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swittle Feb 2022 1:24pm, 14 Feb 2022 83,795 posts	Quote Pin swittle [Bez couldn't sing either, if that's any mitigation... ]
Lip Gloss Feb 2022 1:53pm, 14 Feb 2022 58,933 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss you're not wrong Switts
Bob! Feb 2022 9:01pm, 14 Feb 2022 3,777 posts	Quote Pin Bob! Presenters that describe something as 'very unique' It's either unique or it isn't, there are no degrees of uniqueness!
Metro_Nome Feb 2022 9:14pm, 14 Feb 2022 6,545 posts	Quote Pin Metro_Nome Also “new and improved”
Fields Feb 2022 10:22pm, 14 Feb 2022 2,780 posts	Quote Pin Fields Presenters that describe something as 'very unique' It's either unique or it isn't, there are no degrees of uniqueness! Child genius Simon Fisher said the same thing.
alpenrose Feb 2022 9:29am, 15 Feb 2022 54,336 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose I dread every time I see "new and improved" on my tried, tested and loved products, they usually have me looking for a better replacement.
macca 53 Feb 2022 12:36pm, 15 Feb 2022 29,599 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 [new and improved usually means either more expensive or cheaper for the supplier to make and hence higher margin at the same sales price]
Mushroom Feb 2022 7:18pm, 15 Feb 2022 2,182 posts	Quote Pin Mushroom BBC headlines. UK Covid deaths are not falling. The rates may be, but the total number is most definitely still going up.
Diogenes Feb 2022 7:27pm, 15 Feb 2022 67,283 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes I write a work email with a concise, unambiguous title. I begin the message with a brief introduction setting the context for the email. I ask a simple question requesting a specific price of information in return. I receive a response which incorrectly restates my opening paragraph and in no way answers the question asked. A follow-up email receives no response at all. Happens all the time.
JK chameleon Feb 2022 8:23pm, 16 Feb 2022 16,298 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon TV actors "playing videogames" on screen, generally wrestling the controller and pressing as many buttons as they can, often with pew-pew-pew sound effects being put in during post-production. And always clearly showing that they've never played a game in their life.