Funny Sayings

[reginaldon]

I would like to take this opportunity of thanking you for ******

Well why don't you?

 

[peteK]

Using the word special in press reports.
ie "The fire brigade used special cutting equipment"
or "The police used a special sniffer dog"
I wonder if the dog knows he is special.

 

[chinita]

Newscasters saying 'at the top of the hour' . Does an hour have a top?

Or 'ahead of' in stead of before.

Or 'President Obama takes a swing through Europe'. WTF is a 'swing'? Do they mean he visits several European countries?

Or 'What is your take on so and so?'. Do they mean 'what is your opinion?'

All USA imports of course.

However, a good one is: 'A torpedo shaped fish'.

 

[Slow_boat]

'Like' as in; 'It was, like, really cool' So, like something really cool but not actually something really cool. Something warm, then?

Or people who refer to a football team as 'We' when the nearest they get to the football pitch is slobbing on the sofa with a can of stella and a tube of pringles watching 'Ingerlund' get stuffed on telly again. At that rate a premiership side must have hundreds of thousands of players.

Or 'really winds me up' ;What does, a big key?

 

[johnalison]

for god's sake!!!!

There goes another one.

 

[IanL]

Our local government issued newspaper often advertises accomodation for older people as being lifted. I think they should be kept as close to ground level as possible.

 

[Eeyore]

My pet hate.......TV, Radio presenters saying "It's almost exactly six thirtytwo"

 

[WindermereColvic]

We have a standing joke when a particular family member enters a room. Said member is greeted with 'pond weed'. Why i hear you ask?
We always used to say 'Hello dear'..until it was pointed out that sounds a lot like 'Ellodia', ie, the pond weed....
Still...it keeps us sane. Ish.

 

[alan_d]

Newscasters saying 'at the top of the hour' . Does an hour have a top?

It does on an analogue clock.

'Tis no less, I tell ye; for the bawdy hand of the dial is
now upon the prick of noon.

Romeo & Juliet, Act II Scene IV

 

[Koeketiene]

'At the end of the day...'

What time is that exactly?

 

[johnphilip]

affordable savings

A work collegue often used this phrase which sounds contradictory but which some of us should remember when bargains on expensive gear catch our eye..........
" I Don't Think I Can Afford to Save That Much."

 

[photodog]

When I was in university, the stop on the tram was the last stop... the announcment to passengers when the tram was pulling in was....

"University.... end of the line"

 

[cgull]

On the News....

People are Bracing themselves ..for bad weather, government cutbacks etc, I never have done!

 

[mcframe]

'That ........ was something to die for'

"I went on a once-in-a-lifetime voyage earlier this year...

... I'll tell you what - never again!"

(c) Tim Vine

 

[Malo37]

British Airways insistance that we now land "into" somewhere ie "we wil shortly be landing into Heathrow"

 

[alan_d]

'At the end of the day...'

What time is that exactly?

When all is said and done, after all the votes are counted and the final whistle blows, the bottom line is that it's a metaphor, innit?