"I'm not being funny but..."
Guaranteed to send my blood pressure up.

The other day I phoned the company over the road as a car belonging to one of their employees had its alarm going off. The receptionist said "I'm not being funny but there are more than 200 employees in this facility."
~~red mist descends~~
"Look luv," in my best, most patronising voice "I'M not being funny but if it's not sorted in the next 2 minutes, I'm getting the forklift driver to dump the car upside down in your car park where it should be."
( snee held his breath since, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 12:05, 7 replies)

CF casual racism.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 12:08, closed)

.... it's alarm ???
aaaaarrrggghhhhh ;-)


(That irrantional hatred aside though, I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment.)
( Ramsay Tupper, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 12:14, closed)

My apologies...
the SO caught me out with this t'other day too (I just never learn).

Duly edited.
( snee held his breath since, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 12:25, closed)

I'm not being funny
is a very useful indicator that one is dealing with a bit of a fucktard, I welcome its use as a time saving tool.

The same goes for parents of an 18 month child with pierced ears . They are clearly cockroaches, move on.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Fri 1 Apr 2011, 12:21, closed)

To me, starting a sentence with this translates as "Don't have a go at me for saying this, but..."
(FirstBendBunching All four back please..., Fri 1 Apr 2011, 12:34, closed)

also see
"I'm not been racist but," and "no offence, but"
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 12:40, closed)

And "With all due respect"
But then I use it properly, as a polite form of "Oi! Fucking be told!"
(all my scars face forward possesses 2.5% of a hyperalloy combat chassis, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 13:03, closed)

Well, at least they're generally speaking the truth when they say it.

(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 16:46, closed)