# Expression of Annoyance... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453 "2003-08-29T16:43:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/1 "2003-08-29T16:43:14Z")
1. And when Opal comes back, she will not only not bring pie, but will zap you with a 1920’s style “Death Ray.” Catch phrases are fun – for a while. Then they get overused and annoying. And Manny Persons have thought so too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/2 "2003-08-29T16:48:51Z")
Ah, a…\ ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/3 "2003-08-29T16:49:46Z")
Oh, Og says to felch off. (Gotcha ya!) ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/4 "2003-08-29T17:31:34Z")
OMG GOD. No way, Poly. (I read the “1920’s style ray-gun” thread and I still don’t really get it. It’s way annoying. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/5 "2003-08-29T17:35:32Z")
Well, I think it’s funny. Not _all_ our base are belong to you, ya’ know. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/6 "2003-08-29T17:35:45Z")
Agreed. Now $5 says this breaks into a SDMB cliche fest. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/7 "2003-08-29T17:36:49Z")
Thank you Zette, I’m glad I’m not the only one. Oh, and fucko off, the lot of you. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/8 "2003-08-29T17:38:28Z")
Cliches are bad, Gotcha ya! * * * BTW, I agree completely. The death ray thing has been completely run into the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/9 "2003-08-29T17:39:48Z")
My cat’s breath smells like cat food. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/10 "2003-08-29T17:41:36Z")
I got to use one of the cliches before anyone else! Sayonara, cliche cherry!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/11 "2003-08-29T17:42:50Z")
In the 1980s, housewives will have 1920s-style Death Rays to type their cliches for them. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/12 "2003-08-29T18:36:16Z")
I think all these cliches have officially jumped the shark. What? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/13 "2003-08-29T18:42:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*Agreed. > > Now $5 says this breaks into a SDMB cliche fest. \*\* Yes, but as I and two of my friends were given a dollar apiece, where did the other two dollars go? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/14 "2003-08-29T18:44:45Z")
All your catchphrase are belong to us! ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/15 "2003-08-29T18:47:29Z")
Threadiest. Thread. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/16 "2003-08-29T18:52:04Z")
[Nelson voice] Ha-HA! [/Nelson voice] ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/17 "2003-08-29T18:55:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dwc1970 \* > \*\*Yes, but as I and two of my friends were given a dollar apiece, where did the other two dollars go? \*\* I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/18 "2003-08-29T19:55:10Z")
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Pie _drool_ ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/19 "2003-08-29T20:12:47Z")
I think \*\*Poly[/B[ is just sad because there isn’t an SFLM / **Polycarp** catch phraise that hasa caught on yet… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453/20 "2003-08-29T20:14:16Z")
And I’m just sad about my coding [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expression-of-annoyance/198453.md?page=2)