So I'm guessing I'm the only one here who came across Tot-Tanic years ago? It's fairly widely available from the bouncy house sites.
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Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
It is freakier than a thing that is freaky.
But is it freakier than THE thing.
I tend to use "please advise" as shorthand for "you're the boss, and I know you'd throw a fit if I made this decision on my own, so tell me what to do, please."
Me, too.
I never realized those two words were so loaded. I tend to use them a bunch, meaning - here is the info I have and the options as I see them, the benefit of your advice would be appreciated.
Now I'm going to be worried that others think I was being all passive aggressive. Gah. More worries.
I don't understand why that phrase is bad? I mean, sometimes you are not the person who can make that decision so it makes sense to ask the person who is.
I'm with Fred and ita - I see it as more of a "ball's in your court" thing. So, there is an element of washing-my-hands-of-the-decision-making, but not really P-A as such.
I use it as a "ball's in your court" thing as well - kind of a, well I've done MY part indication.
Another vote for ball/court. It's sort of "here's my bit, now it's your call" rather than anything necessarily passive/aggressive.
I'm a ball/court gal myself.
And we'd better keep Cass away from that car.
Is Yahoo!Mail making anyone else login every five seconds, or am I just special?
It has been making me do it and has been driving me crazy all day.