# Favorite Words/Phrases/Quotes and Sayings

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**Created:** [August 26, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248 "2019-08-26T03:44:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-words-phrases-quotes-and-sayings/839248/176 "2019-11-06T13:28:41Z")

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> [@Sangahyando](#):
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> …(Actually, I spent a little time in Workington a couple of years ago. It struck me as a surprisingly pleasant place.)

I have to ask - what in the hell for? I mean, there’s no obvious reason to go, and it’s not like you were just passing through - there’s the A66, and that ends, and then there’s the Irish sea.

j

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