In southernese we often say something polite yet mean entirely something else. Often I tell someone to "be well" or I simply "wish them well" when I actually mean..."don't let the screen door hit ya where the good Lord split ya" or "wanker off".

Do you have a saying that you use to be polite when you really want to be anything but?

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How 'bout, "I'll be sure to take that into consideration," aka "There's no way in hell I would even think about doing that, and I can't believe you thought I would." (Used often at work, btw.)

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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author

I usually say what I mean ... when I'm being polite in such a way ... I just say it as if it were a joke .... But, when I can't do that, usually I just nod and smile .... drives people nuts!!!! (I know, it's horrifically passive-aggressive!)

Hey! passive-aggressive has worked for a lot of years for a lot of people

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If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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I recall a couple of co-workers having a little argy about a personnal matter, one of those where nobody could be right or wrong, but they still were batting it back & forth...finally in frustration, he called her by her last name (which meant to me he was ready to tell her off)...paused, & told her, "You have a nice day!!!"
His tone said exactly the opposite, & everybody in the room got a laugh...

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If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

it all in the tone of voice for me.

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Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

"You have a nice day" works for me. I like to say it calmly and walk away/hang up the phone to end a conflict when I know the other person is ready to strangle me

"Of course" is something I say when I know you're wrong but don't want to start a fight.

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It's a BOY!!

Smiling while I say "I'll get to that as soon as I have time" is usually a nice way of me saying "Stop bothering me, and if you want it done, do it yourself"
But I've developed a bit of a bad attitude at work :bang:

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“Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.” - Buckminster Fuller

"A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." - Guildenstern, “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”

i use alot of them usually sacasticly, but "good luck with that" is one of my favorites. "have a nice day" is a good one too

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Can we talk about this later????

or an brupt "Thank You," whereupon I beat a fast retreat

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

"Let me know how that works out for you." meaning that's the dumbest fucking idea I've ever heard but obviously you have your mind set on doing it so go right ahead...without me.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

Anyone recall Rodney Dangerfield's line to Ted Knight in "Caddyshack"?...."oh, looks good on you!"
...an old friend & I used to get a lot of milage out of that one at work...

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

Usually its Have a good one.


or Peace out

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hungry? why wait.....eat me.

"Yeah, I bet." I think I use that quite often.