A newish phrase that simply MUST GO!

[PeterB]

If it is what it is, then clearly it is not what it is not. For, if it was what it was, but not what it wasn't, then was it really ever in the first place?

You say potato, I say potatoe, let's call the whole thing off.

[John B.]

"It is what it is" has stood the test of time.

"What happened?" hopefully will die off quickly.

[Zoidberg]

M A V I C wrote:
I actually like the phrase simply because it's a sign of people letting go of something they have no control over.

Agreed.

[Speedy]

Can I ask you a question?

[decay]

iiwii = "like it or lump it, pal"

(hey, look: a palindrome! IIWII)

[flareslow]

Maybe "Merde happens" ?

[Panopticon]

It is what you make of it.

"It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the—if he—if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement." - President Wm. J. Clinton

[mrbigstuff]

FYYFF

[digby]

M A V I C wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
[quote=graylocks]
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
That's been my sig here for years now.

just goes to show.
What, exactly?
I know, right?
What it is, man...

what it is.

[blooz]

Bummer.