Irritating words and phrases

[Hanshi]

Here is one I really hate.  "CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY".  Okay gang, how exactly can one change anything about "history"?  It may be theoretically possible to alter (remains to be seen) future events.  The Earth will continue to spin, react to the presence of the "talking monkeys" and continue to be comedy entertainment for the remainder of the Galaxies civilization's amused observers.  It's likely more a case of Earth & company being swept along the stream of time like an overturned canoe.

[beowulf]

totally agree with that ! history is the past , not the future ,and we cannot change the past !  although there are some trying , by revising historical fact ! to them I say , you cannot change the past with lies , the past is the past ! unless they mean change the future by lying to the young about the past ! and that stinks of fascism and other foul things best left dead and buried !

[Patocazador]

Governments put their version of history in the books that the children learn from. I'm sure we wouldn't recognize WWII events if we read German or Japanese history books. Or how about reading about the Korean War in North Korea? 

[Hanshi]

Here's another one.  "Expect the unexpected".  DUH!  How can one expect something that isn't expected?  If something is "unexpected" then one cannot "expect" it.  It's just a really bad oxymoron.

[beowulf]

dumbest term of all is , Honest Politician never has been ,nor will there ever such a critter !  better chance of seeing a herd of jack a lopes ,than seeing a single honest politician ! lol at least that`s what the garden troll told me !

[Patocazador]

Another oxymoron which surely is one is Rap Music. How can noisy gibberish be music? AAAAGH!

[Hanshi]

dumbest term of all is , Honest Politician never has been ,nor will there ever such a critter !  better chance of seeing a herd of jack a lopes ,than seeing a single honest politician ! lol at least that`s what the garden troll told me !

Actually, Some 18 years ago I did see, at a town meeting, a state senator put his hands in HIS pockets.  Honest politician is like saying pet cobra.

[Patocazador]

"Honest politician is like saying pet cobra."


I think it's more like saying, "a chaste Kardashian."