"I could KILL for a cup of coffee"
Well, no you wouldn't would you.
(Melody was not PMSing on, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:09, 5 replies)

I beg to differ.
I am really not at my best until I've had my morning coffee..
(anvil, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:13, closed)

Clearly you've not met the people I work with.
A cup of coffee is a fine price to pay.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:13, closed)

Hyperbole
Nowt wrong with that. Or are you going to slate Shakespeare for having a character say, "A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"? Do we all have to say exactly what we mean, in as rational language as possible? Good for computer programmers, bad for anyone with a love of language.
(McChinaman banned, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:31, closed)

Well, I would slate Shakespeare for being bollocks...
...I've just never forgot a lecture I got at school about how people in Africa are literally dying for coffee.
(Melody was not PMSing on, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 20:47, closed)

They are!
And it keeps costs low for us.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Fri 9 Apr 2010, 7:51, closed)