I've said it before, but it bears repeating (no, that's not the phrase)
"you couldn't make it up" and "not in your wildest dreams"

Yes, I could make it up, and lots more besides. And I have pretty wild dreams, trust me.

I want that on a tshirt.

" I know you are but what am i?"
A favorite if children...and siblings...Grrr!

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Yep, that's it on a nutshell.

what about "I'm not gonna lie to you" - clearly, they are!!!

Actually, I don't find that annoying at all. I appreciate it. They are telling me "OK, pay attention to this because what I'm about to say is a blatant lie." I like the warning.

I used to work with a salesman that would preface things with, "bein' honest..."

it was just a device, but it said...'i've been lying to you up until this point'

Two thoughts:

When someone says "long story short" it's usually too late.

That song "You are so beautiful to me" always makes me think the next line should be "I don't care how butt ugly everyone else thinks you are."

I don't hear too many people saying that anymore. Probably too many people, like me, interrupting.

Other: "To make a long story short..."
Me: "Too late!"

Homeless Guy says it all the time. It's rarely a short story, but I keep my mouth shut. I don't think he realizes he's saying it...it's like me saying "like" too much. Just a speech habit I guess.

I heard a friend say it the other night.

Hmmm, they both say it when drinking mass portions of beer. Connection? Probably.

"I know it's none of my business, but..."

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That makes me think of the opening scenes of Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane.

"When your lemon lot hits the skids you glom the gig no matter what the smell."

Heinlein quote on "none of my business":

The correct way to punctuate a sentence that starts: "Of course it is none of my business but--" is to place a period after the word "but." Don't use excessive force in supplying such moron with a period. Cutting his throat is only a momentary pleasure and is bound to get you talked about.

Robert Heinlein

All of this hinges on definition. The part of a fruit that you eat is often called the meat. In that case meat very truly grows on trees. Also, birds grow on trees and are made of, among other things, meat.

Two cases where meat grows on trees.

Nutmeats?

On cellar mk 2 we had a guy who, when nobody considered his point, posted "You missed the meat of my argument! How could you miss my meat?"

"How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"

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Creepy.
Creepy, creepy, creepy.

For that you'll have to read my about dream tomorrow.

Is it scary that my niece started saying this when she was 4? Of course, my brothers and I were kind of responsible, but when we have sunday dinner at mom's she'll tell her little sis "you can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat."

Surely it is "pudden" tha ye canna have if ye don' eat ye meat, isnae it?

P.S. LJ, ... what the hell was that?

"Without further ado."

I was at my daughter's DARE graduation last night and "Officer Don" said that -- "without further ado" a total of NINE times. I counted.

Much ado about nothing.

Hmm i think this thread should be renamed the "Annoying Phrases" thread because most people aren't posting sayings. But oh well.

I hate the saying "If brains were dynamite they wouldn't blow his bloody hat of." simply because that was my Grandfathers way of saying someone was a mindless idiot. He'd say it over and over again, till the point where i could almost tell when he was going to say it.

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