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Caspian
03-08-2005, 08:24 PM
"I don't want to say anything mean."

Isn't saying that phrase the same as saying something mean?

"I love you more than words can say."

Just saying those words conveys the amount you love a person, so the phrase is actually a contradiction.

Can you think of any other contradictions, NOT oxymorons?
Dr.K
03-08-2005, 08:39 PM
Very interesting, I'd never thought of "I love you more than words can say" that way.

"I hate to moan, BUT..."
Kawaii Ryűkishi
03-08-2005, 08:41 PM
I once read a dessert menu claiming that this restaurant's chocolate cake was "indescribably" good. I felt like punching whoever wrote that.
Caspian
03-08-2005, 08:44 PM
Along that line, can anything be truly indescribable? The word itself partially describes whatever it is modifying.
ffrinoa8
03-08-2005, 08:47 PM
Can you think of any other contradictions, NOT oxymorons?
you've had alot of time to think about this and i can't come up with anything but i might later!!!
Kawaii Ryűkishi
03-08-2005, 08:48 PM
Of course things can be indescribable. It's just that using a word like that to describe an item on a menu is so hyperbolic that it should be illegal.
crono_logical
03-08-2005, 08:53 PM
"I don't mean to be rude..." should be and seems like an insult in itself, because it's invariably followed by a rude comment :p
Erdrick Holmes
03-08-2005, 08:54 PM
"Fun run"

Whoever invented this phrase needs their teeth pulled out.
Caspian
03-08-2005, 08:58 PM
Some people <i>do</i> enjoy running.
ffrinoa8
03-08-2005, 09:01 PM
yes yes i do but i don't say that!!!!
Itsunari 2000
03-08-2005, 09:08 PM
Yeah , same here.

What about when people shout " Heads Up " , when there's a brick or large object flying through the air , when common sense tells us to duck ????
ffrinoa8
03-08-2005, 09:12 PM
Yeah , same here.

What about when people shout " Heads Up " , when there's a brick or large object flying through the air , when common sense tells us to duck ????
yeah i know what you mean. but if someone said everyone duck or something that person would probably be ignored be cause people might think he's weird or somthing!!!
Rainecloud
03-08-2005, 09:21 PM
"Now, I don't mean to brag..." (but I'm about to say lots of wonderful things about myself).

"Please don't take offence, but..." (I'm going to offend you in my next sentence).
Halan
03-09-2005, 05:13 AM
"Don't take this the wrong way, but..." (even though you will)
"I mean that in the nicest way possible." (you don't, but you accidently insulted them and are trying to take it back)
Quina
03-09-2005, 05:21 AM
"It happens to a lot of guys..."
SoulSeek139
03-09-2005, 05:25 AM
"It's always in the last place you look." It's always in the last place because you wouldn't be looking after you found it, would you?
rubah
03-09-2005, 11:12 PM
Sometimes you do.

"Oh, there's my sunglasses. Cool. Wait, where'd my sunglasses go?'
The Summoner of Leviathan
03-10-2005, 12:55 AM
"Does this look nice?" No matter what you say,they wil end up changing clothes anyways -_-
Giga Guess
03-10-2005, 04:34 AM
Yeah , same here.

What about when people shout " Heads Up " , when there's a brick or large object flying through the air , when common sense tells us to duck ????

Actually, Heads Up and Look Out have gotten more people hurt than people realize. People react to it as "Look." And they do. And....whack.
Mittopotahis
03-10-2005, 10:15 AM
Yeah , same here.

What about when people shout " Heads Up " , when there's a brick or large object flying through the air , when common sense tells us to duck ????

Yeah ive never liked that either...Just say there was a brick flying to a preson over there about to be hit by it...You yell "heads up!" and they look around and see the brick coming closer...closer..closer and BANG! Right in the face! I dont know about you but I'd Rather a concussion then having my nose nocked off, eyes gauged out, half your face inside your head, and basically mutilated...