There needs to be balance in everything.
Five Most Annoying Words for 2017; No Offense But I Disagree ...
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There needs to be balance in everything.
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I detest the modern standard of cursing. Including the language of the hip slick and cool, who are offended by what they deem as -fill in the blank- ist.
Knowing how to use cuss words effectively is an art to be left to only the most adept, and at the precisely correct time and place.
Knowing how to use cuss words effectively is an art to be left to only the most adept, and at the precisely correct time and place.
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And some of them come right through MY line at work thinking that if they spend at least a sawbuck, that it allows them to act like a rabid animal in front of everyone else. There is one guy-who wears an official Border Patrol Officer's cap (which I find personally offensive-as I fully support those guys)-who was never in-and does NOT-support the B.P-and he swears in front of women and children caring not in the slightest-and is self-admittedly a rabid lib. I printed out an extra receipt after he left the last time, gave it to the supervisor in charge of the front end-so he could look it up on camera--and said he'd inform that customer to start watching his mouth next time in store.
I'm used to cussing and it doesn't bother me much--but useless using it does-especially in front of the ladies and their kids. Another customer had been doing the same-till I notified him that he would NOT-be allowed in the store again-as he already had a reported track record of that behavior--to all the supervisors. I had been told exactly what I could so-and did it. Also, this is another who may spend as much as $25 bucks-and thinks he can get away with spewing sewage-and thinks his doesn't stink. Wrong!!
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I hear 'I will reach out'......
I hate the expression 'I'll reach out to....." when you know damn well they are going to forget you as soon as you leave.
My son say's "You know what I mean' INCESSANTLY. I've reminded him several time that I'm not one of his street buddies but I think he likes to torment me. He said yesterday, "I've got to change the way I talk to people.", and I agreed.
I hate the expression 'I'll reach out to....." when you know damn well they are going to forget you as soon as you leave.
My son say's "You know what I mean' INCESSANTLY. I've reminded him several time that I'm not one of his street buddies but I think he likes to torment me. He said yesterday, "I've got to change the way I talk to people.", and I agreed.
For me it's not so much what's said as how it's said.
Seems to me like younger people mumble.
Now I admit that my hearing's been compromised after a lifetime of working at airports, warehouses and factories. Tinnitus? Yup!
I can easily hear and converse with people in my age range and older including my Italian wife but when we're out somewhere, my wife has to "translate" for me.
A youngster'd mumble at me and my wife'd tell me what that person just said.
All I'd hear was mumble mumble mumble.
Seems to me like younger people mumble.
Now I admit that my hearing's been compromised after a lifetime of working at airports, warehouses and factories. Tinnitus? Yup!
I can easily hear and converse with people in my age range and older including my Italian wife but when we're out somewhere, my wife has to "translate" for me.
A youngster'd mumble at me and my wife'd tell me what that person just said.
All I'd hear was mumble mumble mumble.
the ringo kid
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At my age, everyone mumbles.
Damaged hearing due to one of the worst fistfights I had with an older brother. Don't recall what that one was over? Had some good donnybrooks over girlfriends though. 
"Yeah, I know, right?"
What does this even mean? Yes, I agree. I know that. Am I right?
What does this even mean? Yes, I agree. I know that. Am I right?
carpriver
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I just have this to add,Really!
Yes, NO PROBLEM. Where did that come from?
When I was young it was You're Welcome. Still is today, for me at least.
susieqz
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i cuss in front of ladies all the time n they cuss back.
"Dude."
I was in an up-scale restaurant the other night (well, okay, as up-scale as we get near here). A patron had been having a conversation with the bartender. Suddenly he looks at her and says, "Dude!" in response to her telling him something she'd done (no, I wasn't eavesdropping -- I didn't hear what she said, but he was loud). I know them both so I looked at him and asked, "Dude? You call a pretty gal Dude?"
"Well, yeah."
She pipes up and says, "Yeah." And then she adds, "I called my dad 'Dude' the other day and he ripped me a new one. I didn't understand why."
No wonder folks have trouble figuring out which restroom to use nowadays.
It's probably clear from all my posts on this thread that I'm what's considered to be "out of touch." I'm okay with that.
I was in an up-scale restaurant the other night (well, okay, as up-scale as we get near here). A patron had been having a conversation with the bartender. Suddenly he looks at her and says, "Dude!" in response to her telling him something she'd done (no, I wasn't eavesdropping -- I didn't hear what she said, but he was loud). I know them both so I looked at him and asked, "Dude? You call a pretty gal Dude?"
"Well, yeah."
She pipes up and says, "Yeah." And then she adds, "I called my dad 'Dude' the other day and he ripped me a new one. I didn't understand why."
No wonder folks have trouble figuring out which restroom to use nowadays.
It's probably clear from all my posts on this thread that I'm what's considered to be "out of touch." I'm okay with that.
DoubleAdobe
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At the end of the day.....
Bugs the heck out of me, way overused,and just sounds oopid.
Bugs the heck out of me, way overused,and just sounds oopid.
RobertJ.
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T.R. had just a little to say about that subject!
There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all … The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic … There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else. Theodore Roosevelt
Who would have guessed the relevance of that statement 102 years later?
Ringo, in your case, Confederate-American is as good as saying American-American!
"It is what it is" - A guy I worked with would say it regularly everyday. Finally got irritated with him saying that and asked him if he knew of anything else to say besides that. Never heard him say it anymore.
When someone has a "challenge" instead of a problem.
When someone has a "challenge" instead of a problem.
"I'm Offended"whenever I hear a guy say that I just want to drop kick him right in his vagina.
Another phrase which I loath but am forced to use to avoid being held in contempt is "With all due respect your honor......." Which loosely translates into YOU ARE WRONG, SO WRONG THAT MY BRAIN JUST COMMITTED SUICIDE LISTENING TO YOUR FLAWED REASONING. YOU SHOULD WALK OUT BACK AND JUMP INTO THE BAYOU."
I've been DISRESPECTED!
