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  • Elli
    Reach for those stars!
    • Apr 2003
    • 17991

    #1

    Pet Peeve of the Day

    Ok, today this is my pet peeve. I've had this come up in many conversations lately for no particular reason.

    If you don't care about something, say
    "I could NOT care less."
    This means you already don't care. You can't care less than 0%.

    If you say
    "I could care less"
    Then you are saying you DO care, and you could care a little less than you already do. This does not make sense when you are trying to explain how LITTLE you care about something.

    Use your BRAINS, people!

    Ok, next! Anyone else have any pet peeves they need to vent?
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  • chase
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    • Jul 2004
    • 6019

    #2
    How about when people say "irregardless" instead of "regardless," though it is becoming more widely acceptable as an alternative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless
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    • munki
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      • Dec 2004
      • 13393

      #3
      I personally hate it when someone uses the wrong form of there, their, or they're in conversation... then I have to stop everyone and ask which form they meant to use, spell it out, and then correct them...

      It becomes very time consuming, and difficult in crowded bars especially.

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      • PamiebDVD
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        • Oct 2005
        • 912

        #4
        Originally posted by chase
        How about when people say "irregardless" instead of "regardless," though it is becoming more widely acceptable as an alternative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless

        You took the words right out of my mouth. I HATE it when people say that.
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        • _Richard_
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          • Oct 2006
          • 30989

          #5
          Originally posted by munki
          I personally hate it when someone uses the wrong form of there, their, or they're in conversation... then I have to stop everyone and ask which form they meant to use, spell it out, and then correct them...

          It becomes very time consuming, and difficult in crowded bars especially.
          how do you do that in conversation?

          "There she is"

          "Excuse me, but can you specify your use of "there"?

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          • Elli
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            • Apr 2003
            • 17991

            #6
            Originally posted by munki
            I personally hate it when someone uses the wrong form of there, their, or they're in conversation... then I have to stop everyone and ask which form they meant to use, spell it out, and then correct them...

            It becomes very time consuming, and difficult in crowded bars especially.
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            • viki
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              • Jan 2005
              • 2640

              #7
              I absolutely hate when people say "I could care less" and recently I find that they say that version much more than the proper one.

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              • evildick

                #8
                The worst is "for all intensive purposes."

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                • MaDalton
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                  • Feb 2004
                  • 39861

                  #9
                  "could of" instead of "could have"
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                  • Elli
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                    • Apr 2003
                    • 17991

                    #10
                    Originally posted by evildick
                    The worst is "for all intensive purposes."

                    I haven't heard that one before!
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                    • StuartD
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                      • Jul 2002
                      • 29903

                      #11
                      Yeah, I know a lot of people who say "I could care less." to which I reply "It's nice that you care."
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                      • swoop
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                        • Oct 2003
                        • 3903

                        #12
                        when someones says "not a problem" when you tell them no, etc....

                        hey jackass, I didn't ask it it was a problem
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                        • madawgz
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                          • Mar 2006
                          • 30509

                          #13
                          "I could NOT care less." ??? ive never said that in my life
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                          • munki
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                            • Dec 2004
                            • 13393

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Elli
                            smartass

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                            • sniperwolf
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                              • Mar 2005
                              • 17743

                              #15
                              using the phrase "for some reason" but no reason at all...
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                              • Brother Bilo
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                                #16
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                                • who
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                                  • Aug 2003
                                  • 19593

                                  #17
                                  Argh I hate when people say "I could care less" too.. Idiots murdering the english language..!!!

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                                  • Tom_PM
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                                    • Feb 2005
                                    • 16443

                                    #18
                                    Another one is how to pronounce "culinary". Even tv hosts just say "cull inary" instead of the proper "cue linary". It's the CU rule of english dammit!

                                    Who says "cum ulative" or "a cum ulate"?? nobody thats who..

