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Wednesday, August 23, 2006, 8:27 PM
...Some Interesting/Useful Phrases Every Day. A list for 
- "Not so much...". I know it's overused and I don't give a fig!! So pbblllttt.
- "Bite me". I only say this to people I know well, and who know me well. And there aren't many of those I see and/or talk to on a daily basis. I think Bill gets the brunt of these.
- "Hmmmmm....Good Luck with that!" Must be said with a dry, sarcastic tone of voice and sardonic grin.
- "Who are we talking about?" The key to using this phrase most powerfully, is not to have a 'deer in the headlights look'...but more of a blank, vacuous look and said while an argument feels like it might be brewing. Continue to stare at the other person and insert just a touch of a question into your look. Works ever time. For a graphic demonstration..rent Chicken Little.
- "God Bless America." Here, the first word is drawn out somewhat, with the expectation that a curse word is soon to follow. At the last second you invoke a blessing on this wonderful country of ours. HR is happy you didn't cuss along with little Miss Priss and Mr. Holy Roller is glad you didn't take the Lord's name in vain. But you can't just substitute the words. You have to train your brain and then your mouth to truly invoke the blessing. Works for me.
- My all time favorite...written it's "JMJ" or "Jaysus, Mahry and Joosuph." That's more phonetically spelled so you get the real flavor. If I have an audience of any size, I say it with a brogue.
- "Okay Campers, lets open our clue bags..." Obviously dripping with sarcasm. Most of the time I say this in my head and I am fervently working to remove it from there as well. Although, this next one is very similar and I still say it outloud, much too often.
- Using my best Forrest voice, "Stoopid is as stoopid does."
- "That would be correct." I have no explanation for this. Instead of saying, "you're right" I say that. I dunno.
- And occasionally I say, "Roger that". Hey, whaddya want? I spent 12 years in the military. The crap rubs off after awhile. And yessss, I can still say the phonetic alphabet. It just rolls of my tongue.
- "Oh by all means, the pleasure is mine!" GET YOUR MINDS outthegutter...dorks. I usually say that when someone thanks me for helping them. So I end up saying it almost every day. And...the pleasure is always mine or I wouldn't be doing whatever it is they asked me to do. I would find a way to get out of it, that's for sure.
- "I'm sorry." See the trick with this phrase is you should follow it with whatever the other person has a problem with. You're sorry their feelings are hurt. You're sorry they were inconvenienced, you're sorry they don't understand. Get it? I haven't apologized for anything I've done. But I'm saying I'm sorry so that they will feel better. Now, if I am in the wrong about something then "I'm the first one to fall on my sword." But I get much better results when I apologize that way, then if I try to make them take the blame. 'Cause they never will anyway. Repair the damage and save your face at the same time. And if I've truly done something wrong inadvertently, I apologize until they let me off the hook somehow. That means sometimes I end up groveling. I have no problems with that if I've truly messed up. I'm not perfect. And if you are important enough to me, I will grovel.
- Last but not least, "Doll" or "Dolly". If I like you, I call you that. If I can't remember your name its, "whatsherface" or "whatshisface" and sometimes, "snicklefritz"
Bonus Thursday. One more, Just for You!! If I don't know the name of something I call it a
"whooodgie".
I dunno, I'm just talented I guess. ;0]
| Permalink | By Pam and Bill
...Some Interesting/Useful Phrases Every Day.
A list for
- "Not so much...". I know it's overused and I don't give a fig!! So pbblllttt.
- "Bite me". I only say this to people I know well, and who know me well. And there aren't many of those I see and/or talk to on a daily basis. I think Bill gets the brunt of these.
- "Hmmmmm....Good Luck with that!" Must be said with a dry, sarcastic tone of voice and sardonic grin.
- "Who are we talking about?" The key to using this phrase most powerfully, is not to have a 'deer in the headlights look'...but more of a blank, vacuous look and said while an argument feels like it might be brewing. Continue to stare at the other person and insert just a touch of a question into your look. Works ever time. For a graphic demonstration..rent Chicken Little.
- "God Bless America." Here, the first word is drawn out somewhat, with the expectation that a curse word is soon to follow. At the last second you invoke a blessing on this wonderful country of ours. HR is happy you didn't cuss along with little Miss Priss and Mr. Holy Roller is glad you didn't take the Lord's name in vain. But you can't just substitute the words. You have to train your brain and then your mouth to truly invoke the blessing. Works for me.
- My all time favorite...written it's "JMJ" or "Jaysus, Mahry and Joosuph." That's more phonetically spelled so you get the real flavor. If I have an audience of any size, I say it with a brogue.
