I realize that I simply have to accept the fact that when someone comes up with anything clever it will inevitably be beaten to death and beyond by any Tom, Dick, and Futzroy who wants to appear clever at all.
Anyone who has read my resume will be aware that I myself have been known to engage in such behavior (If you don't believe that you can ask Pat about "boooooo!"). Hell, there are even times when I encourage it.
But is there a point at which we can all agree that the corpse in question should be retired?
An example of such (in this case a phrase) would be "the shot heard round the world." This line needs to be hung from the rafters in a place of honor and most of its variations need to be thrown out in the trash.
If memory serves me correctly (thank you Iron Chef), the phrase was initially used to describe the Battle of Lexington Green that marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War way back in 1775. Since that time it has been used to describe anything and everything, including but not limited to" slurps, click, home brewed ads, calls, slides, and an uncountable number of sports cliches... oy.
I guess we're just waiting for the porn title and then we can call it a day.
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I really like the idea that once something becomes a porn title, it's finished. It makes me want to make porn movies. I could get rid of SO many annoying cliches!
I think I'll start with a movie about killer sheep violating Dr. Phil with a frittata... and nothing about popsicles.
The movie concept has nothing to do with retiring catch phrases -- that part is just pure adulterated entertainment. I'll work on the title later.
-rainbrot
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