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Conference quark::human_relations-v1

Title:What's all this fuss about 'sax and violins'?
Notice:Archived V1 - Current conference is QUARK::HUMAN_RELATIONS
Moderator:ELESYS::JASNIEWSKI
Created:Fri May 09 1986
Last Modified:Wed Jun 26 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1327
Total number of notes:28298

251.0. "Real Men Don't Eat Cliche?" by ZEPPO::MAHLER (Hey Baby Come here often? What's your node?) Sun Mar 22 1987 16:25

    After trying to cheer up a friend of mine last night
    after splitting with an SO [Funny Term I mean my
    parrot is an SO, NO?] I started to make fun of the
    various terms that flow around so often in these
    situations that they are bonafide cliche's.  These
    are most often followed by the oft abused term...

    "We need to talk!"

    
	"I need more space!"

	"We need to see other people!"  [I had Coke coming out of 
					my nose when I saw that new 7-Up
					ad on the telly. You know the one 
					where this kid gets blown off
					by his gal and he decides to go
					run over some chipmunks with his
					macho bicycle?]

	"Your too nice!" I can be an asshole, I swear I can! Give me Time!
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251.1Read the new oneVINO::MCARLETONReality; what a concept!Sun Mar 22 1987 16:407
    See the new book by the same author as "Real men don't..":
    
    		"Nice Guys Sleep Alone"
    
    It makes fun of the same type of cliches.   Well recommended.

					MJC
251.2<Cliche! Cliche!>SSVAX::LAVOIETue Mar 24 1987 11:2812
    I'll call.
    I'm sorry, I didn't know it bothered you. (AFTER you've asked him
                                               to stop X times before)
    I'll tell you next time.
    I will respect you in the morning.
    
    Shoot I used to have a list of these somewhere......
    
    Sunshine
    P.S The guys who used more than five cliches in one evening got
        dumped out the door!
251.3The big callJUNIOR::TASSONEWayside Inn, My favoriteTue Mar 24 1987 15:386
    You call someone on the phone and they say,
    
    " I was just going to call you".
    
    I wonder if you never called them would they have done it?
251.4GOJIRA::PHILPOTTIan F. (&#039;The Colonel&#039;) PhilpottTue Mar 24 1987 15:384
    Ah! but one man's clich� is another man's witty repartee

/. Ian .\
251.5Conversation StopperPARSEC::TURNERThu Jun 04 1987 19:048
There's probably a better list for this one, since the O usually isn't S
enough to make it bother one.  But as long as I'm here...

	"I'm going to let you go now."

Translation:

	"You're going to let me go now."
251.6I need time to think about itSPMFG1::CHARBONNDMon Jun 08 1987 12:013
    Is ASTRO::CLICHE still open ?  These are all probably
    covered there, although perhaps in a more light-hearted
    way.