Monday, 5 March 2018

Avoid clichés like the plague


I haven't had an impotent rant for quite a while, so just enough time to squeeze one in before I cut my way through the persistent snow-drifts.

I am beginning to shout at the radio every time someone says, "In any way, shape or form," when all they need say is, "Certainly not."

Now all I need is someone to say, "I am with you 110%."
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47 comments:

  1. Lettice5 March 2018 at 01:58

    Right in one!

    LX

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  2. Jacqueline @ HOME5 March 2018 at 02:12

    Nanook of the North .... we have blue skies, sunshine and not a snowflake in sight ... it’s all gone but, I’m with you 110% !!! XXXX

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    1. Tom Stephenson5 March 2018 at 02:13

      You're supposed to think of your own lame cliché.

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    2. Tom Stephenson5 March 2018 at 02:14

      Or was it 'Nanook of the North?'

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    3. Jacqueline @ HOME5 March 2018 at 02:52

      At the end of the day what goes around comes around ..... is that better ?
      Sorry, it was early and I didn’t fall in !!!!!! XXXX

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    4. Jacqueline @ HOME5 March 2018 at 03:07

      Oh bugger .... Cro has already used that one ...... the hole I’m digging is getting deeper and deeper !!
      Over the moon ? XXXX

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    5. Tom Stephenson5 March 2018 at 03:36

      You were a little slow in coming forward.

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  3. Cro Magnon5 March 2018 at 02:35

    At the end of the day, it'll be night!

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  4. Minigranny5 March 2018 at 02:57

    Let's all think inside the circle.

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  5. Rachel Phillips5 March 2018 at 03:20

    Let's push the envelope and take this further.

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  6. Jane Karwat5 March 2018 at 03:47

    Thoughts and prayers.

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  7. Anonymous5 March 2018 at 04:56

    Business speak drives me mad: 'let's thought cascade.' It's the art of over-complication. And on that theme the wrong use of the word 'myself.' People do it all the time now. They say myself when they mean me or I.

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  8. Vivian5 March 2018 at 05:04

    Absolutely.

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  9. Joanne Noragon5 March 2018 at 06:52

    I'm outclassed.

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  10. Sue5 March 2018 at 07:36

    Let's touch base and think outside the box.

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  11. Iris5 March 2018 at 07:47

    As long as we don't 'throw anyone under the bus' .....

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  12. Yael5 March 2018 at 08:53

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    1. Tom Stephenson6 March 2018 at 02:24

      Cat got your tongue? A penny for your thoughts?

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    2. Yael6 March 2018 at 02:28

      I was not sure about the comment.

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  13. Maria5 March 2018 at 10:16

    If I were you...
    Greetings Maria x

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  14. Lettice5 March 2018 at 11:16

    So you found it Tom...............?

    Clue....... not a cliche.

    But wait... You’ve got to be in it to win it..... Clue!

    LX

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  15. The Weaver of Grass5 March 2018 at 11:18

    I shall practise avoidance then.

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  16. Lettice5 March 2018 at 13:24

    Basically...

    LX

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  17. Bea5 March 2018 at 15:50

    'From the gecko' is what my husband's former co-worker, whose English was a little shaky, used to say when she meant 'from the get go'. I like it much better.

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  18. Cro Magnon5 March 2018 at 22:37

    Having been so shocked by your Blue Peter revelation, I thought you'd like to see this.

    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/24/television.gayrights

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    1. Tom Stephenson6 March 2018 at 02:29

      Oh, what a shame. I liked the idea of her and Joan Armartrading getting up to no good.

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  19. Meanqueen6 March 2018 at 12:52

    I want to scream every time I hear the word 'hacks'. What happened to 'ideas'.

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    1. Tom Stephenson6 March 2018 at 14:23

      We don't have that one. Here, 'hacks' are newspaper journalists.

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