George Carlin:
[on airline announcements]
As part of this boarding process, they say, "We would like to pre-board." But what exactly is that anyway? What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on? That's another complaint of mine, too much use of this prefix "pre-". It's all over the language now: "pre-" this, "pre-" that. "Place the turkey in a preheated oven." It's ridiculous! There are only two states an oven can possibly exist in: heated or unheated! "Preheated" is a meaningless fucking term! It's like "prerecorded": "This program was prerecorded." Well, of course it was prerecorded! When else are you gonna record it, afterwards? That's the whole purpose of recording, is to do it beforehand! Otherwise, it doesn't really work, does it? "Preexisting", "pre-planning", "pre-screening". You know what I tell these people? "Pre-suck my genital situation!"
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05/03/2025 alle ore 08:10