Double_E Posted May 13, 2005 Author Posted May 13, 2005 anothe cliché that bores the fuck out of me (tho i wasn't able to put it in a quick, succinct phrase) is when you hear people moaning and grumbling about how THEIR neighborhood... or THEIR hometown ... or their home county... or state .... or region ... is seeing new subdivisions and strip malls and parking lots and other forms of .. of .... <<ghoulish demonic voice>>.. Developpmennttt... you seem to especially hear it from those who grew up in the southern and western states, which have seen the fastest population growth in the last 20 years. but even back in my hometown (DC suburbs), you hear people say this shit. and it's amazing how much bitterness and frustration you hear some of them seem to have about about all their cherished little places that got paved over in recent years. wake up, PEOPLE!!! the whole goddam planet is getting crowded!!! believe it or not, there is NOT any type of consipracy, government or otherwise, to especially make YOUR precious little hometown a hyper-paved, hyper-gridlocked, hyper-commercialized, HORRIBLE place to live!!! it's happening elsewhere too. so quit yer bitching. Quote
foraker Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 people who get upset with old web site because people at old web site suck, start new web site with cool new people, vow never to return to old site, spend 99% of time bitching about people on old site, get bored with new site, return to old site just to 'kick the dog', get upset with liberal commie pinko fags on old site, vow never to return, go back to cool new site with cool people, bitch about people on old site, get bored ... Quote
Fairweather Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 "We're loving nature to death." "That road stabs into the heart of The _______ range." "let nature take over" "death of a thousand cuts" "Take only memories, leave only footprints." "wilderness management plan"....isn't that one an oxymoron? Quote
Thinker Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 Oh, I don't believe in __________. (god, christmas, relativity, gravity, Amber, fucking on the first date, love at first sight, etc....) Quote
Fairweather Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 anothe cliché that bores the fuck out of me (tho i wasn't able to put it in a quick, succinct phrase) is when you hear people moaning and grumbling about how THEIR neighborhood... or THEIR hometown ... or their home county... or state .... or region ... is seeing new subdivisions and strip malls and parking lots and other forms of .. of .... <<ghoulish demonic voice>>.. Developpmennttt... you seem to especially hear it from those who grew up in the southern and western states, which have seen the fastest population growth in the last 20 years. but even back in my hometown (DC suburbs), you hear people say this shit. and it's amazing how much bitterness and frustration you hear some of them seem to have about about all their cherished little places that got paved over in recent years. wake up, PEOPLE!!! the whole goddam planet is getting crowded!!! believe it or not, there is NOT any type of consipracy, government or otherwise, to especially make YOUR precious little hometown a hyper-paved, hyper-gridlocked, hyper-commercialized, HORRIBLE place to live!!! it's happening elsewhere too. so quit yer bitching. Gotta give you this one! I recently visited one of my brothers in Wenatchee. The valley was a pall of smoke and my brother was lamenting the fact that this was a result of apple orchards being bull-dozed and burned to make way for new housing. He and his wife were truly heart-broken.... ...he moved to Wenatchee last year...and lives in a new sub-division. Quote
Dechristo Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 "three-out-of-five doctors who smoke, smoke Camels" "Tarringtons, I'd rather fight than switch" the opening theme music to Bonanza Lorne Greene "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, 'Look! Up in the sky... it's a bird, it's a plane, IT'S...'" "...it's not a war" "marijuana use leads to heroin" "I'm not a crook" "Marilyn Monroe was found naked and dead" "Lee Harvey Oswald was shot at point-blank by Jack Ruby, a businessman with reported Mob connections, while being escourted by a contingent of law enforcement officers; there is no apparent connection to the President's assissination." "Brillcream: a little dab'll do ya." "Are you a Republican or a Democrat? Nahhhh, I'm a Pedestrian!" (Curly Howard) Quote
Fairweather Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 people who get upset with old web site because people at old web site suck, start new web site with cool new people, vow never to return to old site, spend 99% of time bitching about people on old site, get bored with new site, return to old site just to 'kick the dog', get upset with liberal commie pinko fags on old site, vow never to return, go back to cool new site with cool people, bitch about people on old site, get bored ... We're talking cliches here, sultana. I posted the definition. Use that great scientific mind you're always bragging about...and try to stay focused. Quote
Ireneo_Funes Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 thinking outside the box action items pushing the envelope results-oriented ...etc. Quote
ScottP Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 tighter than Dick's hatband simile-a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds. cliche-a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse. Quote
Ireneo_Funes Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 a simile can be a cliche. in fact, most are cliches. Quote
Dechristo Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 tighter than Dick's hatband simile-a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds. cliche-a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse. Yeah, I know I've abused horribly the concept of this thread. But, in this case, it is a simile that lost its originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse. ... in the first half of the twentieth century Quote
Dechristo Posted May 13, 2005 Posted May 13, 2005 A digression to explain the simile: tighter than Dick's hatband = tighter than a condom digression temporarily suspended Quote
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