prisonchaplain Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 What are some of your favorite sayings that make people groan--even though they express truth. Example: At my funeral I want my group project team to be my pallbearers. That way they can let me down one last time. Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 "It is what it is." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted June 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) Just to poke at @Eowyn a bit, but I always thought that statement meant absolutely nothing. It sounds so profound when it's said, but in the end, all it means is, "Oh well..." Edited June 28, 2016 by prisonchaplain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Ha! That's true! Catch phrases/words are a minor pet peeve for me, but I find myself saying that one now and then (and groaning inwardly). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted June 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 How about: When all is said and done a lot more is said than done. Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) @prisonchaplain I believe Yogi Berra was the king of such statements. It ain't over till it's over. It's like deja vu all over again. No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded. You can observe a lot just by watching. A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore. We made too many wrong mistakes. I knew that record would stand until it was broken. You wouldn't have won if I'd beaten you. If people don't want to come here anymore no one's going to stop them. ... So many more... Edited June 28, 2016 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted June 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Since it's an election year: "Don't confuse me with the facts!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted June 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 1 hour ago, prisonchaplain said: How about: When all is said and done a lot more is said than done. Sorry...I guess you'd have to be a government worker to get this one. :-) Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estradling75 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Its always in the last place you look. Of course it is... once you find it... you stop looking Sunday21 and Jamie123 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSG Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 2 hours ago, Eowyn said: "It is what it is." Particularly when someone uses that as an attempt to dismiss a situation they created. I have probably triggered more arguments with "no, it is what you're insisting on making it" than any other phrase...with the possible exception of "stop trying to blame the pants," Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie123 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 On 28/06/2016 at 8:26 PM, Eowyn said: "It is what it is." "Whatever will be, will beeee...." (When I was just a leetle girl, I asked my mother, what will I beeee? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here's what she said to meeeee....) Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie123 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) Quote Spring is sprung, the grass is riz I wonder where the birdies is The bird is on the wing! But that's absurd, the wIng is on the bird! The first time I heard that was when I was 10, in assembly at school; some kids got up and "performed" it, after which the teacher stepped in and asked "Does anyone not know why that is funny?" When answer came there none she proceeded to explain it anyway. Jokes are never funny when you have to explain them, and since this one had never been very funny to begin with anyway it was rather an exercise in dreariness. I prefer the Bronx-accent version anyway: Quote Der spring is sprung Der grass is riz I wonder where dem boidies is? Der little boids is on der wing, Ain't dat absoid? Der little wings is on de boid! On the matter of "Spring is Sprung..." though, you can't forget Tom Lehrer's "Poisoning Pigeons"... Has me in stitches every time! Edited July 3, 2016 by Jamie123 Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSQUIDSTER Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 One relevant for the near future, perhaps: The biggest problem with political jokes is that they get elected. Jamie123 and Sunday21 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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