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Old 12-25-2008, 10:25 PM   #1
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What goes “without saying?”

People always say that something goes without saying, but how often is that really the case?

Is there anything, anything at all, that you can think of that actually goes without saying?
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Old 12-25-2008, 10:28 PM   #2
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Old 12-25-2008, 11:25 PM   #3
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Old 12-25-2008, 11:29 PM   #4
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There are some things that go without saying, so I'm not going to say them.
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Old 12-26-2008, 04:35 AM   #5
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That you may not have someone to peel the hard boiled eggs for you does not go without saying.
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Old 12-26-2008, 07:01 AM   #6
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Saying "Thank you" when someone steps out of your way or holds the door open for you goes without saying. Although I admit this is experience rather than hard fact.
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Old 12-26-2008, 09:39 AM   #7
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Old 12-26-2008, 10:02 AM   #8
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That I fucking rule.
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Old 12-26-2008, 12:24 PM   #9
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Is there anything, anything at all, that you can think of that actually goes without saying?
That you're the reason they're putting out a DSM V?
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Old 12-26-2008, 01:13 PM   #10
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Is there anything, anything at all, that you can think of that actually goes without saying?
Mimes.
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Old 12-26-2008, 04:48 PM   #11
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Mimes.
excellent.....

"yes, well..... mimes....that goes without saying."
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Old 12-27-2008, 02:35 AM   #12
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If my aunt had a dick she wouldn't be my aunt. I always thought that went without saying.
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Old 12-27-2008, 04:13 AM   #13
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Well technically, if she was a blood relative and trans-gendered, she would have a dick and still be your Aunt.
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Old 12-27-2008, 06:34 AM   #14
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Which was the exact situation of a guy that used to work at our shop.
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Old 12-27-2008, 07:49 AM   #15
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There are some things that go without saying, so I'm not going to say them.
Well that certainly goes without saying.
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