                                    It's all just the dumbing down factor. We're all idiots in our own way, hehe.
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                                    • Jimmy Rock
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                                      • Feb 2005
                                      • 3055

                                      #19
                                      I hate more than anything when the words (like and you know) are everyother work in a sentance while talking

                                      Example: A girl talking on the phone:
                                      I was talking to my girlfriend and like she was like so stupid, you know, and I'm like why are you such a bitch and um I'm fucked your boyfreind last night, and he was like, you now, I really hate my girfriend she gives shity head. and I'm like i totally understand, you know
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                                      • jalami
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                                        • May 2004
                                        • 845

                                        #20
                                        "Let's see if we can't ...." annoys the shit out of me.
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                                        • Tom_PM
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                                          • Feb 2005
                                          • 16443

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Jimmy Rock
                                          I hate more than anything when the words (like and you know) are everyother work in a sentance while talking

                                          Example: A girl talking on the phone:
                                          I was talking to my girlfriend and like she was like so stupid, you know, and I'm like why are you such a bitch and um I'm fucked your boyfreind last night, and he was like, you now, I really hate my girfriend she gives shity head. and I'm like i totally understand, you know
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                                          • GatorB
                                            The Demon & 12clicks
                                            • Oct 2001
                                            • 18208

                                            #22
                                            People that spell LOSE and LOSER as LOOSE and LOOSER. Also people that spell NO ONE as NOONE. NOONE is that guy that sang for Hermin's Hermits in the 60's

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                                            • GatorB
                                              The Demon & 12clicks
                                              • Oct 2001
                                              • 18208

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by evildick
                                              The worst is "for all intensive purposes."

                                              for those that don't know it's "intents and purposes".

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                                              • who
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                                                • Aug 2003
                                                • 19593

                                                #24
                                                Another bad one is the coloured people who say 'you see what I'm sayin' all the time...

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                                                • pornguy
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                                                  • Mar 2003
                                                  • 62910

                                                  #25
                                                  UNless you were posting this naked, I could care less!
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                                                  • Slick
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                                                    • Feb 2001
                                                    • 7338

                                                    #26
                                                    What really ticks me off is when I'm ready to check out at a grocery store with a lot of items in my cart and there's longer lines at each register except for the express lane (12 items or less) which is totally empty and I look at the people in the regular lines and they only have a couple of items, so instead of going through the express lane without a wait, they wait in a regular line making me longer, just to piss me off !!! ha ha ha.

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                                                    • pornguy
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Mar 2003
                                                      • 62910

                                                      #27
                                                      Ok ok. here is a real one!!!

                                                      People who say " one fail swoop"


                                                      WHAT THE FUCK DOES FAIL mean??? NOTHING!!!

                                                      The statement is a perversion of " One Fatal Swoop " Get it fucking right!
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                                                      • Karupted Charles
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                                                        • Jul 2001
                                                        • 1662

                                                        #28
                                                        I hate hearing these Midwesterners ask for "POP" at restaurant. Its Soda or Coke or Pepsi not POP.
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                                                        • Slick
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                                                          • Feb 2001
                                                          • 7338

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by Karupted Charles
                                                          I hate hearing these Midwesterners ask for "POP" at restaurant. Its Soda or Coke or Pepsi not POP.
                                                          Rofl, ha ha, I'm one of those people, we all say pop up here. We have a friend from down south, who always says soda and we make fun outta him, ha ha.

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                                                          • Brother Bilo
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                                                            • Jun 2007
                                                            • 4193

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by Karupted Charles
                                                            I hate hearing these Midwesterners ask for "POP" at restaurant. Its Soda or Coke or Pepsi not POP.
                                                            I call it pop too, I'm not from the midwest. Washington calls it pop too.

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                                                            • Tom_PM
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                                                              • Feb 2005
                                                              • 16443

                                                              #31
                                                              In the DEEP south, it's "coke". So if you want an orange flavored carbonated beverage down there, you ask for an "orange coke".
                                                              I kid you not! lol
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                                                              • SilkyJohnson
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                                                                • Apr 2007
                                                                • 747

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by Karupted Charles
                                                                I hate hearing these Midwesterners ask for "POP" at restaurant. Its Soda or Coke or Pepsi not POP.
                                                                1st off, it's not just Midwesterners.

                                                                I think pop is acceptable and I am from the Midwest. I've heard that people in Texas ask what kind of Coke you have...which is all kinds of messed up in my head unless you are asking what Coke products you have and not what types of pop you have.

                                                                I think there are 3 acceptable terms: pop, soda, or soda pop

                                                                You can't refer to what is inside of your plastic cup as Coke or Pepsi if you are drinking Mt. Dew. Pop is a general term for types of carbonated soda.


