Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases

One of my biggest pet peeves is back as number one in a top 10 list of "most annoying phrases." That pet peeve? The phrase, "at the end of the day." I've already written about it before (yes three times), so no need to expound upon it again. But I'm glad to see that others agree with me!

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Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases

1 - At the end of the day

2 - Fairly unique

3 - I personally

4 - At this moment in time

5 - With all due respect

6 - Absolutely

7 - It's a nightmare

8 - Shouldn't of

9 - 24/7

10 - It's not rocket science

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Ship Full of Mazdas Tips Over

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I've always wondered how those things stay upright anyway. Yeah, yeah, it was in 2006, but it's new to me. How 'bout you?

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High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace

In the crew's quarters below the bridge, Saw "Lucky" Kyin, the ship's 41-year-old Burmese steward, rinses off in the common shower. The ship rolls underneath his feet. He's been at sea for long stretches of the past six years. In his experience, when a ship rolls to one side, it generally rolls right back the other way.

This time it doesn't. . .

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Guantánamo Bay Manual Leaked

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We haven't heard a lot about Gitmo lately, have we? This troublesome black eye to United States human rights credibility has a tendency to pop up now and then, and this one's a doozy. We may not ever find out the true scope of this administrations many evil deeds, but it's heartening that sometimes these things leak out.

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Sensitive Guantánamo Bay Manual Leaked Through Wiki Site

. . ."What strikes me is the level of detail for handling all kind of situations, from admission to barbers and burials," says Jamil Dakwar, advocacy director of the ACLU's Human Rights program. Dakwar was in Guantánamo last week for a military-commission hearing. [snip]

The manual shows how the military coded each prisoner according to the level of access the Red Cross would have. The four levels are:
• No Access
• Visual Access -- ICRC can only look at a prisoner's physical condition.
• Restricted Access -- ICRC representatives can only ask short questions about the prisoner's health.
• Unrestricted Access

The No Access level troubles Dakwar. . .

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