# Sentences you never thought you would say\\type

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 23, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentences-you-never-thought-you-would-say-type/961584 "2022-03-23T19:48:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![PackerMan2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/packerman2/32/2894_2.png) [@PackerMan2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan2)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentences-you-never-thought-you-would-say-type/961584/1 "2022-03-23T19:48:17Z")

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I just informed one of my coworkers the following.

“One of the wolves is pregnant and we have to be out of that area ASAP.”

My company is installing utility infrastructure at the local zoo and we just had a conference call about some changes to the schedule, due to this situation. Fun times!

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**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentences-you-never-thought-you-would-say-type/961584/2 "2022-03-23T22:01:27Z")

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I encountered this one in the wilds of Twitter:

“Turns out the Zoom cat lawyer was a milkshake duck.”

(If you are unfamiliar with this terminology, [this AV Club article](https://www.avclub.com/please-we-just-want-to-enjoy-the-video-of-a-lawyer-who-1846238648) runs it down.)

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentences-you-never-thought-you-would-say-type/961584/3 "2022-03-23T22:13:05Z")

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“I’ve adopted a pet 'possum.”

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**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:** [March 23, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sentences-you-never-thought-you-would-say-type/961584/4 "2022-03-23T23:05:00Z")

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To my godfather after having had an ovary removed, “I’m only shooting from one hip now.”