DonaldSmith Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 I'm veering further off-topic in this off-topic thread, with expressions which reveal the opposite of what they say. We can start with "They say that I'm paranoid, but that's because they hate me." We can go on: Actually overheard in a talk to a worker about the worker's failure to recognize personal shortcomings: "I'm not in denial." Some more which I came up with: "He says we have a failure to communicate, but I don't know what that is supposed to mean." "They say that I'm non-committal and indecisive, but I don't know about that." "You say that I'm argumentative, but you're wrong about that." Some one else can run with this, step up to the plate, hit it out of the park, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T120 Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 ... Perhaps a phrase that should be kept in mind -"Don't take the bait !" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niel Hoback Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Some people say that I'm wishy-washy, but I just don't know,,,,,,,,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Ralph D25cpe, on 25 Jan 2015 - 3:49 PM, said:... Perhaps a phrase that should be kept in mind -"Don't take the bait !" drag off...stripping line.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattimuss Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I have been following and enjoying this topic. I have had a few laughs from some of the posts. I have to tell you guys that this forum, typos and all, is the best kept and easy to read of all I belong to! Here is a small sample of what I get to "enjoy" on one of the other forums I belong to: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ hate to say it - but?? likely theyll go for 100 bux for the garage full!! After all - there is a new clothes sale @ jc penny!! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ And this is one of the tamer posts. I am really starting to dislike emoticons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 an emotion here and there is ok. often though as you posted..they are overused..almost as bad as the ever popular every other line insert of...ha ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulu Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Local guy here was an engineer. Most did not know that he was, because he was running a couple of local Subway Restaurants, and as a transplant to the area we did not know his background. When the economy got a bit tough, he went back to driving trains part time. Subway, good job for an engineer, I guess. Subway, train, get it? Actually not too strange. Back when the govt cut back on the space program (early 80's) there were thousand of engineers out of work. I knew one making subs at Subway and another running a window at the unemployment office. I worked as a teamster and did art work on the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddyO Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Look! In the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 splat...it just falling bird poop... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 ODE TO MY SPELL CHECKER Eye halve a spelling chequer:It came with my pea sea.It plainly marques four my revueMiss steaks eye kin knot sea.Eye strike a key and type a wordAnd weight four it two sayWeather eye am wrong oar writeIt shows me strait a weigh.As soon as a mist ache is maid,It nose bee fore two longAnd eye can put the error rite.Its rare lea ever wrong.Eye have run this plumb threw it.I am shore your pleased two noIts letter perfect awl the weighMy chequer tolled me sew. Ewe can sea howl greet it woks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 "Hi O Silver Away!" "Da plane, da plane", "Life Buoy stops BO!" Long lost phrases. "See the USA, in your _________", Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 I always enjoyed the Lone Ranger music. To Da Dump, To Da Dump, To Da Dump Dump Dump In todays politically correct world it just does not have the same ring. To Da Landfill, To Da Landfill. To Da Landfill Landfill Landfill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonaldSmith Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Don, I like you're Owed to da Spell Chequer. Yes, the dump is now the landfill, with recycling center, and the jungle is now the rain forest. Now we're veering into PC territory, and heaven help us. Oh. we can't say heaven any more. Someone may be offended. Hell, I guess we can still say Hell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 pflaming, on 30 Jan 2015 - 08:19 AM, said:"Hi O Silver Away!" "Da plane, da plane", "Life Buoy stops BO!" Long lost phrases. "See the USA, in your ___YOUTH______", that way with some luck you can remember what you saw in your golden days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niel Hoback Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Has anyone else noticed that the ad song "American Family Detergent" is now "American Family Insurance"? How did they get to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Niel Hoback, on 30 Jan 2015 - 11:48 AM, said:Has anyone else noticed that the ad song "American Family Detergent" is now "American Family Insurance"? How did they get to that? Corporate leveraged diversification takeovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niel Hoback Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 What the heck kind of language are you atalkin' there, boy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted January 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 One problem today is there are way to many malapropism terms being used many times due to the homophony characteristics of the word or phrase. Archie Bunker was a master at this and I laugh every time I hear him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonaldSmith Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Ya know, one of the phrases, ya know, most overused by some people, ya know... Does that mean that you didn't know, but because I'm telling you, now you know? Or else what I'm telling you is so obviously true, that ya know it's true, so you must be in agreement with me, ya know? So I'm telling you so we both know that we know? Huh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted January 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I once had a conversation with a guy who ended every sentence with "am I right". I soon learned that even if he was not right I did not want to disagree so I said nothing. I just wanted the conversation to end without knocking his lights out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Here is a link that is interesting. http://www.answers.com/article/1208747/12-words-you-apos-ve-been-using-wrong?format=video 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 It's ironic that Don would post this. I opened it in an instant and began to peruse the enormity of it all. How fortuitous that Don would show us this plethora of misused words. I was thoroughly bemused. Irregardless of this redundant post, I am literally disinterested in the whole thing. I only wrote this in an attempt to decimate them all. Was I successful? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 No Merle, your diatribe was 'clear as mud'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Merle Coggins, on 24 Feb 2015 - 12:55 PM, said:It's ironic that Don would post this. I opened it in an instant and began to peruse the enormity of it all. How fortuitous that Don would show us this plethora of misused words. I was thoroughly bemused. Irregardless of this redundant post, I am literally disinterested in the whole thing. I only wrote this in an attempt to decimate them all. Was I successful? I was wondering who would be the first to use them all in a reply.....lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulu Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 OK, someone please explain this: "Instead of meaning by luck, fortuitous means by chance." What's the bloody difference between "by chance" and "by luck"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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