Teabags and Hairnets

Friday, 18th April 1997

What could possibly be the most overused and teeth-grindingly fatuous phrase that people tack on the end of a sentence when they feel self-conscious? A good candidate for the running is "as they say".

'I'm just going to pop out for a mo, "as they say"....'

or

'Shall we make tracks, "as they say"?'

Eeerk.

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In the news today: scientists in Australia have discovered that drinking beer is good for you and prevents heart disease. They are currently working to prove that travelling around the world working in bars and talking about it all the bloody time stops hair loss, and are also developing a cure for piles through sheep shagging.

Meh, as they say.

B