More on "You don't say!"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Ah! So that's why I never feel the need to use it myself!

JL

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:37 PM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>wrote:

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> My 20-year-old son just came in.  I asked him about _You don't say!_  He
> thinks his friends only say it when they're being sarcastic.  He only uses
> it if he doesn't like the person he's addressing or he wants to get that
> person to shut up.
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