Stupid Sayings

23n1th

Mine are:

"expect the unexpected" Really? If I expected it, it wouldn't be unexpected would it!

"it's always in the last place you look" Really? Well done you are correct I'm not likely to carry on looking for it after I've found it am I!

"where was it when you saw it last" If I knew that it wouldn't be lost!!!!!

zenmaster

Azari wrote: »

It's supposed to indicate the difference between someone with an optimistic outlook and someone with a pessimistic outlook.

It assumes a half a glass of something you like a lot.

An optimistic person will say "I've got a glass of something nice and it's half full".

A pessimistic person will say "I've got a glass of something nice but it's half empty".

An engineer would say "The glass is too big" .

I dislike, especially on this board -

"The customer is always right"
"There is no such thing as a stupid question"

Horace

Eliza wrote: »

While I don't hate it I don't understand it - the one about being a 'glass full' sort of person. Does it mean the glass is half full so lots more space to fill with good things or does it mean the glass is half full so very little space for more good things? Someone yesterday described themselves in this way, v confusing!

A glass half full is a pessimist.

I must admit that I hate it when people say to me "I am not trying to sell you anything" when you know that that is what they are trying to do.:mad:

wimblewomble_2

zenmaster wrote: »

"The customer is always right"
"There is no such thing as a stupid question"

If I had a pound for every time I heard that,.......

nlj1520

My glass is half empty...........yippee......space for vodka!:beer:

woohoo_postingid

"To cut a long story short.."

Usually followed by the longest story ever

davetrousers

Too Little too late.

Now following Portsmouth FC, I often read the local paper online, and the following comments. After the weekend's victory one person wrote that it was too little too late, so I corrected him that it wasn't too little, it was just too late!

Yep we're going to get relegated and could possibly cease to exist due to years of dire club management!

Azari

woohoo_postingid wrote: »

"To cut a long story short.."

Usually followed by the longest story ever

Or:

"I'm not a racist, but ..."

You always know what kind of statement is coming next!

Darksun

wary wrote: »

“You can’t have your cake and eat it” ... whilst driving home yesterday, I saw a boy stood on the pavement with some cake, and not only did he have it but he was also eating it
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The Italians use the phrase "Avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca" which translates as "you can't have the bottle full and the wife drunk", which I think it a little more poetic :rotfl:

bradfordboy

People that use the phrase 'to be honest' after every sentence really gets my back up, especially as it always seems to be used in sentences where somebodies honesty would never be called into question.

The Italians use the phrase "Avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca" which translates as "you can't have the bottle full and the wife drunk", which I think it a little more poetic

As a (pedantic) Italian, you would need to put 'non si puo' on the front of that saying to translate into what you said. I agree though, its a great phrase!