So, I am old now! I claim the right to tell it as I see it! The following phrases today annoy, grate on my ear, and sometimes enrage me: perhaps you too!
#1 That's what I'm talking about!
#2 Sounds like a plan!
#3 Wh**ever!
#4 No problem
#5 I knew you'd say that!
#6 You have reached an automated system...
#7 I did not understand you.
#8 Please hold!
#9 Please leave your name and number and we'll get back to you.
#10 I h**e to tell you this, but...
#11 It is what it is.
#12 Come on Man!
#13 Where's it at?
#14 Enjoy your day! Or, Have a nice day!
#15 What will be will be! (Que sera, sera!)
#16 Take care!
#17 LOL!
#18 If the shoe fits wear it!
#19 Hold on there, Jellybean!
#20 You are too big for your britches!
#21 Who said life had to be fair?
#22 I wish I had a dime for every time I...
#23 What's up?
#24 Have a good one!
#25 Life is not a bowl of cherries!
#26 You are free to go!
#27 Free offer.
#28 I have good news and bad news!
#29 Just wait till your father gets home!
#30 You are cruising for a bruising!
#31 Mi casa su casa!
#32 I told you so!
#33 This is not my first rodeo!
#34 I'm sorry...
#35 We take cash only, no cards or checks.
#36 Good morning, Sunshine!
#37 You are doing 50 in a 35 zone!
#38 I thought you knew that...
#39 For the last time...
#40 If it moves, salute it! If it doesn't move, paint it!
#41 Who do you think you are?
#42 Aw! Get out!
#43 If I had only known!
#44 You're full of it!
#45 That's the last straw!
#46 What would you say if I...
#47 Dream on, Jackson!
#48 That's a bunch of crap!
#49 Get real!
#50 How can I help you?
#51 Please leave your name and number and I will get back to you!
#52 I swear on a stack of Bibles!
#53 I'm a meat and potatoes man.
#54 Cross my heart and hope to die!
#55 Not my job!
#56 Go suck an egg!
#57 Is that really you?
#58 Just doing my job.
#59 License and registration please!
#60 Going to a fire?
#61 Assume the position! (No, I am not a jailbird!)
#62 Take two aspirin and call me tomorrow.
#63 Did you take out the trash?
#64 Have you seen how high your front lawn is?
#65 Isn't life beautiful?
#66 Better than the alternative!
$67 Say what?
#68 You don't look your age!
#69 You and what army?
#70 Sit down!
#71 I swear on my mother's grave!
#72 It is tit for tat!
#73 This is where it's at!
#74 Are you trying to be a comic?
#75 I had a really nice time!
#76 Your engine light is on!
#77 So, here's your bill...
#78 You have insufficient funds for this t***saction.
#79 I'll pay you tomorrow.
#80 You can stew in your own juice!
#81 Man alive you're half dead!
#82 You've got that bass ackward!
#83 Money talks!
#84 I give up!
#85 What's more important to you...
#86 What are you, a...
#87 Your flight is delayed!
#88 We have a minor problem, so we are landing in _____, not Denver.
#89 This is a hijack! Keep seated or else!
#90 This is your Captain: It will be a bit bumpy for a few minutes...
#91 This is your Captain again: be reassured that we can fly quite well on one engine.
#92 There's nothing to worry about!
#93 Flight Attendants: prepare for a water landing.
#94 If the shoe fits...
#95 Its six of one and a half dozen of the other.
#96 It takes two to tango!
#97 Ginger Rogers did it all backwards and in high heels!
#98 Sure you can! Not!
#99 This store is closed!
#100 We're off! Honey, did you check the stove?
This is the last one, I promise! Oh!
#101 I promise!
#102 Press 1 for English.
#103 You must...
#104 Show me what you've got!
#105 My Mom didn't raise any fools!
#106 What do you think this is, Christmas?
#107 Fine and Dandy!
#108 The next appointment time is in three months.
#109 We charge $50 for no-shows.
#110 I am between a rock and a hard place!
#111 Heads I win, tails you lose!
#112 I don't care!
#113 It's your turn...
#114 I'm sorry, we closed 2 minutes ago!
#115 That item is not returnable.
#116 Heavens to Betsy!
#111 Gee willikers!
#112 Gosh Almighty!
#113 It's a crap shoot!
#114 Brilliant!
#115 That's so common!
#116 One size fits all.
#117 You show me yours and I'll show you mine! (Not that!)
#118 I'm making you an offer you can't refuse!
#119 Your membership will automatically renew every month.
#120 A miss is as good as a mile.
#122 Fess up!
#123 FU!
#124 Them's fightin words!
#125 I swear on my mother's grave!
#126 You ain't worth s**t!
#127 Better late than never!
