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| Melody |
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Hey Joe - the young lady received a graduate fellowship and is simultaneously working on her master's in education while teaching 4th grade in an elementary school in Kyle (between Austin and San Marcos). I'm very proud of her. Thanks for asking!
How's your teaching job going? |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:39 pm |
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| Thanks for asking. Budget cutbacks have hurt my pay (thanks Gov. Perry for caring so much about education!), but I'm still teaching and tutoring, and I still have great students. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:46 pm |
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Nothing against either Melody or Joe (or anyone else who has done this) but I am getting soooooooo sick of people saying "Thanks for asking." Where did this new cliche come from?
My wife thinks it originated at Starbucks, where baristas are grateful for anyone asking how they are. Don't think she's right. Any other suggestions?
Stop thanking me for asking or I just may stop asking!!! |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:05 pm |
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| Don't recall you asking anything, Billy, so thanks for nothing! |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:24 pm |
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Melody wrote: Don't recall you asking anything, Billy, so thanks for nothing!
LOL. And I hope you noticed I'm not criticizing, just noting that that phrase is everywhere at once. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:25 pm |
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| I heard the phrase used sarcastically in a movie years and years ago. Wish I could remember which one. Something along the lines of "Can you help me move this couch?" "No, but thanks for asking!" Struck me as funny at the time, and I've been using it ever since. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:58 pm |
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Whatever happened to that old Yiddish cliche?
"And so how are you?"
"Don't ask." |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:20 pm |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:27 pm |
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Melody wrote: I heard the phrase used sarcastically in a movie years and years ago. Wish I could remember which one. Something along the lines of "Can you help me move this couch?" "No, but thanks for asking!" Struck me as funny at the time, and I've been using it ever since.
Sounds like Friends.
Otherwise, I agree with whiskey, anyone who can command colored fonts is our leader. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:20 am |
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HA!!! Her first mistake was using vodka. Tres Generaciones Anejo Tequila is definitely the liquor of choice among today's discerning tamponaholics. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:47 am |
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billyweeds wrote: Nothing against either Melody or Joe (or anyone else who has done this) but I am getting soooooooo sick of people saying "Thanks for asking." Where did this new cliche come from?
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:26 am |
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whiskeypriest wrote: billyweeds wrote: Nothing against either Melody or Joe (or anyone else who has done this) but I am getting soooooooo sick of people saying "Thanks for asking." Where did this new cliche come from?
I think it's merely reflexive politeness, like "Have a nice day." But thanks for as... never mind.
I felt the same way about "Have a nice day" when it was the phrase d'annee. Even wrote a song mocking its overuse. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:31 am |
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| And then there's "Next guest," said by clerks as they're about to charge you money. Either I'm a "guest" or a "customer." Stop calling me a guest unless you have a freebie for me! |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:52 am |
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| I've never been called a guest by a clerk. Is this a Northern thing? |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:04 pm |
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That article on vodka....recommend obeying the writer when she tells guys to skip to the next paragraph. Also confused....isn't vodka the one spirit that does not give tell-tale booze breath? As a teen, knew kids who drank it (usu. with fruit juice) for that reason.
TFA is annoying. HAND is worse. Used to respond to HAND with "Thanks, but I have other plans." Another one I find repugnant is "Can I help you?" when it is used as code for "what do think you're doing here?" Seems to be everywhere now....movies and tv -- a man encounters an intruder in his yard, or a woman confronts someone following her, and says, "Sir, can I help you?" I mean, WTF, are you going to try and sell the guy pants or something? |
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