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Saying, expressions, etc. that irk you (and why)
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The "I could care less" and "It's always the last place you look" really are the worst in my book. That and using double negatives.
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Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you 
 RE: Saying, expressions, etc. that irk you (and why)
February 10, 2011 at 11:35 am
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2011 at 11:37 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I hate both of them and I would have given kudos for the second one but I've heard it enough times from Lee Evans to tire of the joke.
Fuck I hate it when people use double negatives. I sometimes ask what someone is doing and they say something like "I'm not doing nothin'" or whatever, and I say "Ah, well you must be doing SOMETHING then", and they're not impressed. Well, they're less impressive. :p "Could care less" is amusing, I love David Mitchell's rant about it amongst this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw  
H0ary H0bbit Religious Views: “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” - Edgar Allan Poe (February 9, 2011 at 7:36 pm)Shell B Wrote: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. When buying a horse you can check it's teeth to age it. As horses age their teeth begin to project further forward each year and so their age can be estimated by checking how prominent the teeth are. To do so on a horse given to you for free is an insult to the giver.  (February 10, 2011 at 8:57 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: When buying a horse you can check it's teeth to age it. As horses age their teeth begin to project further forward each year and so their age can be estimated by checking how prominent the teeth are. To do so on a horse given to you for free is an insult to the giver. Wow, you certainly learn something new everyday. It's still a useless saying for the bulk of the population. Furthermore, I don't really see how checking out the age of a gifted animal is insulting. You should know the age of an animal in your care. Just saying . . . 
H0ary H0bbit Religious Views: “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” - Edgar Allan Poe
Heh
Yeah and that's how you know (it's age). If it's a gift then why the need to check? You only check to make sure you're getting your money's worth. But agreed, it's pretty useless obscurity like a lot of things 
Until not too long ago, in terms of human history, we were buying equines.
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