Y'notice no one says "If X, then the terrorists have already won" anymore?

[Bucky]

I think that's a good thing. It got old so fast. I'm almost tempted to say that if we didn't give up that cliche, then the terrorists would have already have won.

[HEyHEY]

1. I saw a funny bit on some show...

"Mom, why do I have to clean up my room?"

"Becuase if I didn't make you, the terrorists would win."

[Ravenseye]

2. you're absolutely right

Also if someone says "Y'notice no one says 'If X, then the terrorists have already won' anymore?" then the terrorists have already won.

Thanks for helping the terrorists.

:evilgrin:

[brainshrub]

3. By responding to this thread, the terrorists have won.

Sorry. I had to say it.

[Wickerman]

4. simply by observing that, you have caused the terrorist to win

again. :eyes:

[dweller]

5. and again!

:P


dp

[TlalocW]

6. I say it all the time

Makes my conservative co-workers squirm.

"If we don't have the client change his DNS values to point to us, the terrorists will have won."

TlalocW

[Bucky]

7. Excellent. I used to use that line to get my students to turn in homework

But it was about a year and a half ago. I guess it got old to me coz I overused it or, being surrounded by teenagers, I have a low tolerance for trendy expressions. ...TO THE EXTREME!!

[TlalocW]

8. Ha, I love using trendy expressions...

To embarrass my nieces. I also enjoy using slang terms that you wouldn't expect to hear coming from a 33-year-old suburban white guy - from hip-hop slang to surfer-dude talk - said with a completely straight face and no real emphasis on anything. It's one of those things where after you drop it in, the conversation keeps going for a few seconds, and the other person's brain finally catches up, and you can see the, "Whaaaa?" expression on his or her face.

A former co-worker and I used to do this all the time to our manager who is a black lady in her 40s. She liked it because it was something she was used to with her family, but to hear a couple of white guys say something like this in a meeting,

"I think upper management is fronting us on this."
"For shizzle."

Amused her to no end.

TlalocW