The old 'I'm not being xxxxx but' followed by precisely the xxxxx they were purporting not to be ploy...Rather than highlight the fact that they're not being rude, people simply ought to try not being rude.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Tue 18 Jan 2011, 14:35,
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I'm not saying my mother-in-law's fat, butit's being indirectly implied via a humourous comparison.
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black,
Tue 18 Jan 2011, 14:55,
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I didn't say I wasn't being rude.I just said I don't mean to be. I honestly can't help it. I'm a total cunt.
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Tue 18 Jan 2011, 15:40,
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It's very simple.If you don't mean to be rude, then don't be.
Next up, "I'm not racist, but ... "
It's a pathetic thing to say.
(Next up, "I'm not racist, but ... "
It's a pathetic thing to say.
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob,
Tue 18 Jan 2011, 16:04,
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