heineken515
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 12:58 PM |
I don't know when I first heard this saying, but it seems like I'm hearing it more and more and frankly do not like it.
"It is what it is"
Do you like it?
Can we figure out how to hasten it's demise?
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TopDroog
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 12:59 PM |
| That would depend on what your definition of "is" is. ____________________
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rottinpeach
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 01:08 PM |
From Urban Dictionary
It is what it is
171 up, 17 down
A cliche, popular within the circles of coaches, business execs, and those of us who just want to say "It's happened. 'I'm going to forget about it. I'm going to move on. There is nothing that can be done about it."
Voted by USA Today as the #1 cliche of 2004
"We showed up and gave 100%, and it is what it is."— NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, after finishing second in the Nextel Cup championship. (AP, Nov. 22)
"Never in a million years did I think we would be 1-5 at this juncture, but it is what it is."— Mike Minter, safety for the NFL's Carolina Panthers, on his team's start this season. (AP, Oct. 24)
Is this a better game than before? That's what a lot of people are asking. Perhaps the more precise question should be: Is this what hockey is going to evolve into? And if so, will the fans, the players, the coaches, and the general managers embrace it as NHL hockey?
"It is what it is," said Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock. "It's a new game." ( ____________________
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Brucebcd
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 01:09 PM |
| you know what i mean... ____________________
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Brock
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 01:29 PM |
quote:
you know what i mean...
Or, the ever-present, "you know what I'm saying?"
Here's an idea, unless I say I don't understand you, I know what you're saying, and you need not ask that question over and over. This expression is little more than umm or ahh. ____________________
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islalala
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 01:37 PM |
Hey, rules is rules...
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rottinpeach
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 01:44 PM |
quote:
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you know what i mean...
Or, the ever-present, "you know what I'm saying?"
Here's an idea, unless I say I don't understand you, I know what you're saying, and you need not ask that question over and over. This expression is little more than umm or ahh.
Being half deaf in the left ear................I hear that a lot. Its either You know what I am saying from the person talking or its Huh...or Hows that, or what from me. It can turn in to a long conversation...........LOL. So if you hear me say HUH..............I really have a hard time hearing................I hear it but can't make it out...........know what I mean? ____________________
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Brucebcd
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 01:47 PM |
quote:
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you know what i mean...
Or, the ever-present, "you know what I'm saying?"
Here's an idea, unless I say I don't understand you, I know what you're saying, and you need not ask that question over and over. This expression is little more than umm or ahh.
whatever. ____________________
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SkyPuppy
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 02:24 PM |
What's done is done.  ____________________
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OldSchool
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 02:28 PM |
SAME DIFFERENCE!
I actually like "it is what it is",it reminds me to practice acceptance,& my level of acceptance of things that I can't change is directly proportional to my serenity.
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TanDan
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 02:29 PM |
A similar phrase...
H.I.: Nathan Jr accepts me for what I am! And I think you better had, too! You know I'm okay, you're okay! That there's what it is!
Raising Arizonia (1987) ____________________
"There's only two kinds of music...The Blues and Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah"- Townes Van Zandt
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SkyPuppy
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 02:33 PM |
| Hey look..It's six of one..half dozen of the other. ____________________
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BigDaveOnBass
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 02:37 PM |
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What's done is done.
Had me WAY too much fun
Now I'm runnin' from a man with a gun
Lookin' back over my shoulder
But I won't get much older
What's done is done
Sorry....couldn't resist. ____________________
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playallnite
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 02:47 PM |
| I hate the saying " just for **** z and giggles" ____________________
I once was here
But now I'm not
I went away
To smoke some pot
I'm writing this,to prove a point
Life ain't sh-t,without a joint.
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Brucebcd
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 02:56 PM |
How they Hangin?
Duct tape is always a good response. ____________________
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BigDaveOnBass
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 03:00 PM |
"It is what it is" is what Mike Callahan signed on the the Tarpon Zoo t-shirt I won in the Fence Fund raffle. I feel like he knew what was comin' up, and that was how he saw it. 
Miss you, Mike. Wanee won't be quite the same without an appearance from you.
edit: raffle, not auction.
[Edited on 2/18/2008 by BigDaveOnBass] ____________________
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CanadianMule
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 03:02 PM |
It isn't what it ain't. 
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Chicago Black Hawks - next season.
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dancingrhonda
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 03:19 PM |
| I've been using it for 10 years in construction, I like and means just that. We will have a site conditions that we don't like, but "it is what it is", there is nothing you can do change it, so deal with it, come up with a Plan B. ____________________
We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace. - Michael Franti
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dutchoneill
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 03:27 PM |
| Not for nothing, time will tell, ya know what i mean? ____________________
R.I.P. Hugh Duty
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heineken515
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 03:48 PM |
"You know what I'm saying?"
Check this out for a sort of hilarious look at that by Weird Al interviewing Eminem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHEFLLUMsdk&feature=related
For further hilarity, see the other AL TV celebrity interviews on youtube...funny stuff.
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steadyhorse
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 04:30 PM |
| "I hear you" ____________________
"I said don't ask no stupid questions and I won't send you away,
If you want to talk fishing, well I guess that'll be okay"
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MaconPeach
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 posted on 2/18/2008 at 04:37 PM |
I hate "It is what it is". My other pet peeves are "at the end of the day....." and "that being said (or "having said that")
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ____________________
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BigDaveOnBass
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 04:45 PM |
At the end of the day, it is what it is. Having said that, time will tell. You know what I mean?
And MaconPeach....I hear you!! ____________________
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reneed
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 05:42 PM |
aint no thang y'all,,,,,,,,,,,
let the hide go wit the hair,,,,,,,,,,,,,
[Edited on 2/18/2008 by reneed] ____________________
music cures watever ails you,,,,,,,,
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susea
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posted on 2/18/2008 at 06:08 PM |
quote:
I don't know when I first heard this saying, but it seems like I'm hearing it more and more and frankly do not like it.
"It is what it is"
Do you like it?
Can we figure out how to hasten it's demise?
I find it annoying at times especially if I don't like the "is" part! Now about that what's done is done... 
[Edited on 2/18/2008 by susea] ____________________
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