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                                                                • RuthB
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                                                                  • May 2005
                                                                  • 7248

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by pornguy
                                                                  Ok ok. here is a real one!!!

                                                                  People who say " one fail swoop"


                                                                  WHAT THE FUCK DOES FAIL mean??? NOTHING!!!

                                                                  The statement is a perversion of " One Fatal Swoop " Get it fucking right!
                                                                  ha, I always thought that was one fell swoop, from Shakespeare I think
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                                                                  • MusicMan
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                                                                    • May 2007
                                                                    • 36

                                                                    #34
                                                                    I hate it when people mispronounce words like Nuclear, they'll pronounce it 'Nu-q-ler' or people pronounce words like Italian with the long I sound instead of the short i sound like 'it'. Thanks for allowing me to vent...
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                                                                    • Brother Bilo
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                                                                      • Jun 2007
                                                                      • 4193

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by MusicMan
                                                                      I hate it when people mispronounce words like Nuclear, they'll pronounce it 'Nu-q-ler' or people pronounce words like Italian with the long I sound instead of the short i sound like 'it'. Thanks for allowing me to vent...
                                                                      That just reminded me, I hate it when people of Italian or Spanish heritage say certain words with ridiculous accents, but say everything else normally. I know how they say mozzarella in Italy, but you've never been there, so say like the rest of your words!!!

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                                                                      • PamiebDVD
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                                                                        • Oct 2005
                                                                        • 912

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Originally posted by Slick
                                                                        What really ticks me off is when I'm ready to check out at a grocery store with a lot of items in my cart and there's longer lines at each register except for the express lane (12 items or less) which is totally empty and I look at the people in the regular lines and they only have a couple of items, so instead of going through the express lane without a wait, they wait in a regular line making me longer, just to piss me off !!! ha ha ha.
                                                                        I've got a twist on that one....Express line is not open. Someone has a cart full of enough product to feed an army, coupons as thick as the Sunday (newspaper) edition and uses a check to pay. I get in line behind him/her with 2 items-1 of them being ice cream. Person sees what I've got, before it's their turn to check out, and proceeds to check out anyway.

                                                                        Anyone who gets in line behind or next to me with just a couple of items, I always let them get ahead of me.
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                                                                        • AK
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                                                                          • Nov 2003
                                                                          • 6436

                                                                          #37
                                                                          Originally posted by munki
                                                                          I personally hate it when someone uses the wrong form of there, their, or they're in conversation... then I have to stop everyone and ask which form they meant to use, spell it out, and then correct them...

                                                                          It becomes very time consuming, and difficult in crowded bars especially.
                                                                          yeah i see this a lot in here.

                                                                          also.. i see common misuse of 'than' and 'then'

                                                                          it's not a pet peeve for me tho... shit if i point out to people about their mistakes, they can easily say.. 'i can't even understand your accent, AK!"
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                                                                          • Verbal
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                                                                            • Dec 2001
                                                                            • 3420

                                                                            #38
                                                                            'prolly' instead of probably - so fucking lazy, it makes me sick

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                                                                            • Mediachick
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                                                                              • May 2006
                                                                              • 897

                                                                              #39
                                                                              My pet peeve of the day dont have anything to do with vocabulary. Besides, I couldnt really talk since I make mistakes in English myself, but I have a reason since its not my first language...

                                                                              That kind of people popping up on my icq is my pet peeve though:

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                                                                              no
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                                                                              • Elli
                                                                                Reach for those stars!
                                                                                • Apr 2003
                                                                                • 17991

                                                                                #40
                                                                                Originally posted by pornguy
                                                                                Ok ok. here is a real one!!!

                                                                                People who say " one fail swoop"


                                                                                WHAT THE FUCK DOES FAIL mean??? NOTHING!!!

                                                                                The statement is a perversion of " One Fatal Swoop " Get it fucking right!
                                                                                Actually, I believe it's from "one fell swoop." Fell in this case meaning hellish or evil.

                                                                                fell 2 (fl)
                                                                                adj.
                                                                                1. Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce: fell hordes.
                                                                                2. Capable of destroying; lethal: a fell blow.
                                                                                3. Dire; sinister: by some fell chance.
                                                                                4. Scots Sharp and biting.
                                                                                Idiom:
                                                                                at/in one fell swoop
                                                                                All at once.
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                                                                                • pornguy
                                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                  • Mar 2003
                                                                                  • 62910

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by Elli
                                                                                  Actually, I believe it's from "one fell swoop." Fell in this case meaning hellish or evil.

