

 

[MCuthill]

Providing "that" exists at all, then it has to be somewhere.... but that place may not necessarily be "Here" or "There" (two specific locations).

Just my thoughts, logically.

Usage-wise, why not say "That's irrelevant" instead?



Mike
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"It Seems All My Problems Exist Between Keyboard and Chair"