Stupid phrases or expressions

[Fat Bastid]

Too many people these days use little expressions or catchphrases during conversation.

Which one gets up your nose?

Personally,......

"The World is Your Oyster", "Cheap as Chips" and "Cheap at Half the Price" are amongst the worst!

Which phrases "Get your Goat?!  

 

[Napster]

people who use you're instead of your.

oh and wake up and smell the coffee. I don't even drink coffee.

 

[Vange Shrimper]

Hand over fist. WTF is that all about?

 

[blues_r_best]

Didn't we had a debate a while ago about this type of thing, about how we can't have your cake and eat it.

 

[Vange Shrimper]

So it is, which is made out to be sooo Irish, which it ain't.

 

[Greenelk]

"You can't say fairer than that" - usually used by salespeople trying to rip you off..

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Recently being bugged by "d'yaknowha'ahmean?" being used as a filler when some airhead doesn't know what he or she means...

Fuggin' teenagers... Bah humbug!

 

[Vange Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Greenelk @ May 25 2004,17:04)]"You can't say fairer than that" - usually used by salespeople trying to rip you off..

Or similar ones like ' Runs like clockwork' and 'I've got one myself'.

What do they live in a warehouse or something?

 

[Barmy Army]

Pay through the nose!

How can you pay through the nose? Where's the logic?

 

[Beefy]

I tell you one I hate. When Americans say "I could care less". It doesn't even make sense dammit...

 

[* ORM *]

How about the following?

1) At the end of the day

2) Like

3) Literally

4) Leeboy's in goal (now that IS meaningless)

 

[Vange Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (* ORM * @ May 25 2004,17:39)]4) Leeboy's in goal (now that IS meaningless)

That's harsh, boss....

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

Vange is really a lovely place - now that really gets me.

 

[Fat Bastid]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ May 25 2004,16:39)]people who use you're instead of your.

Big headed tw*ts who pick holes in peoples posts for no reason but to add to their post tally!

 

[shrimper magic]

I don't like it when people put 'so' in front of every word
e.g ' i so don't like orient'

i mean i don't don't like orient but i'm not sure about the so bit!

 

[Fat Bastid]

Quote[/b] (shrimper magic @ May 26 2004,08:20)]I don't like it when people put 'so' in front of every word
e.g    ' i so don't like orient'

Yesss!

Like on that stupid programme "Cutting it!"

The annoying ex-wife of Les Dennis, Amanda Holden says it all the bloody time!

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (Prophet of Doom! @ May 26 2004,08:15)]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ May 25 2004,16:39)]people who use you're instead of your.

Big headed tw*ts who pick holes in peoples posts for no reason but to add to their post tally!  

Tsk. I so could care less about my post tally, innit

 

[Fat Bastid]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ May 26 2004,08:52)]

Quote[/b] (Prophet of Doom! @ May 26 2004,08:15)]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ May 25 2004,16:39)]people who use you're instead of your.

Big headed tw*ts who pick holes in peoples posts for no reason but to add to their post tally!  

Tsk. I so could care less about my post tally, innit

 

[ESG]

'Keepers ball' as made famous by Flavs !

 

[Custard Splat]

I love the club.... I'll be signing on Friday