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Wed Feb-18-09 05:47 PM
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At the end of the day, the bottom line is... |
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that I'd like to see these two tired cliches, figures of speech, or whatever you'd call them, permanently banished from the language.
If you mean finally, or eventually, this is what will happen, or result, just say that in as few words as possible without the tired labels.
While we're at it, dump "the fact of the matter is...". First of all, when I hear that, especially from a repug, I know that I'm about to hear a lie.
If it's really a 'fact', you don't need to tell me it is. And the statement that your 'fact' concerns the matter under discussion is howlingly redundant.
I'll be able to judge for myself if what you just said is, in fact ;-), true or not.
End of rant. We now return you to your regularly scheduled forum. :-)
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Wed Feb-18-09 05:51 PM
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1. i literally don't know what this post is about. |
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Wed Feb-18-09 05:55 PM
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Wed Feb-18-09 05:53 PM
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is "I'm just sayin"
Usually after a diatribe where the person doesn't want to come out and flat out say anything or what they are trying to convey is buried inuendo frequently the opposite of what they expressly say. Just drives me nuts.
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Wed Feb-18-09 05:54 PM
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3. What upset you, Trof? Did you read a post you don't understand and that frustrated you? |
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Edited on Wed Feb-18-09 05:55 PM by Mike 03
Maybe if you tell us what's on your mind we can help explain it. I've had those days too, believe me.
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Wed Feb-18-09 05:57 PM
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5. Aw, man? THE TEEVEE! CNN. |
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The repug 'advocate' on 'The Situation Room' used both in one sentence. Roger Ailes. putz :eyes:
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:00 PM
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6. Oh, no surprise to find dunces there! |
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I'm sorry you are watching that crap. It's torture.
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:05 PM
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7. My boots are on the ground.... so why do I have to hear about |
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boots on the ground every day?
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trof
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:23 PM
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9. Yeah. I haven't worn boots in years. |
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But just where-the-hell else would you expect to find boots? On the freaking ceiling? jeez
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:40 PM
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11. .... so you've got good footing when you're outside the box pushing the envelope???? |
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Wed Feb-18-09 07:40 PM
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19. Wow.... just wow.... now I'll have to take a pill.... nt |
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:11 PM
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8. Sorry, but any sentence that begins with the word 'sorry' ain't worth a bucket of warm spit. |
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:23 PM
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:44 PM
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12. At the end of the day, the fact of the matter is words are weapons |
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And that's the bottom line.
:hi:
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:49 PM
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13. Well...at the end of the day... |
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make no mistake..the bottom line is...you can mark my words.
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:51 PM
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14. I'll take self defeating posts for 500 Alex |
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Lot of this going around...must be contagious.
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:52 PM
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sometimes people say things just for the sake of having something to say.
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:56 PM
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16. Nice post, George W. Bush. |
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:57 PM
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17. Don't forget "going forward." |
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"At the end of the day" and "the bottom line" have been with us for as long as I can remember at least. "Going foward" has been spreading like Kudzu just over the past decade. Unfortunately, going foward is going places!
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Wed Feb-18-09 06:58 PM
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18. The punch line to a joke I wrote at the height of BushCo, |
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"At the end of the day, the bottom line is, connect the dots!"
lol
Comedy writers all over the world are grieving the torture president.
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Wed Feb-18-09 08:33 PM
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20. When you talk about "turn of the century" tell us WHICH century! |
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I cannot count the number of times I have seen that phrase about furniture, houses, politics, etc. in the last few years without specifying which century. Sometimes it is obvious - Queen Anne or Art Nouveau styles are from 1900; IKEA 2000. But sometimes it is confusing as hell.
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