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    iPhones Rule
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    “On your left/right hand side”

    Whats wrong with left/right Eye side?

    “After you die and you go upstairs”

    Do they have a ramp for the handicapped?

    Please post yours

    #1148909
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    “Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked in their shoes” I have big feet. Of course it won’t fit.

    #1148910
    ben_David
    Participant

    it's what's inside that counts

    The biggest lie usually said.

    #1148911
    ben_David
    Participant

    Your resume is impressive,...bla bla.....but we think you're overqualified for the job.

    #1148912
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    “It takes two to tango”

    Who wants to anyway?

    #1148913
    HaLeiVi
    Participant

    “I couldn’t care less.”

    Well, please try.

    #1148914

    when your a kid and someone gets something and you dont and you complain about it and the adult tells you /life isnt fair/

    #1148915
    dial427436
    Member

    “Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never harm me.”

    That is the biggest balony, words can be so hurtful. Who taught the kids this one?

    #1148916
    streekgeek
    Participant

    “The early bird catches the worm.”

    There are enough worms to go around. I’d prefer my sleep and catch a different worm at my own pace.

    “When in Rome, act as the Romans do”

    Why in the world would someone follow some random dude’s practices without knowing the reason behind them. It’s okay to be a little out of the box!

    #1148917
    A nony mouse
    Participant

    “I don’t know”

    Well, please find out

    #1148918

    “I don’t want to hurt your feelings but…”

    Sure

    #1148919
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    “A stitch in time saves nine” could be eight or ten.

    #1148920

    no offence but…

    #1148921
    ben_David
    Participant
    #1148922
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    With all due respect,

    #1148923
    HaLeiVi
    Participant

    … but …

    #1148924
    hal
    Member

    “nothing free in life”

    while life itself is actually free, which is how it has to be, non-existant people have no money

    #1148925
    ezaspie
    Member

    iPhones Rule: I got so curious about the right/left HAND side thing, so I researched it and here’s what I found:

    ?

    1- I suppose that ‘hand’ is used to distinguish from right as in correct. By that logic, we use hand on the other side, too, to distinguish from left as in remaining.

    2- Handedness is perhaps the most common way of teaching someone left from right. While there are other natural things that exhibit consistent directionality (the circular flow of water in a drain in a given hemisphere; the rotation of the earth when seen from above a particular pole, etc.) none is as readily accessible to the viewer as her or his own handedness. Most of us know from an early age which of our hands is dominant, and that is labeled by our elders as either right or left, depending on our proclivities (let’s skip the brain dominance discussion for now).

    We can then identify whether the direction or side we are considering corresponds to our right or left side, based on our knowledge of our dominant hand. I think the hand reference when discussing side is a reflection (residual) of this basic analysis we learned in our youth.

    3- ?Does anyone think it could have something to do with the cadence [the way a person’s voice changes by gently rising and falling while he or she is speaking] in “right-hand side”? In “right side” there is a longer pause between the words. Consider also for instance the fact that people tend to say, “Where’s it at?” and not “Where’s it?”?

    #1148926
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    I don’t recall ever having asked “Where’s it at?” all my life.

    #1148927
    oomis
    Participant

    “I couldn’t care less.”

    Or worse, I could care less, which means the EXACT opposite of what it intends to convey.

    #1148928
    the-art-of-moi
    Participant

    It is so annoying when people preface a statement with, “Honestly” or “to tell you the truth.” Does that mean that youre lying unless you specifically say that youre not? It seems so unnecesary.

    #1148929
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    Oh, I find that people who use that one ALL THE TIME are usually liars who lie almost all the time.

    #1148930

    And my favorite: “Hello how are you I wanted to ask you to..” (punctuation, question mark, etc. intentionally omitted) Caller had no interest in my well-being, at all.

    So my response when hearing that introduction on the phone: “Liar!”

    Hu?!?

    You asked me something. Did you mean it?

    #1148931
    suli97
    Member

    “do you mind if…”

    usually a self centred phrase 2 follow!

    e.g if I go first..

