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  • gunsandbanjos
    gunsandbanjos Posts: 12,246 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper
    End of!

    Loath this with a passion! t1949.gif

    Usually used when someone is losing an argument and cant admit it:rotfl:
    The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Bertrand Russell
  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
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    I have to agree with Private Eye when it featured that over-used word "solutions". Next time you drive down the motorway, take a look at the many trucks that feature that word in company names.
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • Amanita_2
    Amanita_2 Posts: 1,299 Forumite
    No offense but.......
  • Eenymeeny
    Eenymeeny Posts: 2,015 Forumite
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    Worst case scenario...:eek:
    and ticking all of the boxes annoys me too. Count how many time they say it in one programme.
    and 'nightmare' oh, I could go on and on...
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  • "Sheeple" and "muppet"... I think you should be allowed to just punch someone in the face if they say either.

    Also - if something is "immense" or "epic" it invariably isn't!
  • Miss_Qwerty
    Miss_Qwerty Posts: 664 Forumite
    and then he turned around and said....

    That one gets me, as well as when people call the police the "Feds" You've clearly been watching too much TV, unless the FBI now have juristiction in the UK of course.

    Then the obvious ones..... Actually, literally, like, do ya get me? ya know?
  • Oopsadaisy
    Oopsadaisy Posts: 1,818 Forumite
    CyCo wrote: »
    bludgeon them to death with the nearest blunt object :D

    You couldn't use anything but a blunt object [otherwise you'd be stabbing them].
    Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why then you're as thick and stupid as the moderators on here - MSE ForumTeam
  • Sagz_2
    Sagz_2 Posts: 6,251 Forumite
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    OH has picked up a new expression that drives me flippin nuts :mad:

    "Jobs a goodun"
    Some days you're the dog..... most days you're the tree! :D
  • Oopsadaisy
    Oopsadaisy Posts: 1,818 Forumite
    Awesome!!!!!!!!!
    Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why then you're as thick and stupid as the moderators on here - MSE ForumTeam
  • ab7167
    ab7167 Posts: 680 Forumite
    'if you see what I mean?' with the rising inflection at the end to signify a question. Grrrrr...

    The people who mind don't matter, and the people who matter don't mind
    Getting married 19th August 2011 to a lovely, lovely man :-)
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