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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread favourite cliches #6098 09/06/2000 1:50 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 william enthusiast william enthusiast Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 i got a letter from a japanese friend in australia today. she included a newspaper article with the headline: "GRISLY FIND" now how did she know this was one of my favourite cliches? in australia, any discovery of human remains is a "grisly find" on the news. firefighters always "don breathing apparatus". any other favourite cliches? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted favourite cliches william 09/06/2000 1:50 PM Re: favourite cliches Jackie 09/07/2000 3:08 PM Re: favourite cliches william 09/08/2000 3:10 PM Re: favourite cliches Pip 09/21/2000 12:08 AM Re: favourite cliches maverick 09/21/2000 5:14 PM Re: favourite cliches Jackie 09/21/2000 10:29 PM Re: favourite cliches RhubarbCommando 09/22/2000 9:47 AM Re: favourite cliches Marty 09/22/2000 1:27 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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