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Old 02-24-2010, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Earth
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Giving "one hundred and ten percent" effort.
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Old 02-26-2010, 12:51 AM
 
Location: Hawaii
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"You know who you are"
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Old 02-26-2010, 04:56 AM
 
Location: Queensland
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Any sentence with "Sustainable" in it.

Last edited by TropicalAussie; 02-26-2010 at 05:07 AM..
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Old 02-26-2010, 04:59 AM
 
Location: Texas
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'Neither here nor there.'

Really? Then where the @#$@#$# is it?
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Old 02-26-2010, 09:28 AM
 
Location: GIlbert, AZ
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I hate "No offense, but...," a clear indication that you are about to be offended.
When I was in the Navy, I thought that the phrase (cliche) "With all do respect" meant you were off the hook, but when someone starts out the sentence "With all do respect" the other person is about to be Disrespected" my disrespect landed me in a heap of trouble with I added that cliche before my disrespectful comment. Thought it was a free pass, turned out to be a free ticket to captain's mass (nonjudicial punishment). I sugest we elimiate it from the English language.
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Old 02-26-2010, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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Any sentence with "Sustainable" in it.
That is common where I work with the common phrase "Sustainable design."

Has to do with buildings being "green"--anyone sick of that yet?
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Old 02-26-2010, 04:35 PM
 
Location: Queensland
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That is common where I work with the common phrase "Sustainable design."

Has to do with buildings being "green"--anyone sick of that yet?
Just saw an article about 'Sustainable Management' from the Australian Institute of Management. Couldn't work out what it actually meant.
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Old 02-26-2010, 09:07 PM
 
Location: Hawaii
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Can you dig it?
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Old 02-26-2010, 09:33 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn
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Any sentence that begins with the word "actually." The subtle implication that the other party has been facing 180 degrees in the wrong direction is not appreciated!
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Old 02-26-2010, 10:29 PM
 
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"With all due respect ..." Translation: You're a freaking moron, let me try to break it down for you.
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