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"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?
Very interesting, I'd never thought of "I love you more than words can say" that way.
"I hate to moan, BUT..."
I once read a dessert menu claiming that this restaurant's chocolate cake was "indescribably" good. I felt like punching whoever wrote that.
Along that line, can anything be truly indescribable? The word itself partially describes whatever it is modifying.
you've had alot of time to think about this and i can't come up with anything but i might later!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Caspian
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.
"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
"Fun run"
Whoever invented this phrase needs their teeth pulled out.
Some people do enjoy running.
yes yes i do but i don't say that!!!!
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!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Itsunari 2000
"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).
"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)
"It happens to a lot of guys..."
"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?
Sometimes you do.
"Oh, there's my sunglasses. Cool. Wait, where'd my sunglasses go?'
"Does this look nice?" No matter what you say,they wil end up changing clothes anyways -_-
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Itsunari 2000
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by Itsunari 2000