# All the cliches that are fit to print **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 26, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676 "2009-05-26T14:32:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/1 "2009-05-26T14:32:17Z")
On Sunday a friend and I were tossing the ole pigskin back and forth (actually, a sponge pigskin, but that doesn’t matter right now) and he started rattling off cliches but only substituting the word “cliche” for one of the words in the cliche itself. I joined in with the cliches and soon discovered that it gives that cliche a whole new meaning with the word cliche introduced into it. Can I say cliche one more time? Would it be cliche if I didn’t? The team that scores the most cliches is the team that’s going to beat the other team. He’s a cliche in the clubhouse. There’s a quarterback cliche on this team. Cliches win games, cliches win championships. Of course if you want to try it, remember that we’re going to take it one cliche at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/2 "2009-05-26T14:52:10Z")
We’ve got to cliche within ourselves and not try to cliche too much. [Modding]I think this might do better in The Game Room.[/modding] ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/3 "2009-05-26T14:57:50Z")
Cliches are a dime a cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/4 "2009-05-26T15:02:33Z")
Cliche is what cliche is. It’s a funny old cliche. There’s no other player you want on your team in the fourth quarter. That guy is just cliche. They really showed up to cliche today. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/5 "2009-05-26T15:19:43Z")
It’s not what you cliche, it’s who you cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/6 "2009-05-26T15:54:04Z")
He’s an asset both on and off the cliche. It’s not the size of the dog in the cliche, it’s the size of the cliche in the dog. She came to this university not only to play basketball, but also to get an outstanding cliche in the classroom. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/7 "2009-05-26T15:54:37Z")
That guy is as dumb as a box of cliches. They have to play cliche-control offense. The defense is showing cliche. That quarterback is a real cliche-slinger. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/8 "2009-05-26T17:23:05Z")
It’s not cliche 'til it’s cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/9 "2009-05-26T18:05:23Z")
Leave all those bad cliches in the locker room. Cliches aren’t everything; they’re the only thing. Win one for the Cliche! You got to cliche with the one that brung ya. They cliched ugly. They didn’t want to cliche enough. Just remember, boys: there’s no “i” in cliche. 😕 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/10 "2009-05-26T18:12:16Z")
The only cliche we have to fear is: a cliche itself. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/11 "2009-05-26T18:32:19Z")
The only good cliche is a dead cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/12 "2009-05-26T19:00:30Z")
Ask not what your cliche can do for you; ask what you can do for your cliche. Don’t give up the cliche! I’d love to kiss you but I just washed my cliche. No more wire cliches! Forget it, Jake. It’s Clichetown. I’m clicheing like a motherfucker! I’ll be in my cliche. You can’t HANDLE the cliche! ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/13 "2009-05-26T19:06:54Z")
> [@](#): > > All the cliches that are fit to print Ah, it’s a 1920’s-style cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/14 "2009-05-26T21:46:44Z")
In space, no one can hear you cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/15 "2009-05-26T21:59:07Z")
I was clicheing before it was popular or profitable. Go ahead, make my cliche You just have to face the hard, cold cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/16 "2009-05-26T22:04:43Z")
Step 3: Cliche! All your cliche are belong to us. I accidentally a whole cliche. Dance like there are centipedes in your cliche. 2 girls 1 cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/17 "2009-05-26T22:22:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > I was clicheing before it was popular or profitable. I was cliche before cliche was cool. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/18 "2009-05-26T23:41:28Z")
This thread is about as funny as a cliche in a cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/19 "2009-05-27T00:00:22Z")
There’s only one thing worse than being a cliché, and it’s not being a cliché. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676/20 "2009-05-27T00:57:01Z")
Yoiu couldn’t cliche me with a steam powered clicheing machine and a copy of Clicheing for Dummies. In fact, I daresay you don’t know the difference between a cliche and a hole in the ground. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-cliches-that-are-fit-to-print/497676.md?page=2)