Heard on The Judges: "sucks"

[James Smith]

The context I always associate with something that
sucks is along the line of "That sucking sound you
hear is (your money, your life, the environment, the
free world, etc.) heading down the drain."  That
really sucks.


--- LanDi Liu <strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Wilson Gray
> <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Spoken by thirty-ish, black, male defendant:
> >
> > "I'm great as a father, but I _suck_ as a
> boyfriend."
> >
> > Judge:
> >
> > "Why is that?"
>
>
> It's too bad he didn't raise his eyebrows and say "O
> RLY?"  : )
>
> ...but wouldn't enough of the bruthaz have gotten
> the point.
>
>
> I can't do that construction.  I'd have to say
> "...but enough of the bruthaz
> wouldn't have gotten the point."  Interesting.
>
> --
> Randy Alexander
> Jilin City, China
>
>
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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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