# Abuse a Figure of Speech **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476 "2006-02-21T15:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/21 "2006-02-21T21:28:52Z")
Man you guys are all barking up the wrong tree. What the OP is looking for is as plain as the nose on your face. Please don’t shoot the messanger. I’m just trying to think outside the box. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/22 "2006-02-21T21:36:39Z")
Premit me to orientate you on the cultured way to observate these issures. You got to commentate on the righteousness or wrongfulness of the stuffs you get on the streek. It’s all good and things to have your mine made up but you got to rilly realize your potence in this world. It only make cents for a wild if you sturdy it. Learning is a good thang but fools learn by no other. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/23 "2006-02-21T22:15:43Z")
I was going to add my five cents, four times, but now I’m thinking in a new pair o’ dimes. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/24 "2006-02-21T22:44:44Z")
Well, cigars are close but flying your seats does your pants no good. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/25 "2006-02-22T00:17:13Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I was going to add my five cents, four times, but now I’m thinking in a new pair o’ dimes. Well, that’s six of one or a dime a dozen. ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/26 "2006-02-22T00:52:44Z")
> [@HeadNinja](#): > > If memory serves I’ll have the veal. Can I get some au jus sauce with that, please? Thanks a million. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/27 "2006-02-22T01:14:44Z")
We’ll be here all week! Be sure to trip your waitresses. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/28 "2006-02-22T02:07:26Z")
We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/29 "2006-02-22T02:10:47Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it. I’ve always preferred the Teddy Kennedy version of that one: We’ll drive off that bridge when we come to it. [Larry the Cable Guy]Forgive me, Lord.[/Larry the Cable Guy] ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/30 "2006-02-22T02:12:47Z")
Well, that’s a horse of a different color. But looking at it from both sides – or 360, if you will – what we have here is a failure to communicate. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476/31 "2006-02-22T02:20:02Z")
Let’s network this matrix 24/7 until we can get it onstream. Then we can dialogue your analyzation and graft the results. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-a-figure-of-speech/345476.md?page=1)