The "threw him/her under the bus" metaphor is overused. (My first real rant)

[AlinPA]

[VolcanoJen]

1. Let's throw "under the bus" under the fuckin' bus

For real.

[Maddy McCall]

2. I know. I'm sick of it.

[grantcart]

3. That's it under the bus you go

nobody trivializes our overworn jingoistic slogans

"Remember the Maine"

[Cha]

4. It was really old about a

month ago.

[Guaranteed]

5. Yes, it's starting to become very prevalent.

But now people are noticing and it'll get squashed.

[parasim]

6. Agreed. nt

[undeterred]

7. Yeah, I'm sick of it too. Its worse than he "jumped the shark".

[parasim]

12. Yeah, "under the bus" has definitely jumped the shark.

sorry, I couldn't resist...

[undeterred]

24. Actually I think the shark jumped under the bus

because he knew he was about to get thrown under it anyway.:shrug:

[Catherine Vincent]

8. Oh, so now it's overused now that Barack threw Wright "under the bus"? nt

[Muttocracy]

9. At the end of the day, it's important to know who can throw people under the bus on Day One. nt

[likesmountains 52]

10. Threw him under the bus has jumped the shark...

[candelovsky]

11. You guys are hypersensitive

like girls on PMS annoyed by the littlest thing.

[CoffeeCat]

13. The thing about throwing someone under the bus...

...is that there's a slight chance that they'll emerge unscathed.

One could duck, and the bus could just roll over--leaving you unharmed.

Now, if you throw someone under the bulldozer, that would be scary-bad. Throwing
someone under a weed whacker is far worse. And don't get me started about the
ramifications of throwing someone under a Bradley GT.

;)

[4themind]

14. I wish bush threw cheney under the bus..

I wish he threw libby under the bus (or at least not pardoning him), I wish he threw rummy under the bus sooner. The point is, there comes a point where, competence takes a place over loyalty, which means some times you change your MIND based on others ACTIONS. Obama reached that point toady it seems, if you think you wouldn't have, then you're free to not vote for him because of that, if it's a decisive issue for you.

If he threw wright under the bus, it's because wright ran him OVER with it first ('he's a politician, he'll say what it takes to get him elected' that's not what obama's claiming to be a strength of his campaign, regardless if you think he's lived up to it or not)

[nichomachus]

22. Bush tried to throw Cheney under the bus

The bus lost.

Actually, they did try. Remember when they gave him the job of finding the vice presidential candidate. That was to give him something to do to keep him out of their hair, but he pulled a swifty and got himself appointed president.

[Toucano]

15. Cliches wear out VERY quickly these days.

This under the bus thing is ready for to be thrown ... away.

[candelovsky]

16. Under the bus will never die

I will make sure the metaphor will never be thrown under the bus.

[Frank Booth]

17. I agree. It's time for another vehicle to be substituted in place of bus.

Golf cart. Or Ford Fairmont.

[sdfernando]

I once had a Ford Fairmont

If you threw anything under it, you destroy the Ford and whatever you threw under it would remain unscathed.

[Frank Booth]

23. Station wagon?

Those were nice.

[bhikkhu]

18. The full narrative of the "threw him/her under the bus" meme...

has yet to be written. :)

[Raejeanowl]

25. "Meme" Is Another One

Never heard it before a month or so ago, but when I looked it up, it was clear the meaning has been recently mangled by its utilitarian overuse.

[backscatter712]

19. Vroooom... *thump-thump*

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

20. You Just Threw The Concept Of Ranting Under The Bus. Cause Yours Sucked.

[nichomachus]

21. We need to ban buses

they are apparently more dangerous than handguns. So many people being thrown under so many buses.