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WWSD · 06-07-2003, 10:42 PM

useless as a football bat.

Mike Rosoft · 06-10-2003, 05:17 AM

My father encountered this one (directed at a referee in a football match), and both he and I use it to this day:

He (it etc.) is as dumb as an inflatable pitch-fork.

Mike Rosoft

NonHomogenized · 06-10-2003, 04:07 PM

This thread got me thinking about a slogan that bothers me a bit. I suppose it's technically correct, but it bothers me nonetheless: "The soup that eats like a meal". I guess it's in the passive voice (or, more aptly, the impersonal voice, which I don't think exists in english), but it still doesn't seem quite right. I mean, I want soup that is eaten like a meal. I don't want either my meal or my soup to be doing any eating of their own, which the slogan could be just as easily taken to mean.

Ensign Steve · 06-10-2003, 04:29 PM

It is a case (or voice, rather) that does exist in English. For example: "This book reads like stereo instructions."

You know what ad does bug the shit out of me is Macintosh: "Think Different." It's Think DifferentLY, damnit! Ooh, that one gets to me.

06-12-2003, 07:34 PM

A rabid Pentacostal I used to work with was fond of the phrase, "That's uglier than home-made sin!" in regards to anything she disliked.

mongrel · 06-13-2003, 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by WWSD
useless as a football bat.

Well, that'd be about as useful as tits on a bull.

Also rare as hens teeth, or rockin' horse shit.

scigirl · 06-13-2003, 07:53 AM

How about...

Sicker than a dog?
Are dogs really sick all the time?

My personal peeve:
When you are out in the rain, and someone says,"Ooh, I'm made out of sugar, I'm going to melt!

Ok who here has made fudge? When it asks you to melt a cup of sugar, do you put it in water? NO you put it on the stove because heat melts sugar, water dissolves sugar! :banghead:

Yes I am truly scigirl - I can't help it!

06-10-2003, 05:17 AM	#52
Mike Rosoft Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 965	(translated from Czech) My father encountered this one (directed at a referee in a football match), and both he and I use it to this day: He (it etc.) is as dumb as an inflatable pitch-fork. Mike Rosoft

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06-07-2003, 10:42 PM	#51
WWSD Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Albucrazy, New Mexico Posts: 1,425	useless as a football bat.

06-10-2003, 04:07 PM	#53
NonHomogenized Veteran Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: no longer at IIDB Posts: 1,644	This thread got me thinking about a slogan that bothers me a bit. I suppose it's technically correct, but it bothers me nonetheless: "The soup that eats like a meal". I guess it's in the passive voice (or, more aptly, the impersonal voice, which I don't think exists in english), but it still doesn't seem quite right. I mean, I want soup that is eaten like a meal. I don't want either my meal or my soup to be doing any eating of their own, which the slogan could be just as easily taken to mean.

06-10-2003, 04:29 PM	#54
Ensign Steve Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Augusta, Georgia, United States Posts: 1,235	It is a case (or voice, rather) that does exist in English. For example: "This book reads like stereo instructions." You know what ad does bug the shit out of me is Macintosh: "Think Different." It's Think DifferentLY, damnit! Ooh, that one gets to me.

06-12-2003, 07:34 PM	#55
m.e.h. Guest Posts: n/a	A rabid Pentacostal I used to work with was fond of the phrase, "That's uglier than home-made sin!" in regards to anything she disliked.

06-13-2003, 07:53 AM	#57
scigirl Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Seattle Posts: 4,261	How about... Sicker than a dog? Are dogs really sick all the time? My personal peeve: When you are out in the rain, and someone says,"Ooh, I'm made out of sugar, I'm going to melt! Ok who here has made fudge? When it asks you to melt a cup of sugar, do you put it in water? NO you put it on the stove because heat melts sugar, water dissolves sugar! :banghead: Yes I am truly scigirl - I can't help it!

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