What they said:
What they meant:
"If you knew this person as well as I know him, you would think as much
of him as I do."
(Or as little, to phrase it slightly more accurately.)
"Her input was always critical."
(She never had a good word to say.)
"I have no doubt about his capability to do good work."
(And it's nonexistent.)
"This candidate would lend balance to a department like yours, which
already has so many outstanding members."
(Unless you already have a moron.)
"His presentation to my seminar last semester was truly remarkable:
one unbelievable result after another."
(And we didn't believe them, either.)
"She is quite uniform in her approach to any function you may assign her."
(In fact, to life in general...)
What they meant:
"If you knew this person as well as I know him, you would think as much
of him as I do."
(Or as little, to phrase it slightly more accurately.)
"Her input was always critical."
(She never had a good word to say.)
"I have no doubt about his capability to do good work."
(And it's nonexistent.)
"This candidate would lend balance to a department like yours, which
already has so many outstanding members."
(Unless you already have a moron.)
"His presentation to my seminar last semester was truly remarkable:
one unbelievable result after another."
(And we didn't believe them, either.)
"She is quite uniform in her approach to any function you may assign her."
(In fact, to life in general...)
Related:
- What they said:
What they meant:
"I recommend this candidate with no qualifications whatsoever."
(Yes,
that about sums it up.) "The amount of mathematics... - Jacques: First, you must get to know your lane. Feel the slickness,
feel the slippery finish. Caresses it, experience it... - saga n.
[WPI] A cuspy but bogus raving story about N
random broken people.
Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told... - Alex came home from a business trip to Chicago and found no one home but his
daughter Rose,
who was crying bitterly. "What's the matter, darling... - Phoebe: I don't know how to say this, but I think when your wife's spirit
left her body,
it um, kind of stuck around in me. Mr. Adelman: You're... - Long's Notes
1) Always store beer in a dark place.
2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until... - An eighty-year-old woman is rocking away the afternoon on her
porch when she sees an old,
tarnished lamp sitting near the steps. She picks it... - Rachel: What? It's true, my right leg is two inches shorter.
Dr. Green: Come on! You're just titling! [to Ross]... - We were young and our happiness dazzled us with its strength.
But there was also a terrible betrayal that lay within...
From the same category:
- SMILEY
:Uj
smoking (and... - PRO: Not getting caught in the middle of street fights.
CON: No more street fights. -- Pros and Cons of... - Smile,
things may get worse more slowly... - Tempt not a desperate man.
-- William Shakespeare,
"Romeo and... - Youth -- not a time of life but a state of mind... a predominance of
courage over timidity,
of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease...
