Michael Kubacki: CLICHE FILE: "At the end of the day..."

Thursday, February 7, 2013

(An occasional series on expressions we need to stop using immediately.)

At the end of the day,

...it gets dark.
...you watch Jeopardy.
...you put on your comfortable shoes.
...God has placed “night.”
...it is best to make a comprehensive list of everything that might possibly go wrong the next day, and then, after each item, provide a list of possible countermeasures and the equipment or supplies needed in order to implement those countermeasures---then log on to Amazon and order those supplies and that equipment.
...they're just waking up in Japan.
...it may be wise to choose a “designated driver.”
...your wife may want to know what you have been doing when you were supposed to be at work.
...if the first thing you do when you get home at night is make yourself a 16-ounce martini, some people will think you might have an “issue.”
...you need to remove those floppy, colorful, bootlike things on your feet and leave them in the breezeway for a while. I love you, Darling, but they reek.
...I like to pop in my copy of “Remains of the Day.” It's not the sort of thing you want to watch first thing in the morning.
...it's a good time to check on your supply of supplemental oxygen because you never know when you will be asked to ascend elevations in excess of 20,000 feet.
...they just start up another damn day.

Copyright2013MichaelKubacki

Thursday, February 7, 2013