Is there a less jargony way to say "the risks materialized" without being horribly verbose?
"I told you so!"
Wash: Little River just gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing. It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
DavidS - Dec 07, 2013 5:52:54 pm PST #14022 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
billytea - Dec 07, 2013 5:55:11 pm PST #14023 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Several risks were described in a planning document. The company chose to take the course of action for which the risks were evaluated, and what was feared actually happened. Is there a less jargony way to say "the risks materialized" without being horribly verbose? The jargon in this case is probably the most succinct, but affects me like chalk scraping on a chalkboard.
Plus, I've been reading Doctor Who synopses, and I find myself expecting the materialised risks to start chanting "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"
For synonyms: ensued, transpired? I think my preference may be "were realised".
Kat - Dec 07, 2013 6:02:05 pm PST #14024 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Brrrr.... Noah had to march in a parade in our town with his Boy Scout troop. It was around 45 degrees and he had to be in uniform so he was a bit cold. There was lots of waiting but he was ADORABLE. Our house is also chilly, but I finally vacumed our only heater (a floor heater) and so we can at least turn the heat on now.
I'm going to go to sleep in a night cap, not with a night cap, but wearing one as my head is cold.
-t - Dec 07, 2013 6:09:22 pm PST #14025 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"As it was written, so did it come to pass" is a favorite of mine. You have to judge your audience for that one, though.
sarameg - Dec 07, 2013 6:10:42 pm PST #14026 of 30000
Kat, that amuses me immensely.
aurelia - Dec 07, 2013 6:42:07 pm PST #14027 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The Cratchit children are twerking. How much longer does this show run?
-t - Dec 07, 2013 7:28:54 pm PST #14028 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't like the sound of that.
Trudy Booth - Dec 07, 2013 8:04:23 pm PST #14029 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
You know what's awesome? I keep thinking, "I wish I had a little something sweet," and then remembering I have Mallomars!!
OK, the other day I was walking down the street and a woman coming out of the Gristede's asked me where she might buy some wine. I pointed her toward a liquor store that has a nice selection.
She said, "Thanks, I'm from Ohio. We just get wine at the grocery store."
I nearly BIT MY TONGUE OFF not saying "And you have food year 'round!" I had to run away before I started laughing. I'm laughing now. It was SO HARD to not stand there and tell this total stranger the whole story. I wanted to grab her by the hand and show her Mallomars.
aurelia - Dec 07, 2013 8:08:47 pm PST #14030 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My office is across the hall from the young performer dressing rooms.
Steph L. - Dec 07, 2013 9:05:30 pm PST #14031 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I nearly BIT MY TONGUE OFF not saying "And you have food year 'round!" I had to run away before I started laughing. I'm laughing now. It was SO HARD to not stand there and tell this total stranger the whole story. I wanted to grab her by the hand and show her Mallomars.
OHIO FOOD SOLIDARITY!
We saw Mallomars in a Safeway in California on our honeymoon, and I realized I had never told Tim the story. When I was done, he asked, "Were you being a dick, or horribly socially anxious and just started talking?"
I said, "Well, I *am* a dick, but I wasn't trying to be right then. I was just really nervous, since it was the first time I had met any of these folks in person."
Then he asked, "But they still mock you, right?"
"Oh HELL yes, they do. *I* mock myself!"
"Well, that's okay, then."