Originally posted by 2BIT
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Annoying Phrases
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Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
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Originally posted by MaryPoppins View PostI don't think my fist lesbian is the same fist lesbian as your fist lesbian.
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Originally posted by MaryPoppins View PostI don't think my fist lesbian is the same fist lesbian as your fist lesbian.
sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)
there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman
everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.Comment
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and all those good things
I've been away from IT departments for a while. Now I'm back, and all the managers are saying "...and all those good things".
E.g. "Pete does C#, ASP.NET, WCF and all those good things".
"we need you to extract the data, cleanse it, match it against Binkie, and all those good things".
Who's responsible? I'm on the brink of saying it myself.Comment
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Pompous, officious Yanks who say "I need you to do such and such".
I hope to God we don't start hearing that in the UK, although sooner or later it's inevitable.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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I work for septics at the moment. I'm going to make bingo cards.
Be mindful...
...team synergy...
More bollocks than I care to remember right now."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostIf a line in a song ends with the word "night", the next line has a 75% chance of being "until the morning light". That's annoying.
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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"I'll take it on board....."
Especially when said by one of one's own kids during a mild telling off.
...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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Probably been done but I can't be bothered to read through all the posts on this thread; the Americanism "can I get" in place of "may I have". The answer should always be a firm "no, you can't get it, you don't work here".Comment
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Originally posted by Moose423956 View PostWhen I ask my kids how they are, they invariably say "I'm good". I find that really annoying, because I'm enquiring after their health, not their level of behaviour.
Anyone else find that annoying?Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.Comment
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