I was visiting my Dad this afternoon. He's a great old guy and I love him, but for the umpty-umpth time I found myself biting my tongue at his use of a phrase. He does it all the time, and I doubt if he even realizes it, because at least half of the time, if he thought about what he was saying, he would realize it didn't make sense.
His phrase is "You'd be surprised..." very often in situations where the person he's talking to wouldn't be surprised at all, and he has every reason to know that.
Innocent. Trivial. Not worth making an issue of. But after a while it gets under your skin.
So, I'm curious. What's the phrase, and who says it, that gets under YOUR skin. Or am I the only person who has this experience?
His phrase is "You'd be surprised..." very often in situations where the person he's talking to wouldn't be surprised at all, and he has every reason to know that.
Innocent. Trivial. Not worth making an issue of. But after a while it gets under your skin.
So, I'm curious. What's the phrase, and who says it, that gets under YOUR skin. Or am I the only person who has this experience?