    #1148932

    “Don’t aks what happened!”

    I won’t.

    #1148933

    when people say ” just follow your dreams” I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re goin’, and hook up with them later

    Or when people ask “can I ask you a question? I usually respond “you just did”

    #1148934
    tzaddiq
    Member

    ‘believe you me’

    (so irritating!!)

    ‘same difference’

    (so……is it the same? or different? are the differences between the two things that you’re comparing the same?)

    ‘no problem’

    (why can’t people just respond with a you’re welcome….???)

    #1148935
    the-art-of-moi
    Participant

    And how about “that’s a long story?”

    A long story is just a short story that no one wants to tell.

    Just say that you would rather not talk about it.

    #1148936
    gatesheadguy
    Member

    How about “what’s up”… Ummm the clouds maybe….

    #1148937
    HLM
    Member

    … “I hear that”

    DUHHH!! That’s why I am talking to you!

    🙂 🙂

    #1148938
    gatesheadguy
    Member

    “Yo” ??????

    #1148940
    BelieveYouMe
    Participant

    This one really turns me off: “I’ve got your back!”

    Really? And should I be expecting a ransom note in the mail?

    #1148941
    aproudbyg
    Participant

    “treat your family like guests and your guests like family”

    its just once cylce over and over………..who is to say wich is how you should treat what ifyou treat the other the other way????

    #1148942
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    You treat both the same way.

    #1148943
    cozimjewish
    Member

    “Pull up your socks” like, why not “tuck in your shirt”?

    #1148944
    SayIDidIt™
    Participant

    CIJ, never heard that one. I did hear “get dressed” instead of “tuck in your shirt”.

    #1148945
    cozimjewish
    Member

    “pull up your socks” is an expression meaning “you had better improve” The first time my mother said that to me when I was little, I was very confused, because I didn’t wear socks…but I pulled up my tights anyway, until she explained what she meant 🙂

    #1148946

    You don’t really want to do that…

    Or

    No you don’t like that at all. I know you.

    Or

    You’re sure? (10 times)

    I’m not crazy. I know what I like, what I want to do and when I say stuff I (almost always) mean it.

    #1148947
    DikDukDuck
    Participant

    “For goodness sakes”

    ….?

    #1148948
    Bookworm120
    Participant

    “You can’t always get what you want.”

    Especially when a choir is singing the words. Over. And over. And over again.

    For, like, seven minutes.

    #1148949
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    For goodness sakes–“goodness” is a euphemism and the phrase is the replacement of real swearing.

    #1148950
    cozimjewish
    Member

    “I’ll tell you when you get older.” Only now, there’s no way I remember all those questions I had when I was seven, eight, nine etc. years old!! 🙁

    #1148951
    Bendit
    Participant

    I don’t hate lines but I’ll tell u my two favorites

    1:You know what ever fries your latkes

    2:You are obviously not the sharpest Knife in the shlachthoisen

    #1148952
    lamud vov tzadik
    Participant

    In some sort of study it was found that the word whatever is the most irritating word in the world

    #1148953
    cozimjewish
    Member

    bendit – is that supposed to be the Jewish version of “not the sharpest tool in the shed”? It’s cute!

    #1148954
    screwdriverdelight
    Participant

    “3 day yomtov” “making shabbos” “say what?”

    #1148955
    ivory
    Member

    Schlachthois! Schlachthoisen would mean slaughter pants!

    #1148956
    cozimjewish
    Member

    lvt – i love the word whatever! Maybe it’s coz I’m a teenager….?? My former English teacher HAAAAAATES it when girls use the word “like” for just about anything – “Like, I went to the store, and I was like, “Do you have these shoes in like, pink or something?” And she looked at me like, “What’s your problem?” and she was like, “Um, no,” so then I decided to go to, like, another store”…….

    #1148957
    Bendit
    Participant

    its supposed to be a cute line and I don’t speak Yiddish sorry

    #1148958
    sirvoddmort
    Member

    “I could care less”

    Good to know.

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