I had one of those days. Example: when I drove into my office parking garage at 5:50 p.m., last night there was a long line in front of me … not moving. I eventually honked my horn (I’m late for a dinner). I figured someone was having trouble getting a ticket. A woman comes running up to my car to tell me that she is just waiting for the ticket clock to turn 6:00 p.m., so she can get the lower evening parking rate and did I mind waiting in line another 10 minutes for that to occur! Seriously????
It was also a day where I heard some “new” sayings (and a couple that are just annoying):
He’s very generic (a friend said it about someone we mutually know). What does that mean? He’s not as good as other people? He’s a copy that is cheaper and has the same effect? Who calls people generic? What happened to Plain Jane?
He’s all hat and no cattle (whispered from the clerk at Caribou regarding some guy who was talking too much, resulting in me waiting in line). Hmm, must be from Iowa or Texas. This apparently is a real phrase. It’s describes a person that is all talk and no substance. I’m not likely to use this one. Plus, I don’t eat beef.
That’s just lip service (about some lawyer who was pretending to agree with me when he really didn’t agree – shocking!). Some of you may not know this but my maiden name is Lipsky. So, as a kid, anything with the word “lip” resulted in a new nickname for me. I was a quiet high schooler but I would often hear, “Hey, lip service,” when I walked by a group of teenage boys (who are known for stupidity). I don’t always think it always had a clean meaning.
I’m just saying (ESPN radio). This is the worst! It’s really like an emergency exit at the end of every rude, crude or stupid sentence. It’s like “but,” only dumber. It invites the listener to discount what’s just been said … even as we’re reeling from the stupidity of the first comment. The Urban Dictionary website explains that the phrase makes it “possible to deliver a rude comment or burn and have it bounce off simply as an opinion disguised as an objective opinion, and who can argue with you over an opinion that you don’t apparently support.” How about this one – “What if Moses had told Pharaoh, ‘Let my people go! Just saying!'” Enough said.
Life is like a hot bath, the longer you stay the more wrinkled you get (a close friend who said that she’d clearly been in the bath longer than me! I needed an explanation). Love this!
That, my friends, rounded out a day filled with meaningless and somewhat stupid statements! Honestly, what’s new? I am an attorney after all!
Have a wonderful day!
p.s. Guess my request for a wife in yesterday’s blog was spot on!!! 🙂
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