Friday 2 March 2007

Food for thought.

Over the past few days the Daily Telegraph (D.T.) have been running a series of letters/articles about their readers most annoying sayings/phrases. I will give you all an example, then let the comments flow.

"He was the first to invent............."
You get the idea.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Me first!

Anyway John, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

Keith

Anonymous said...

come to think of it, i never noticed it before but it does sound redundant.

have a great weekend, john

Mr Farty said...

I'm worried about that avian bird flu.

Anonymous said...

Er... such annoying phrases pepper articles and news broadcasts. Such as "The BBC has learnt...". My oh my, Auntie is so erudite eh!

y.Wendy.y said...

Keith you have an obsession with being first! I think we should make up a badge for you - well done...:)

and what pees me off in the news....when they don't know something for sure but want to be the first to announce the possibility so they don't look like uttely clueless twats..

"So and so are thought to be..."

Unknown said...

I knew you lot "would come good!"

Mr Farty said...

It's too early to speculate {but that's precisely what we'll do until we get some actual facts}.

Unknown said...

I love you lot!

Unknown said...

Football is a game of two halves...