                                                                                  fell 2 (fl)
                                                                                  adj.
                                                                                  1. Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce: fell hordes.
                                                                                  2. Capable of destroying; lethal: a fell blow.
                                                                                  3. Dire; sinister: by some fell chance.
                                                                                  4. Scots Sharp and biting.
                                                                                  Idiom:
                                                                                  at/in one fell swoop
                                                                                  All at once.


                                                                                  The term actually came to great use when there were a lot of the animal plante type shows on in the 70's. Most of the time, when they wanted to show something striking, they would show a hawk or Eagle grab its prey, and they used the term. it was a " Fatal swoop " but they would say in " IN one fatal swoop " meaning to kill in the down swoop of flight.

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                                                                                  • CIVMatt
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                                                                                    • Aug 2004
                                                                                    • 13075

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    Originally posted by Elli
                                                                                    Ok, today this is my pet peeve. I've had this come up in many conversations lately for no particular reason.

                                                                                    If you don't care about something, say
                                                                                    "I could NOT care less."
                                                                                    This means you already don't care. You can't care less than 0%.

                                                                                    If you say
                                                                                    "I could care less"
                                                                                    Then you are saying you DO care, and you could care a little less than you already do. This does not make sense when you are trying to explain how LITTLE you care about something.

                                                                                    Use your BRAINS, people!

                                                                                    Ok, next! Anyone else have any pet peeves they need to vent?
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                                                                                    • CIVMatt
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                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Oh yeah and you're not your
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                                                                                      • Elli
                                                                                        Reach for those stars!
                                                                                        • Apr 2003
                                                                                        • 17991

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        Originally posted by CIVMatt
                                                                                        Yeah I'm pissed I didn't to spend any time talking with you in Tampa!
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                                                                                        • who
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                                                                                          • Aug 2003
                                                                                          • 19593

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          It's ONE FOUL SWOOP you bunch of retards.

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                                                                                          • Varius
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                                                                                            • Jun 2004
                                                                                            • 6890

                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            I hate people who use the term 'scary good' to describe something.

                                                                                            Does it scare you when something is that good? Do you run and hide under your covers because a sports team has a stacked roster (for example)?

                                                                                            No, I think not. Thus, please stop using that damn expression.
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                                                                                            • Brother Bilo
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                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by Varius
                                                                                              I hate people who use the term 'scary good' to describe something.

                                                                                              Does it scare you when something is that good? Do you run and hide under your covers because a sports team has a stacked roster (for example)?

                                                                                              No, I think not. Thus, please stop using that damn expression.
                                                                                              Is that like douchebags from Boston using wicked? Yo, the Pat's look wicked awesome this year! F that shit.

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                                                                                              • SilvercashJeanette
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                                                                                                • Oct 2006
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                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                Originally posted by Elli
                                                                                                Ok, today this is my pet peeve. I've had this come up in many conversations lately for no particular reason.

                                                                                                If you don't care about something, say
                                                                                                "I could NOT care less."
                                                                                                This means you already don't care. You can't care less than 0%.

                                                                                                If you say
                                                                                                "I could care less"
                                                                                                Then you are saying you DO care, and you could care a little less than you already do. This does not make sense when you are trying to explain how LITTLE you care about something.

                                                                                                Use your BRAINS, people!

                                                                                                Ok, next! Anyone else have any pet peeves they need to vent?

                                                                                                This has ALWAYS bugged me too!! Finally, someone who gets it!!
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                                                                                                • CIVMatt
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                                                                                                  • Aug 2004
                                                                                                  • 13075

                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  Originally posted by Elli
                                                                                                  You will be seeing my lovely sunburnt self in Miami
                                                                                                  lol please.... I'm Finnish, I'll be hiding under the umbrella with you
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                                                                                                  • Elli
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                                                                                                    • Apr 2003
                                                                                                    • 17991

                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    Originally posted by who
                                                                                                    It's ONE FOUL SWOOP you bunch of retards.
                                                                                                    Uh...

                                                                                                    No it's not.
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