#128 You know the saying...
#129 Avalanche!
#130 Don't forget to duck!
#131 Fire!
#132 Incoming!
#133 When the boss is away...
#134 Waste not want not!
#135 ...Pilgrim!
#136 You mean I busted my ass for nothing?
#137 It's time you grew up!
#138 It takes a real man to...
#139 You're k*****g me!
#140 You always end us up in a dead end!
#141 Look out!
#142 Head's up!
#143 Timber!
#144 That was close!
#145 What i***t thought this up?
#146 Let's try it one more time.
#147 You broke it!
#148 The battery is dead!
#149 You have a flat tire!
#150 Do we have enough gas?
#151 Your license is out of date!
#152 Pull over!
#153 There's a hurricane warning for Thursday!
#154 You did what?
#155 That's a ticking time bomb!
#156 Hit the dirt!
#157 Better safe than sorry!
#158 See if I care!
#159 You are dead wrong!
#160 A penny for your thoughts.
#161 You are in deep water!
#162 Look at you!
#163 It's tax time, Hun!
#164 That deduction is not allowed!
#165 You are right as rain.
#166 Can I get some peace and quiet in here!
#167 Will you accept the charges?
#168 Time wounds all heels!
#169 You're not mad, are you?
#170 Can you lend me $500?
#171 Listen up!
#172 I'm from the government...
#173 My show is on now, Hun.
#174 That's crazy!
$175 You want fries with that?
#176 If I were king...
#177 Your time is up!
#178 Answer the question!
#179 Rome wasn't built in a day.
#180 History repeats itself!
#181 I don't give a damn!
#182 It's not worth a penny!
#183 I made it all by myself!
#184 How are you doing?
#185 What kind of nut are you anyway?
#186 You only have one life to live!
#187 Otherwise, I want a divorce!
#188 You need to go to the doctor!
#189 From now on no sodium, right?
#190 Carbonated drinks are not good for you.
#191 Take your medicine.
#192 You are 24 pounds overweight.
#193 You must not drink alcohol.
#194 My best friend is my dog.
#195 Time, gentlemen, time!
#196 The Bible says...
#197 You need the right tool for that job.
#198 I just waxed that floor, dummy!
#199 You are going beyond the pale there!
#200 That is enough!
And so it is!
manning5 wrote:
So, I am old now! I claim the right to tell it as I see it! The following phrases today annoy, grate on my ear, and sometimes enrage me: perhaps you too!
#1 That's what I'm talking about!
#2 Sounds like a plan!
#3 Wh**ever!
#4 No problem
#5 I knew you'd say that!
#6 You have reached an automated system...
#7 I did not understand you.
#8 Please hold!
#9 Please leave your name and number and we'll get back to you.
#10 I h**e to tell you this, but...
#11 It is what it is.
#12 Come on Man!
#13 Where's it at?
#14 Enjoy your day! Or, Have a nice day!
#15 What will be will be! (Que sera, sera!)
#16 Take care!
#17 LOL!
#18 If the shoe fits wear it!
#19 Hold on there, Jellybean!
#20 You are too big for your britches!
#21 Who said life had to be fair?
#22 I wish I had a dime for every time I...
#23 What's up?
#24 Have a good one!
#25 Life is not a bowl of cherries!
#26 You are free to go!
#27 Free offer.
#28 I have good news and bad news!
#29 Just wait till your father gets home!
#30 You are cruising for a bruising!
#31 Mi casa su casa!
#32 I told you so!
#33 This is not my first rodeo!
#34 I'm sorry...
#35 We take cash only, no cards or checks.
#36 Good morning, Sunshine!
#37 You are doing 50 in a 35 zone!
#38 I thought you knew that...
#39 For the last time...
#40 If it moves, salute it! If it doesn't move, paint it!
#41 Who do you think you are?
#42 Aw! Get out!
#43 If I had only known!
#44 You're full of it!
#45 That's the last straw!
#46 What would you say if I...
#47 Dream on, Jackson!
#48 That's a bunch of crap!
#49 Get real!
#50 How can I help you?
#51 Please leave your name and number and I will get back to you!
#52 I swear on a stack of Bibles!
#53 I'm a meat and potatoes man.
#54 Cross my heart and hope to die!
#55 Not my job!
#56 Go suck an egg!
#57 Is that really you?
#58 Just doing my job.
#59 License and registration please!
#60 Going to a fire?
#61 Assume the position! (No, I am not a jailbird!)
#62 Take two aspirin and call me tomorrow.
#63 Did you take out the trash?
#64 Have you seen how high your front lawn is?
#65 Isn't life beautiful?
#66 Better than the alternative!
$67 Say what?
#68 You don't look your age!
#69 You and what army?
