h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

one of the most pointless must be have you had a good / bad hair day .
What has hair got to do with having a good or bad day unless you have washed your hair or been to the hairdresser

Trivia~~~There was a large survey done in the US that said HAIR ruined more mens days than womens, also includes those which lack hair~~~~*surprized*

Believe me, when you spend a day acutely conscious of the fact that your hair is sticking out in several different directions, thereby creating a scruffy image totally at odds with your smart work suit, and you have an important meeting to attend, hair can make a day seem VERY bad!

Thats exactly what men were saying in the survey!

You also understand the meaning of a "bad hair day" when your hair's natural state is such that it looks as if Woody Woodpecker is your stylist and only vast amounts of pomade can make it behave properly.

But as for a totally pointless expression, how about "as soon as possible". As in, "we'll get a repair technician out there as soon as possible"... which translates roughtly to "whenever someone feels like getting around to it".

I've a pointless expression, its when I smile

I have a bad hair life, so I've decided to make it an interesting talking point by gfrowing stupid facial hair to match.
Scots is full of pointless expressions such as like or "ken" or "but" or "by the way" which all get added to the end of sentences for no readily apparent reason.

And we British have this habit of finishing every sentence with a little question, don't we?

You probably don't realise the trouble this gives foreigners, do you?

I'd love to know why we do it, wouldn't you?

americans,especially females, do that too!

"It's always in the last place you look". Of course it is you stop looking at that point, don't you.

F.L.O.S.P.

Shouldn't we, as in the Brits, if we want to ask questions, do so in the questions only thread <?>

Or is that just a blaintant plug <?>

P,J,L...
The good/bad hair day expression doesnt pertain to the "persons" day.
It means a good or bad day for that persons hair.
If your hair is having a good day, it looks good...a bad day, it looks bad.
It is silly though.

How about "With all due respect..."? People always say that before proceeding to insult or criticize someone, which makes one wonder what kind of respect is due in that situation.

In that case i must always have a bad hair day because even when i have had a good day my hair always looks bad

I believe the expression originated in a TV advert for shampoo or somesuch.

Does anyone else find it depressing that TV ads should be having such an effect on our language?

I find TV depressing, full stop.. well, more the fact of how obsessed people get with TV very depressing, not owning one myself out of choice, and in an effort to preserve what little sanity I had to start with but that, is, i guess, a somewhat different storey...

I do seem to recall the phrase being used in a TV ad ('make bad hair days a thing of the past'?), but wasn't that quite recent? Whereas women's magazines (and, one assumes, women in general) have been talking about 'bad hair days' since the year dot (or at any rate since the days when I used to read the Jackie comic).

Although if you were referring to a 25-year-old advert, then I agree it's depressing how much we are influenced by TV.

Do you know what I'm saying? Do you know what I mean?

The original intent of these phrases is to check to make sure your audience is having difficulty with your attempts to describe a weird concept. Now people put them on the end of everything, know what I mean? It's an excuse for people who can't communicate properly, know what I'm saying? Because if they knew how to communicate well, they wouldn't have to ask all the time, know what I mean?

In the hip-hop community it's even cool to say this over and over again. It gets slurred into "gnome shane," and appears every other word. And it turns simple 5-word sentences into 10-minute monologues.

Know what I mean?

Can you hear me now?


Good.

I hate hearing the basic question "how are you?" ~~~~when there is no interest in an answer