"At the end of the day..."

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"At the end of the day..."

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I'd just like to point out that, to my recollection, we used to be able to live our lives well without anyone using the expression "At the end of the day..."

Thank you.

That is all.
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Oh, please. What's the point in this lachrymose elitism? At the end of the day, words are words.
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He said lachrymose elitism....heh-heh.....

In defense, though, there really is a big difference between the beginning of the day and the end o' it, especially on Friday, as in RIGHT NOW!!!!!

At the end of the day, I want to go home and find a cool one, put up me feet and wax lachrymose elitist thoughts...
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Oooohh, Weekender! I love your info-mercial, but my wife says I already have too many instruments. And she wonders why I'm lachrymose! :boggle:
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
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I'm lachrymose intolerant.
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Post by emmline »

We got tired of "when all is said and done."

It is high time we come up with a new idiomatic expression for that wrapping things up feeling...

Like...
"...when your horse dies and your pants wear out..."


better yet...you guys think of some.
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Post by dubhlinn »

Bloomfield wrote:At the end of the day, words are words.

And...the point being....


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I have to say that I try to avoid clichés to be honest, as things stand. It's my bottom line.
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."

They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
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Steve and I are on the same page on this one.
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The Weekenders wrote: on this one.
Oh Gahd - one of my favourites! :lol:
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."

They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
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When our grandparents said, 'At the end of the day,' they meant right before bed, which was around 9:30.
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'on the ground' is the one that irritates me. You can't hear a news report about Iraq without hearing that one. Though I haven't heard it much lately. The election and the NY governor have pre-empted a lot of war reporting lately.

Remember when we used to 'interface' with one another? Used to hear that from corporate-wannabe types.
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TonyHiggins wrote:Remember when we used to 'interface' with one another? Used to hear that from corporate-wannabe types.
Tony
Don't emote about it so! You'll only end up obsessing... :D
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."

They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
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SteveShaw wrote:
TonyHiggins wrote:Remember when we used to 'interface' with one another? Used to hear that from corporate-wannabe types.
Tony
Don't emote about it so! You'll only end up obsessing... :D
Interface, you say?

By my word, it was part and parcel of the paradigm shift.

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TonyHiggins wrote:'You can't hear a news report about Iraq without hearing that one.
Oh, you mean when they're reporting from "the theater"? (I LOVE the theater! Everyone looks mahvelous! Break a leg!).

Anyway, for me the buck stops here. No more new phrases. We need to standardize on the ones we've already got, and make hay while the sun still shines. Do that, and Bob's your monkey's uncle.
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde
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