# If I didn't start this thread, there wouldn't be one yet. What is your inane phrase of the Day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673 "2012-08-06T23:18:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/21 "2012-08-07T06:51:16Z")
Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before. I heard this credited to Dwight D. Eisenhower. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/22 "2012-08-07T06:54:56Z")
The sad thing is, my inane morning comment was actually meant to make sense and be helpful… “See I showed up wildly early unlike others who would just use holiday bus schedule as an excuse to show up late! I am being nice!” It was just so poorly worded. I blame the early morning, the holiday wine I drank last night, and the fact I have worked my 9th shift in seven days… oh and [this](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/curiosity.png) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/23 "2012-08-07T07:18:38Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > “It is what it is.” Is it ever what it isn’t? No? Good. On we go. For a contribution: Smile! Life is as good as you make it! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/24 "2012-08-07T17:54:18Z")
Think outside the box. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/25 "2012-08-07T18:10:43Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before. > > I heard this credited to Dwight D. Eisenhower. I’ve seen attributed to Lincoln: “People who like this sort of thing will find this is the sort of thing they like.” By the way, did you know half of all people are below average? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/26 "2012-08-07T18:17:11Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > …By the way, did you know half of all people are below average? I’ve heard this another way: “Think about how dumb the average person is. Then think about the fact that half the population is even dumber than that.” ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/27 "2012-08-07T18:20:27Z")
“Well, if it’s in stock, we’ve got it!” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/28 "2012-08-07T18:29:31Z")
We mocked one of my brother’s friends mercilessly when he declared “I’ll be there unless I’m not.” Good to know, dude. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/29 "2012-08-07T18:30:34Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > “It is what it is.” This expression enrages me. I’m not even sure why. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/30 "2012-08-07T19:45:37Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > This expression enrages me. I’m not even sure why. Because life would be so much more fun if once in a while it was what it wasn’t. But it never is. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/31 "2012-08-07T19:52:05Z")
Yea, it never is what it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/32 "2012-08-07T20:03:54Z")
[QUOTE=carnut] Think outside the box. [/QUOTE] That’s fine, except for the shipping department manager who has to always think inside the box. I still want to take “New Normal” out back and give it a good beating. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/33 "2012-08-07T20:09:39Z")
I knew a bar owner wh shrugged and said " it is what it is" with poor turnouts, bad sales and so forth. She shrugged and it is what it is-ed her way to changed locks and eviction notices. I’m not saying sweat the small stuff but really? It is what it is? Try to make it NOT THat you know before the floor falls out from under you. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/34 "2012-08-07T20:45:09Z")
Bars, clubs, restaurants are high-risk, low-margin businesses, so by nature they don’t attract people with much business sense. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/35 "2012-08-07T20:55:22Z")
I’ve never heard “It is what it is” said as anything other than a response to an eyerollingly obnoxious statement. So, if you’re hearing this phrase a lot, I may have some bad news. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/36 "2012-08-07T21:29:31Z")
“I can believe that!” ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/37 "2012-08-08T03:21:32Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yea, it never is what it isn’t. I am sooo using this! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/38 "2012-08-08T03:32:34Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I am sooo using this! Thanks! Thanks! Have a couple more. What won’t be, won’t be. What hasn’t been, still might be. What ain’t, isn’t. If it’s not, it’s probably not. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/39 "2012-08-08T04:06:33Z")
“I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.” ~Actual Mitt Romney Quote (January 2012) ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-start-this-thread-there-wouldnt-be-one-yet-what-is-your-inane-phrase-of-the-day/630673/40 "2012-08-08T13:16:11Z")
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