Cliches which are not true and are also embarrasing and very tired.

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Following on from the suburbia thread, which cliches do you particularly hate? And should it be acceptable to slap people who have such a dearth of imagination as to use them?

― DG, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Just putting this on the recent answers page.

― DG, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I hate any cliche'd reference to Monty Python or any other hip comedy show...Screw you guys I'm going home.

― jel, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My last comment makes no sense.

― jel, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Unless you're into South Park -- the modern version of said cliche. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

oh and the use of the word "punnani" inspired by ali g...is tres annoying.

― jel, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

People who attempt to prop up a piss-poor, weakweakweak argument by ending it going: Fact!
esp. when the Fact! isn't actually a fact, it's merely their shitty opinion - Fact!

(for some reason I couldn't resist. sorry)

― DavidM, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Like stereotypes, there's always some truth to clichés. But, in the case of cliches there is more truth. It is simply older truth that people are sick of hearing. FACT!

― Nude spock, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Of course, the Germans are always so efficient and well- organised ..."

"Of course the Scots do have a record of embarrassing performances against smaller nations ..." (kind of true but irritates the fuck out of me whenever I hear it)

"The scoreboard says: MORECAMBE 0. VISITORS 1. Could be the 50s, couldn't it?" (spoken at a match where the son of the club director is later clearly seen on Match Of The Day wearing an Eminem hood)

And many other sporting ones, doubtless ...

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hello Americans - would you just fucking STOP saying "Can you say... [insert whatever]" whenever you want to emphasise some point? Phrases from sitcoms are bad enough, phrases from kid's TV are inexcusable.

― dave q, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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