#70 Sit down!
#71 I swear on my mother's grave!
#72 It is tit for tat!
#73 This is where it's at!
#74 Are you trying to be a comic?
#75 I had a really nice time!
#76 Your engine light is on!
#77 So, here's your bill...
#78 You have insufficient funds for this t***saction.
#79 I'll pay you tomorrow.
#80 You can stew in your own juice!
#81 Man alive you're half dead!
#82 You've got that bass ackward!
#83 Money talks!
#84 I give up!
#85 What's more important to you...
#86 What are you, a...
#87 Your flight is delayed!
#88 We have a minor problem, so we are landing in _____, not Denver.
#89 This is a hijack! Keep seated or else!
#90 This is your Captain: It will be a bit bumpy for a few minutes...
#91 This is your Captain again: be reassured that we can fly quite well on one engine.
#92 There's nothing to worry about!
#93 Flight Attendants: prepare for a water landing.
#94 If the shoe fits...
#95 Its six of one and a half dozen of the other.
#96 It takes two to tango!
#97 Ginger Rogers did it all backwards and in high heels!
#98 Sure you can! Not!
#99 This store is closed!
#100 We're off! Honey, did you check the stove?
This is the last one, I promise! Oh!
#101 I promise!
#102 Press 1 for English.
#103 You must...
#104 Show me what you've got!
#105 My Mom didn't raise any fools!
#106 What do you think this is, Christmas?
#107 Fine and Dandy!
#108 The next appointment time is in three months.
#109 We charge $50 for no-shows.
#110 I am between a rock and a hard place!
#111 Heads I win, tails you lose!
#112 I don't care!
#113 It's your turn...
#114 I'm sorry, we closed 2 minutes ago!
#115 That item is not returnable.
#116 Heavens to Betsy!
#111 Gee willikers!
#112 Gosh Almighty!
#113 It's a crap shoot!
#114 Brilliant!
#115 That's so common!
#116 One size fits all.
#117 You show me yours and I'll show you mine! (Not that!)
#118 I'm making you an offer you can't refuse!
#119 Your membership will automatically renew every month.
#120 A miss is as good as a mile.
#122 Fess up!
#123 FU!
#124 Them's fightin words!
#125 I swear on my mother's grave!
#126 You ain't worth s**t!
#127 Better late than never!
#128 You know the saying...
#129 Avalanche!
#130 Don't forget to duck!
#131 Fire!
#132 Incoming!
#133 When the boss is away...
#134 Waste not want not!
#135 ...Pilgrim!
#136 You mean I busted my ass for nothing?
#137 It's time you grew up!
#138 It takes a real man to...
#139 You're k*****g me!
#140 You always end us up in a dead end!
#141 Look out!
#142 Head's up!
#143 Timber!
#144 That was close!
#145 What i***t thought this up?
#146 Let's try it one more time.
#147 You broke it!
#148 The battery is dead!
#149 You have a flat tire!
#150 Do we have enough gas?
#151 Your license is out of date!
#152 Pull over!
#153 There's a hurricane warning for Thursday!
#154 You did what?
#155 That's a ticking time bomb!
#156 Hit the dirt!
#157 Better safe than sorry!
#158 See if I care!
#159 You are dead wrong!
#160 A penny for your thoughts.
#161 You are in deep water!
#162 Look at you!
#163 It's tax time, Hun!
#164 That deduction is not allowed!
#165 You are right as rain.
#166 Can I get some peace and quiet in here!
#167 Will you accept the charges?
#168 Time wounds all heels!
#169 You're not mad, are you?
#170 Can you lend me $500?
#171 Listen up!
#172 I'm from the government...
#173 My show is on now, Hun.
#174 That's crazy!
$175 You want fries with that?
#176 If I were king...
#177 Your time is up!
#178 Answer the question!
#179 Rome wasn't built in a day.
#180 History repeats itself!
#181 I don't give a damn!
#182 It's not worth a penny!
#183 I made it all by myself!
#184 How are you doing?
#185 What kind of nut are you anyway?
#186 You only have one life to live!
#187 Otherwise, I want a divorce!
#188 You need to go to the doctor!
#189 From now on no sodium, right?
#190 Carbonated drinks are not good for you.
#191 Take your medicine.
#192 You are 24 pounds overweight.
#193 You must not drink alcohol.
#194 My best friend is my dog.
#195 Time, gentlemen, time!
#196 The Bible says...
#197 You need the right tool for that job.
#198 I just waxed that floor, dummy!
#199 You are going beyond the pale there!
#200 That is enough!
And so it is!
So, I am old now! I claim the right to tell it as ... (
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I always say #7 to the customer service people of any company I try to call, and then I get pissed off and say to myself (well, F me a runnin').
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