05 Oct 16
Originally posted by coquetteWhen people say "needless to say", and (in my view) they just didn't need to say that, I sometimes say "needs must as needs does" to them and it throws them slightly because it's a bit tricky to discern exactly what it means, and when they Google it in quotation marks, they only get a couple of hits which makes them think it may have been a mistake but they can't be sure because it does have a familiar ring to it, by which time I think the very subtle reprimand - which I believed was needed - has both been delivered and has done its remediating work.
Needless to say
05 Oct 16
Originally posted by FMFProfound, and wonderful, if you didnt need to say that
When people say "needless to say", and (in my view) they just didn't need to say that, I sometimes say "needs must as needs does" to them and it throws them slightly because it's a bit tricky to discern exactly what it means, and when they Google it in quotation marks, they only get a couple of hits which makes them think it may have been a mistake but they can' ...[text shortened]... imand - which I believed was needed - has both been delivered and has done its remediating work.
