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Sunday, 24 November 2013

Waffle-mongers

Why is it that when certain waffle-mongers feel a pressing need to say something portentous, they have to put the word arguably before their piece? What is it supposed to add?

Surely the whole world knows this as a waffle-monger's thumb print, so why give the game away at such an early stage?                      
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6 comments:

  1. Sackerson25 November 2013 at 07:37

    Put it into a scale, from "as any fule kno..." down to "only an idiot would think..."

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  2. A K Haart25 November 2013 at 16:20

    Sackers - lower than either of your two examples which at least set some kind of tone.

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  3. Woodsy4225 November 2013 at 17:26

    Arguably they do so as a sop to people who would disagree :-)

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  4. A K Haart25 November 2013 at 18:57

    Woodsy - aarrggghhuably!

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  5. James Higham25 November 2013 at 19:17

    Arguably, you're right about this, one would suspect, AKH.

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  6. A K Haart25 November 2013 at 19:35

    James - aarrggghhuably again!

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