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Eventually, someday, I hope
this section might possibly be padded
with an inordinate surplus of unnecessary, redundantly superfluous sayings about
this and that.
It used to be called "Redundant Redundancies", but I've changed it for
the sake of making it not be like it was before.
For starters, here are the first ones I have to offer right from the
beginning...
"against the law"
"Deja vu all over again"
"against the law"
During a discussion on NPR today, Colorado representative Tom Tancredo said, "It is against the law to come into this country illegally".
Hey Tom, I don't even know what party you represent (and I'm neither totally for
or totally against any particular political party anyway). So, this is in no way any
kind of political bashing. In fact, I'm not trying to even bash you,
the person, in any way
at all.
I just thought it sounded really funny and decided to put it up here. I
sincerely hope that you are not only not offended, but that you also find it
humorous. Either way, I'd be interested in hearing from you about this
statement, or anything else you'd be willing to discuss with me. Take care man.
I truly hope you are well and that all is well with you.
[entry added 20040128_2015, but experienced
20040108]
"Deja vu all over again"
Ok, here it is... today I heard it on public radio. Someone actually said,
"It's like Deja vu all over again".
Come on folks. Need I say
more?
Update: Someone sent me an e-mail about this one. They told me that this phrase
"It's like Deja vu all over again" was originally uttered, by Yogi
Berra (former New York Yankee great) in an attempt to be funny. They then told
me that everyone saying this particular phrase these days is always using it in
exactly the same way and that I should therefore remove it from my web site. I
responded by asking them why they chose to be so presumptuous as to claim to
know for sure the exact context within which and the attitude with which the
person said the statement. They responded with an apology for jumping to that
particular conclusion.
[entry added 20040128_2010, updated 20040418]
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