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Impress your friends with ‘Art Bollox’

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It’s not like Botox but has the same sort of effect in bringing on an impressionless face. It is , of course, the way some people talk about art, and that art can be anything. Here are some useful tips and words that should be used. Drop them into the conversation, and people will soon give you that look that suggests they don’t know what you’re talking about, but- and this is key- they will counter with their own bollox. I recently saw what is always described as a ‘piece’, and this is a key word. Art is never described … Continue reading Impress your friends with ‘Art Bollox’

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Some useless phrases: tell me about it?

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Well there’s one to start with: “Tell me about it!” There I was commenting on the inclement weather just the other day to huge shopkeeper: I said by way of greeting: “What a cold day it is today”…”Tell me about it?” he answers. ” I just did ” I replied. “Going forward”. There’s another phrase put in when they mean in the future. ” We’ll be making big changes going forward” is the call, when they mean “in future”. Going forward sounds like you might have a choice. Unless I’m sadly mistaken none of us can go backwards in time, … Continue reading Some useless phrases: tell me about it?