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Every Nook and Cranny

What the fuck is a cranny? If you saw a cranny would you know that it was a cranny and scream out, “look everybody! Look at this fabulous cranny! My! What a cranny it is! I’m going to stick my finger into this here cranny and see if porridge comes out!” This is followed by [...]

Posted 20 April 2011 † Christopher § Needy ‡ Comments (0) °

It Begs the Question

Look, I’m not one of these cockholes who feels compelled to constantly point out your mistalkage of wordisms, such as how you ignorantly say “it’s not my for-TAY” instead of the proper pronunciation “it’s not my FORT”. (That’s not a joke, by the way. “Forte” should be pronounced like “fort”. It’s Old French, not Italian. [...]

Posted 21 February 2011 † Christopher § ‡ Comments (1) °

It’s Going to Be Interesting

Once you’ve learned to hate this expression as much as I do, you’re going to start hearing it everywhere. And then, on or around the forty-hundred-billionth time you hear it, the tiny parasitic worms that live just under your skull will emerge from your eyes, ears, and nostrils to commit ritual suicide on your forehead [...]

Posted 04 January 2011 † Christopher § Meaningless ‡ Comments (1) °

Stand Idly By / Sit Idly By

Have you ever heard anyone use the word “idly” without this expression? No, you haven’t, because this word is mentally challenged. It is as lazy as its definition implies and needs the support of at least two other words to function. Look at its entry in the Online Etymology Dictionary. It has no history, it [...]

Posted 08 November 2010 † Christopher § Needy § Overused § Sounding Important ‡ Comments (2) °

Have a Good One

Have a good what, asshole? A good day? A good life? A good diarrhea? What on Earth is this noisy air that escapes your lungs every time you walk away? And who taught you to talk to strangers, or worse, your friends, like such a turd? What ever happened to “good bye”? It used to [...]

Posted 24 August 2010 † Christopher § Meaningless ‡ Comments (7) °

Vegas, Baby!

Please observe the following phenomenon: When a person is going to Las Vegas, or even when simply talking about Las Vegas, rather than saying I’m going to Las Vegas. they say I’m going to Vegas, baby! Did Las Vegas change its name to Vegas Baby? It is the only reasonable explanation. The alternative is that [...]

Posted 13 September 2009 † Christopher § Sounds Stupid § Trying to be Cool ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged:

Going Forward

I work days in a nice quiet office. One of the favorite expressions used in any meeting is “going forward”, because it makes you sound more business-y. If you’ve never heard this expression, get ready to shield your keyboard from the barfspray. “Going forward” is used to indicate action that is to be taken in [...]

Posted 12 March 2009 † Christopher § Redundant ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: