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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 04:11 AM
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Poll question: "The hell with this!" or "To hell with this!"?
Edited on Wed Mar-23-05 04:18 AM by undisclosedlocation
You can regard the question in any of several ways:
a) Which is actually correct? I don't see how it could possibly be other than the latter, but if you can explain what the former might in fact mean, I'd love to hear about it in a response below;
b) Which do you say? I bet most here would claim the latter;
c) Which does 90% of the population say? I'm betting the former;
d) one of the many other goofy responses I've provided because I can't stand leaving any space blank.

Inspired by what popped into my head when, in spite of being totally exhausted, I just. couldn't. get. to. sleep.

Edit: Killing an excess "actually." I told you I was tired.
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chicagojoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 04:14 AM
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1. My Dad's variation.
"To hell with that noise!".
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 04:16 AM
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2. I suppose it depends
On whether or not you are sending "this" TO hell, or describing the inherent hell within "this," whatever this may be.

In my experience, the term is usually used when you don't want to deal with "this," and thus, you are commanding that "this" be sent off TO hell!

I think some folk say "ta hell wid dis!" which could sound like THE...

It could be regional, too.
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Midnight Rambler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 04:21 AM
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3. I usually just say
"Fuck that shit." Seems to work just as well.
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 01:28 PM
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7. I second
"Fuck that shit on up" for emphasis :P
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pacifictiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 04:42 AM
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4. Another peeve of mine is
the great number of people that say "I could care less" when actually they really mean "I couldn't care less"
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 04:44 AM
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5. Well my lands of mercy!
Edited on Wed Mar-23-05 04:45 AM by fleabert
my 91 yr old great grandmother loves that one, sometimes shortened to just 'lands of mercy!'

edited to add: 'of' is pronounced 'uh', like it's all one word.

landsuhmercy!
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 01:23 PM
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6. Lately I've been trying to decide whether I've really heard anybody say
"Land o' Goshen!" or if that's just a movie/ literary thing.
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