November 28, 2007Poison Phrase – You worry about doing this, I’ll worry about doing that.
Lloyd and Vanessa assigned tasks for a project by saying,
- You worry about doing this and I’ll worry about doing that.
Each item was assigned according to who would “worry” about it. The tasks weren’t problematic or odious, but the terms made them seem like they would be.
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Sounds more like you keep your hands off this and I’ll keep mine of that. It’s more of a stake out of private territory than a way of making it sound like a problem to my ear.
Nik
Comment by Nik Nikkel — November 28, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
After a derogatory remark is made & you respond as offended: the other person gives the pet peeve response of: “Oh, you know that I was only kidding!”
Comment by sherry pearson — December 5, 2007 @ 11:24 pm