This thread probably says more about me than it does about the posters I mention

[DoTheHop]

If I see it one more time!

It's on every fucking thread.

I screamed at the Michelangelo. That says more about you than it does about the Michelangelo.

My husband beat me and I whacked him over the head with a frying pan. That says more about you than it says about him.

My husband cheated on me. That says more about him than it says about you.

3 bitches at the school gate won't speak to me. That says more about them than it says about you.

WTAF? I've never heard such trite shite anywhere in real life. Only on MN. I'm guessing that says more about me than it says about MNERS but FFS - CHILL WITH THE USELESS PHRASE!!!

By the way, OP, talking about phrases you hate is rather a common topic on MN.

Odd that you pick on that particular one, which is rather useful in all the examples you cite.

Useful? PMSL

How in the Lord's name is it useful. Ever.

It tells the OP it's the other person's fault not theirs.

Some people seem to be particularly hard of thinking on this thread, or perhaps they are having comprehension difficulties with the English language.

Get all your ducks in a row, have you ever fucking tried ?

Oh I've my ducks in a row alright. I'm trying to hold fire.

Some people seem to be particularly hard of thinking on this thread, or perhaps they are having comprehension difficulties with the English language.

Some people lack the ability to say what they mean. There is nothing to be understood or gleaned from banalities such as 'that says more about blah..........'

@anxioussue I suspect it's similar but not as bad as herding mice at a crossroads........

Ducks (or ducklings) do tend to walk in a row after Mammy Duck though.

Every time I read "get your ducks in a row" I picture those china flying ducks that were popular in the 70s (didn't someone on Coronation Street have a set?).

OP, "PMSL" and "in the Lord's name" that you just used yourself are banalties that other posters might find irritating.

Not quite Ducks in a Row, but on the topic of Coronation street sets, my mother gave me this absolutely hideous lamp. It was one of those stand up lamps with weeping flowers. My Mum's friend had donated it as I was moving into a new house with not a toilet roll to my name.
A couple of weeks later, the exact same lamp (right down to the colour) was in Jack and Vera Duckworth's room on Coronation Street. I rest my case.

I find you irritating Juliette.

I'm not surprised, I imagine you must irritate yourself as much as you are irritated by other posters, with your own banal turns of phrase.

op it must indeed !

Juliette. Clearly the premise of the thread has floated over your fluffy air brain. You can go find another thread to suck the joy out of now. You have my permission.

It was a joyful thread? I thought it was rather a negative thread criticising the way other posters write.

I'll leave others to judge you on your level of intelligence and reasoning by the need to engage in ad hominem insults rather than debate when someone disagrees with you.

Then try to summarily dismiss them from your thread, as if you had an actual say in who posts what and where.

I think that says more about you than it does about the op Julez.

I'd love to hear what stunningly original thoughts and turns of phrase you've had/expressed this week

How silly.

(Pssst. better not cast aspersions on other people’s intelligence when you don’t know what “ad hominem” actually means).

Come on OP is this the hill you wish to die on ...

you don’t know what “ad hominem” actually means

I know what it means. Prove you know what it means and how it was incorrect to use it in the manner set out above, otherwise stop throwing word salad into the air and hoping it makes sense when the words land into one of your posts.

I was just coming on here after I totally took the OPs first message totally wrong to say sorry I didn't get it. I'm stupidly tired after spending 48 hrs in hospital and it simply didn't compute. I thought it was a post in bad taste, so I reported it.
Seeing the fallout now (still fatigued and bewildered after a fairly shocking diagnosis) I'm feeling very much like this shouldn't matter. It's not in good spirit. I've just seen people die. Hope you all have a good Christmas. You never know if it might be your last one.

Christmassy so sorry you’ve had difficult day and news. Support. You’re absolutely right life is too short for lots Ofnthings. Lost my lovely old ma last Christmas and it’s had same effect on me (slips sometimes).
Take care.

@HeronLanyon Thank you. Hope your Christmas is a good one, despite your loss last year. And I hope you have lots of wonderful memories. Take care too and much love to you