- "Okay Campers, lets open our clue bags..." Obviously dripping with sarcasm. Most of the time I say this in my head and I am fervently working to remove it from there as well. Although, this next one is very similar and I still say it outloud, much too often.
- Using my best Forrest voice, "Stoopid is as stoopid does."
- "That would be correct." I have no explanation for this. Instead of saying, "you're right" I say that. I dunno.
- And occasionally I say, "Roger that". Hey, whaddya want? I spent 12 years in the military. The crap rubs off after awhile. And yessss, I can still say the phonetic alphabet. It just rolls of my tongue.
- "Oh by all means, the pleasure is mine!" GET YOUR MINDS outthegutter...dorks. I usually say that when someone thanks me for helping them. So I end up saying it almost every day. And...the pleasure is always mine or I wouldn't be doing whatever it is they asked me to do. I would find a way to get out of it, that's for sure.
- "I'm sorry." See the trick with this phrase is you should follow it with whatever the other person has a problem with. You're sorry their feelings are hurt. You're sorry they were inconvenienced, you're sorry they don't understand. Get it? I haven't apologized for anything I've done. But I'm saying I'm sorry so that they will feel better. Now, if I am in the wrong about something then "I'm the first one to fall on my sword." But I get much better results when I apologize that way, then if I try to make them take the blame. 'Cause they never will anyway. Repair the damage and save your face at the same time. And if I've truly done something wrong inadvertently, I apologize until they let me off the hook somehow. That means sometimes I end up groveling. I have no problems with that if I've truly messed up. I'm not perfect. And if you are important enough to me, I will grovel.
- Last but not least, "Doll" or "Dolly". If I like you, I call you that. If I can't remember your name its, "whatsherface" or "whatshisface" and sometimes, "snicklefritz"
Bonus Thursday. One more, Just for You!! If I don't know the name of something I call it a
"whooodgie".
I dunno, I'm just talented I guess. ;0]
| Permalink | By Pam and Bill
I'm Pam and Bill.
We are DINKS with DOGS & CATS and chickens and turkeys.
Met on a blind date in October of 1993 and married in August of 1994. We have five dogs and two cats.
We live on about 122 or so acres in Southern Vermont. About 12 acres of pasture and the rest is woodland..
12 Comments:
LOL - snicklefritz, sounds Pennsylvania Dutch! Hey, where all were you stationed in the military and what years?
I loved this list. Especially the Forest Gump one. I say that from time to time as we all "And that's all I have to say about that there", it maybe a few words off but I read it on the table at Bubba Gumps.
Another one we use a lot is BERGENFLICKER, there is a commercial that goes with it, something about a horse.
Love the snicklefritz! Could be a new nickname for you know who...
Saying Jaysus, Mahry and Joosuph with a brogue is my favorite, I will have to work that into conversation sometime and see if I can pull it off.
ummm... I am impressed that you remembered all of those! Lets see... I say 'ya that doesnt suck' and well... gosh I cant even remember! I am losing my mind Pam!!
Hope all is well there! lol
Just poppin' in to say Hi! I miss you guys! I'm still on vacation. In MI now and heading to NY tomorrow. I'll catch up on all the blogs when I get home. I tried to blog from here twice, but it won't go thru...I had pics and everything! :P
Hope you're having a great time!
Stacie
Cute list.
I don't think I've really used any of these except maybe "Bite Me"..lol.
See, if I don't know what it's called, it's a "Thingie".
And "Bite me" has ALWAYS been a favorite of mine...;)
Well - you have quite a phrase vocabulary! I'm not sure i could come up with 13..but glad you did - they were very entertaining.
P.S. saw that you join in on the Green Thumb Sunday. I joined - my first ever repetitive meme -- hopefully i'll follow thru - consistently. We'll see. First thing i need to do is get the blogroll added - and before Sunday - that would be good huh?
Jaysus, Mahry and Joosuph is correct. You also have the brogue down correctly there me lassie.
Now can you work on "Denny Shane me boy, you are a super stud"?
My mother used to call me schnickelfritz! Thanks for reminding me. And I just love JMJ! You'd think a redhead Irish could do an Irish accent, but I will have to learn from you during our week together!
Good ones! Thanks for sharing. "I say Good luck with that" too.
Jaysus, Mahry and Joosuph was a fav of my Mum's. Consequently, I say it in my head a lot!
If I do something stupid, like drop something or spill something I say "O Goody!"
"Cry me a river" to the kids when they whine.
Lately I've been saying "Tell someone who cares" when people start going into long explanations at work that mean nothing to me and that they really should be talking to someone else on and if they think I'm going to relay that complicated message to that person they are freakin' nuts!
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