I would argue that “Where’s the value added?”, while a cliche, is still a meaningful question. “You want to change the product; does your change make it BETTER, or does it merely make it DIFFERENT?”
“It is what it is” is not just a cliche but a tautology and therefore meaningless…EXCEPT as a response to the construction “Yes, it’s a crime, but it’s not REALLY a crime” (or something similar).
Eric Idle, over on Twitter, was just talking about the 16 tonne weight, that it was plywood, and so short they had to drop to the ground as it fell so their heads weren’t crushed. You can usually see their knees bend, because who among us could do otherwise?
Dr. Quatermass over 3 years ago
Hold on… lemme get my Comedy Weight Conversion Calculator:
500 Tom the Dancing Bug pounds (not UK pounds) equals exactly 16 Monty Python’s Flying Circus tons.
Yup, transatlantic comedy still works!
Gent over 3 years ago
Chaos butterfly flaps his wings and WHAM. And WHAM again.
bxclent Premium Member over 3 years ago
run it up the flagpole and see if it sticks
gopher gofer over 3 years ago
and don’t think they didn’t deserve it…
GaryCooper over 3 years ago
I keep asking people who say that to name something that is NOT what it is. So far, no answers.
fritzoid Premium Member over 3 years ago
I would argue that “Where’s the value added?”, while a cliche, is still a meaningful question. “You want to change the product; does your change make it BETTER, or does it merely make it DIFFERENT?”
“It is what it is” is not just a cliche but a tautology and therefore meaningless…EXCEPT as a response to the construction “Yes, it’s a crime, but it’s not REALLY a crime” (or something similar).
fritzoid Premium Member over 3 years ago
Iron weighs 492 pounds per cubic foot. Either those weights are mislabeled, or they’re made of something far lighter than iron.
Kip W over 3 years ago
Eric Idle, over on Twitter, was just talking about the 16 tonne weight, that it was plywood, and so short they had to drop to the ground as it fell so their heads weren’t crushed. You can usually see their knees bend, because who among us could do otherwise?
Mayor Snorkum over 3 years ago
This is clearly the End of the Day for these two. (I hope a 500-lb. weight isn’t falling toward me right now for saying "end of the d
[Unnamed Reader - 64b33a] over 3 years ago
A priest, a minister, and a rabbi leverage the synergy of a bar…