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Words/phrases that should be banned for our own good
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OMG and saying Oh My God. I just find it offensive and feel that there are better exclamations.
I am not religious.....0 -
Austin_Allegro wrote: »'Going forward'
'Rolling out'
- or any other authoritarian-left twaddle that comes out of the mouths of that army of over-promoted, politically ignorant rabble in power (the 'Jacquies') on telly every day.
:beer: Yes, yes and yes, what I've been banging on about ages.
Some more... (best said in a patronising Scotish accent, ala, David / Wendy Alexander);
"Were working very closely with all stake holders and agencies"
"we recognise we need to be fully engaged"0 -
"We need to draw a line under this incident and move on"
Particularly when that is the eighteenth such incident that week.0 -
Social services failures - "we must learn lessons to ensure all agencies communicate effectively so this never happens again"
Since the 1960s0 -
"friendly fire"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0
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"We need to set up a national database..."
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In the last few months I've become religious, I've started believing in God and creationism and intelligent design, and the reason that I now believe in God and creationism and intelligent design is because of Professor Richard Dawkins. Because when I look at something as complex and intricate and beautiful as Professor Richard Dawkins, I don't think that could have just evolved by chance.davetrousers wrote: »OMG and saying Oh My God. I just find it offensive and feel that there are better exclamations.
I am not religious
Professor Richard Dawkins was put there by God to test us. Like fossils.
And facts.
Stewart Lee0 -
JayScottGreenspan wrote: »In the last few months I've become religious, I've started believing in God and creationism and intelligent design, and the reason that I now believe in God and creationism and intelligent design is because of Professor Richard Dawkins. Because when I look at something as complex and intricate and beautiful as Professor Richard Dawkins, I don't think that could have just evolved by chance.
Professor Richard Dawkins was put there by God to test us. Like fossils.
And facts.
Stewart Lee
Can I retract my comment please _pale_
Edit: I see that the comment is attributed to Stewart Lee. Would like to listen to this in full context......0 -
"I believe..."
Who is this intended for? What does it say? "Thank you for your informed analysis but I am doing my own thing."?0 -
Any three letter abbreviation used by property investors:
BTL
BMV
NMD0
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