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08-22-2022 , 12:20 AM

#126

LKJ

Smugly Contemptuous

Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 93,770

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08-23-2022 , 12:16 PM

#127

LKJ

Smugly Contemptuous

Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 93,770

I have no idea why people start a public speaking turn by saying "I'll keep this brief" unless they're dead certain that their remarks will be truly brief by any reasonable definition. When you violate that standard, you're just going to make your audience more agitated by having opened that way.

Unfortunately, this is a widespread phenomenon.

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08-23-2022 , 05:55 PM

#128

27offsuit

actions have consequences!

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 38,842

I'm currently on a zoom with Nantucket Historical Commission and they are 80 minutes deep and not one of the backlogged items has even been discussed yet, but there have been multiple 'I'll keep this brief"s. Literal torture.

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08-23-2022 , 06:21 PM

#129

Schlitz mmmm

banned

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 28,214

feel good. your torture and agitation has converted to happy reader

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08-23-2022 , 06:28 PM

#130

Tom Ames

They call me Doo Doo

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 53,383

History seems to move at a glacial pace.

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08-23-2022 , 08:09 PM

#131

LKJ

Smugly Contemptuous

Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 93,770

It's just such a low-reward thing to say. The only reason I would ever trot it out is that the audience is already restless, I'm genuinely certain I'm going to keep my remarks to 2 minutes or less, I feel that what I'm going to say somehow matters (mostly applies to making a legal argument), and I'm using it as a plea to just bear with me and give me a moment's focus.

Though I did have to strain hard not to laugh out loud when I once saw a colleague follow someone that led with "I'll be brief" followed by ~30 minutes of talking when she stood up and said, "So, I'll ACTUALLY be brief..." (And she was.)

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08-23-2022 , 08:54 PM

#132

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 30,080

briefs in the thread
threads in the briefs
the only reason i trot that out
is So, I'll ACTUALLY be brief...

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08-23-2022 , 09:25 PM

#133

whatthejish

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 11,515

Boxer briefs > boxers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> briefs

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08-23-2022 , 10:14 PM

#134

Randall Stevens

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 3,922

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Originally Posted by whatthejish

Nope. The difference between boxer briefs and briefs is? Both are better than boxers.

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08-23-2022 , 11:18 PM

#135

hansmolman

self-banned

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,237

Moments later he died on a toilet (probably)

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08-23-2022 , 11:26 PM

#136

LKJ

Smugly Contemptuous

Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 93,770

That guy should run for Stark County Treasurer in Ohio.

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08-24-2022 , 04:21 PM

#137

Schlitz mmmm

banned

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 28,214

Did not click. Is that a politically active citizen?

Lo and behold someone says some shiit to some committee or another.

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08-24-2022 , 04:35 PM

#138

hansmolman

self-banned

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,237

He is a citizen very concerned about toilets.

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08-24-2022 , 06:35 PM

#139

pokeraz

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4,291

Of all the absurd **** of the last couple years, this takes the prize.

Purchasing a replacement record that I have worn out.

The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker -

When I encounter this:

PLEASE NOTE: THIS CAN NOT BE PURCHASED WITH PAYPAL - Paypal will block the transaction because of John's sexually suggestive last name. Paypals words not mine.