cliche #231
..so these two 110 story buildings have huge airplanes flown into them..then they collapse..covering the entire area in debris..thousands die..tens of thousands are running around...and they find this policeman to interview..
"I've never seen anything like this..in my 10 years in the force.."
..so this big huge highway bridge collapses..sending dozens of cars, trucks and buses hurtling into the Mississippee River..and theres this Medic..saying..
"I don't think I've ever seen anything like this.."
hmm u sure bout that mista?..
Sometimes I wonder if we come pre-programmed with hundreds of cliches..
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"I've never seen anything like this..in my 10 years in the force.."
..so this big huge highway bridge collapses..sending dozens of cars, trucks and buses hurtling into the Mississippee River..and theres this Medic..saying..
"I don't think I've ever seen anything like this.."
hmm u sure bout that mista?..
Sometimes I wonder if we come pre-programmed with hundreds of cliches..
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posted by David_on_the_Lake at 1:29 PM
15 Comments:
Well, there's a very good reason WHY they are cliches...
Sometimes we feel like we have to say something- and the enormity of the event is so overwhelming and overpowering so all we can do is helplessly protest, "I don't think I've ever seen anything like this."
Sure it's inane and doesn't add more meaning, but it's something...which is necessary when one has absolutely no idea how to react.
you know what they say... lol
Around the World in 80 Clichés ;)
"May you live up to 120."
"That's the cutest baby / bride ever!"
"Life's too short."
"He died before his time."
"Wish we'd already met years ago."
"You never know."
"Whatever it takes."
"Gimme a break."
Just to mention a few - everyday conversation is full of clichés and banalities.
Intersting enough I noticed how similar wew the responses to the 7/7 teror attacks in London to what I witnessed in Israel.
I think we are programmed into these ready made phrases, we heard them once, they left their impact and they pop out when we stumble in a similar situation.
that's too cliche...
:)
jewmican..
of course...cuz we're born with them pre-programmed into our system..
:-)
chana..
I hear that..
lvnsm..
lol
fashionista...
lol
Oh..u just mentioned cliche numbers 122 to 131..
spelling...
exactly what I'm trying to say...
dreamer...
i cant help it..its in my system..
lol
Fashionista - The "live until 120" isn't necessarily a cliche; it's a blessing to live as long as Moses did...
jewmican...
true..but its become one of those unthinking meassages that just come out..at certain times
Jewmaican, if I didn't know you almost like me, I would take offence . . .
o, and read Orwell's "Politics and the English Language."
just cuz. cool:)
Fashionista - "almost"? C'mon...you wound me!:)
Dave, I think platitude would be a better fit, huh?
Jewmaican, wound or wounded? ;) Anycase, awwwwww, poor baby...
Cliché's a French loan word that can refer to situations, social structures and expressions alike. It includes banalities, platitudes, commonplace statements, flat characters etc.
fajeet..
Ill add it to my list..
:-)
jewmaican...
for those that know what it means...yes
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