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to feel the earth.... to smell the rain.... to enjoy the smile of a child.... to hear sound of a falling leaf.... to taste the beauty of now....

"I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them." Jane Austen SORRY....couldn't resist sharing that quote. I'll find one that actually is inspirational now....

if it is an entire pizza (as my parents have tried - more than once - to bring), i could say it may be a little tacky.

this used to be a term in english. it has fallen out of popularity. the same is true of mayn't (may not). i am somewhat of a novice jane austen scholar, and her works are repleat with examples such as the one you mentioned.

everyone knows it's better to use the sacred tongue of agamotto, silly.

from siddhartha gautama. :)

i'll bet you will never guess where HE got it!!

oh, ok thank you! i have heard of that. they do a lot of charitable work, is that correct?

if nothing else, buddhists are good for hallmarkesque advice!

what is RS? (sorry for all the questions!)

if it is your destiny, then you cannot avoid it. a person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. (how is that for a buddhist giving advice to a catholic about things lds? )

is it at all common for people to reject their callings when they are given them?

it involved a lot of patience, insanity, and a really BIG eraser. it was both fascinating and horrifying to watch.

i had a friend in high school who used to play tetris on paper.....yes, on paper....think about that one for a moment.

as a librarian, i can agree with what you have said. :) there is no cure, by the way. it gets stronger and stronger.

fine....be that way.

you seem like a very amiable person. i'll bet you give great hugs!

namaste

i LOVE hugs! i love giving them. anyone need a hug????

i was a little surprised at what did make the list. seems a little harsh to me! besides, at the end of the day, i personally say some of them. absolutely. however, with all due respect, they shouldn't of been so judgmental. i don't think i'm fairly unique in using them. they might not use them 24/7, but at least sometimes. i could probably even come up with a different list. it's not rocket science. oh well, it's a nightmare.....

A top 10 of irritating expressions has been compiled by researchers at Oxford University. Heading the list was the expression 'at the end of the day', which was followed in second place by the phrase 'fairly unique'. The tautological statement "I personally" made third place – an expression that BBC Radio 4 presenter John Humphreys has described as "the linguistic equivalent of having chips with rice." Also making the top 10 is the grammatically incorrect "shouldn't of", instead of "shouldn't have". The phrases appear in a book called Damp Squid, named after the mistake of confusing a squid with a squib, a type of firework. The researchers who compiled the list monitor the use of phrases in a database called the Oxford University Corpus, which comprises books, papers, magazines, broadcast, the internet and other sources. The database alerts them to new words and phrases and can tell them which expressions are disappearing. It also shows how words are being misused. As well as the above expressions, the book's author Jeremy Butterfield says that many annoyingly over-used expressions actually began as office lingo, such as 24/7 and "synergy". Other phrases to irritate people are "literally" and "ironically", when they are used out of context. Mr Butterfield said: "We grow tired of anything that is repeated too often – an anecdote, a joke, a mannerism – and the same seems to happen with some language." The top ten most irritating phrases: 1 - At the end of the day 2 - Fairly unique 3 - I personally 4 - At this moment in time 5 - With all due respect 6 - Absolutely 7 - It's a nightmare 8 - Shouldn't of 9 - 24/7 10 - It's not rocket science Information from: Telegraph.co.uk, Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph so....are any of you guilty??

hmmmm....is your daughter beefche?

LOL thank you!

here is a spin on the whole "kids say the darndest things" idea.... what strange and nonsensical things has your mother said to you before? i'll start...."if you fall out of that tree and break both your legs, don't come running to me!"

my computer didn't show the images!! what were they????