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-   -   Annoying Phrases (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/annoying-phrases-571751/)

Lorna at Vicenza Nov 7th 2008 7:03 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by earlswoody (Post 6950928)
The worst ever is "thinking outside the box" :thumbdown:
God yes ..... truly annoying - as is "out of my comfort zone".

earlswoody Nov 7th 2008 7:06 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza (Post 6950991)
God yes ..... truly annoying - as is "out of my comfort zone".
oooohhhhhhhhhhhhh stop it :(

Lorna at Vicenza Nov 7th 2008 7:07 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by earlswoody (Post 6951004)
oooohhhhhhhhhhhhh stop it :(
are we I]"working on the same page" [/I]now then ?

FlirtyKnickers Nov 7th 2008 7:13 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
''To cut a long story short''......really gets on my very last nerve:curse:

Just tell me the bit I want to hear and leave all the other crap lodged in you own head and not mine:cool:

Lorna at Vicenza Nov 7th 2008 7:32 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by FlirtyKnickers (Post 6951034)
''To cut a long story short''......really gets on my very last nerve:curse:

Just tell me the bit I want to hear and leave all the other crap lodged in you own head and not mine:cool:
yeah - that's a good one - to bring to point I mean.... not a good expression !

Novocastrian Nov 7th 2008 7:34 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by earlswoody (Post 6950928)
The worst ever is "thinking outside the box" :thumbdown:
A phrase that never crossed the lips of Ruud van Nistelroy.

Lorna at Vicenza Nov 7th 2008 7:44 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 6951103)
A phrase that never crossed the lips of Ruud van Nistelroy.
he's a football player. What does he have to do with it ?

Novocastrian Nov 7th 2008 7:54 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza (Post 6951133)
he's a football player. What does he have to do with it ?
I don't know your style well enough to guess if that was a joke or not.

Lorna at Vicenza Nov 7th 2008 7:56 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 6951171)
I don't know your style well enough to guess if that was a joke or not.
It wasn't a joke. It was an honest question.

Lorna at Vicenza Nov 7th 2008 7:56 am
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Seriously.

Novocastrian Nov 7th 2008 8:02 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza (Post 6951181)
Seriously.
Ah! RvN was (is) a very successful goal scorer, who achieved this result almost exclusively by reacting quickly inside the (penalty) box.

He was (is) not at all renowned for his footballing acumen in open play outside the (penalty) box.

I anticipate an avalanche of youtube links from enraged ManUre fans at any moment.

earlswoody Nov 7th 2008 8:02 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza (Post 6951178)
It wasn't a joke. It was an honest question.
You are a girlie....forget it...;)

Lorna at Vicenza Nov 7th 2008 8:05 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by earlswoody (Post 6951202)
You are a girlie....forget it...;)
yeah well now I know ........... he was not the one that coined the phrase though.

Novocastrian Nov 7th 2008 8:07 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza (Post 6951209)
yeah well now I know ........... he was not the one that coined the phrase though.
Quite.

Oh, look, there's a horse over there who isn't yet fully flogged to death.

I'll have to be off...

BristolUK Nov 7th 2008 8:20 am
Re: Annoying Phrases
 
Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza (Post 6951006)
are we I]"working on the same page" [/I]now then ?
Pushing the envelope.


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