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Stupid Things People Say
Right Wing News ^ | 4/2/10 | http://rightwingnews.com/#post10662

Posted on 04/03/2010 9:14:43 AM PDT by illiac

Dennis Prager is fond of saying he'll take clarity over agreement any day and that is a good phrase to keep in mind when you open your big mouth to join the debate. In keeping with the quest for intelligent dialog, here is a list of ten things that I think we should all stop saying because it makes those who indulge in them look, well, stupid.


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To: illiac

“alot” of people assume there is a word “alot”. Of course there isn’t and a lot of people get that one wrong.

Then again using alot can cause busy bodies and know it alls, quite a lot.


21 posted on 04/03/2010 9:27:33 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Signalman

” I mean “ , “like” and “ you know” are ones that drive me nuts


22 posted on 04/03/2010 9:28:18 AM PDT by blastdad51 (Typical middle-aged white patriot.)
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To: illiac
"I've saved or created < insert absurd number > jobs"
"Taxpayers making $250K or less will not pay ONE DIME in extra taxes"
Oh, who am I kidding. Pretty much EVERYTHING out of HolyO's mouth is a LIE.
23 posted on 04/03/2010 9:28:43 AM PDT by pillut48 ("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
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To: choctaw man

What is he 6 years old? /s(my standard response to that)


24 posted on 04/03/2010 9:28:43 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: blastdad51

“that’s okay by me” especially if it is one of cute Valley Girls saying it.


25 posted on 04/03/2010 9:29:56 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: blastdad51

Starting the response to a question with, “Well....”


26 posted on 04/03/2010 9:30:07 AM PDT by clintonh8r
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To: Vendome

LOL, my thoughts exactly.

Some people have a standard response to certain questions without ever realizing what they are saying...nutz!!


27 posted on 04/03/2010 9:32:41 AM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: pillut48

“Where my pie at”


28 posted on 04/03/2010 9:35:01 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: illiac
My pet peeve: "I could care less."

That makes no sense. So, you're saying you don't care, but you also say it's possible to care less, so therefore you still care a little. It's self-contradictory.

If you are trying to tell me you don't care at all, then the expression should be, "I couldn't care less."

29 posted on 04/03/2010 9:39:19 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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To: illiac

Some of my best friends aren’t gay.

or

Those who don’t learn from raw steaks in the past are condemned to re-heat them!


30 posted on 04/03/2010 9:45:08 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (Light from Light)
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To: illiac

“Well, Bush did it first”...

(Or did it more, or worse)


31 posted on 04/03/2010 9:50:11 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: illiac

Those are just Dennis’s opinions..


32 posted on 04/03/2010 9:51:00 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: illiac
Response to Dennis's screed...
Well, Duuuugh.. (hands on hips, glaringly arrogant look, chewing gum)..
33 posted on 04/03/2010 9:54:21 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: Titus-Maximus

LOLOLOL

Some of my best friends are dyslexics.


34 posted on 04/03/2010 9:54:36 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: illiac

Basically I am driven nuts by basically anybody who basically starts a sentence with the word “basically”.


35 posted on 04/03/2010 9:55:25 AM PDT by Wiser now (Happiness is not an absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.)
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To: illiac

Another one to avoid saying is “clearly,” as, “Clearly, this that or the other thing.” Any time you hear “clearly” used this way, you know things are not as clear as your interlocutor is claiming.


36 posted on 04/03/2010 10:02:06 AM PDT by RobinOfKingston (Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
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To: illiac

- “A study showed....” = they heard somebody quote some stupid statastics bolstering their lame argument

- “will you do me a favor...?” = everything that follows is pure trouble

-”oh my gaawwwd” = ‘nough said

-”your ‘Strawman’ argument”... = 99.999% of people who use this phrase when attempting to discredit a point or argument has no idea whatsoever what that really means.


37 posted on 04/03/2010 10:04:01 AM PDT by schwingdoc
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To: illiac

Here’s mine:

“To be perfectly honest with you ...”

Does this mean that the the speaker is not being perfectly honest with me whenever he doesn’t preface his remarks with this assurance?


38 posted on 04/03/2010 10:06:06 AM PDT by freespirited (I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise. --Robert Frost)
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To: blastdad51
” I mean “ , “like” and “ you know” are ones that drive me nuts

I was having lunch yesterday, and the couple behind me were internet marketing type people. The girl's conversation was "like" / "whatever" every other word.

I wanted to turn around and ask her if she spoke to her client's like that, and was that how she presented herself as a knowledgeable professional.

I refrained.

RikaStrom posting under Seadragon

39 posted on 04/03/2010 10:11:51 AM PDT by SeaDragon
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To: illiac

That’s just what I feel

Response: Feel this and tell me what you THINK


40 posted on 04/03/2010 10:18:15 AM PDT by PoloSec (Note to Princess B H Obama: May PISS be Upon Mohammads Head...You Pervert)
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