So make sure you validate your parking on the way out.
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"I don't think the Peacekeepers are any better than the Scarrans. So make sure you validate your parking on the way out."
"Absolution requires sacrifice" -- Dan Brown 'The Da Vinci code'
It's basically saying there's no hope so you might as well accept that and go home. The expression is a take-off on what is said to consumers as they leave a store or place of business. Similar expressions would be "So drive home safely." or "Please don't forget to tip your server" or "Thanks for playing" or ... They all signify an end to something. You'll especially hear/read the last one in IRC or chats where someone is attempting to proclaim themselves the winner of an argument. As in "<my winning argument blah blah blah>. Thanks for playing and we have some wonderful parting gifts for you" They're all just take-offs on expressions used to end business transactions, game shows, etc. Cheers, Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
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"I don't think the Peacekeepers are any better than the Scarrans. So make sure you validate your parking on the way out."
"Absolution requires sacrifice" -- Dan Brown 'The Da Vinci code'
It's common usage is as Marc described it. In the context given it means something like: "this whole situation disgusts/tires me, i don't care anymore, i'm leaving/quitting" or, "we've done what we can, nothing else we do will make much difference, we may as well leave" He is satirizing a stressful situation by creating a metaphor that relates the experience of shopping at a mall to being in the middle of a war. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set
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"I don't think the Peacekeepers are any better than the Scarrans. So make sure you validate your parking on the way out."
"Absolution requires sacrifice" -- Dan Brown 'The Da Vinci code'
Re-reading the bit about "Peacekeepers and Scarrans" (no idea who they are), the author could also be stating that it's time to literally leave. It's tough to guess without reading the entire article so the author could be telling the reader to just give up hope or to physically leave. Irregardless, the expression still indicates finality. Cheers, Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
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It's basically saying there's no hope so you might as well accept that and go home. The expression is a take-off on what is said to consumers as they leave a store or place of business. Similar expressions would be "So drive home safely." or "Please don't forget to tip your server" or "Thanks for playing" or ... They all signify an end to something. You'll especially hear/read the last one in IRC or chats where someone is attempting to proclaim themselves the winner of an argument. As in "<my winning argument blah blah blah>. Thanks for playing and we have some wonderful parting gifts for you" They're all just take-offs on expressions used to end business transactions, game shows, etc. Cheers, Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
Then there would be my favorite, "So long and thanks for all the fish." Or else "Don't let the door hit you in the a_s on the way out."
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Re-reading the bit about "Peacekeepers and Scarrans" (no idea who they are), the author could also be stating that it's time to literally leave. It's tough to guess without reading the entire article so the author could be telling the reader to just give up hope or to physically leave. Irregardless, the expression still indicates finality. Cheers, Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
They are the major antagonistic races in the science fiction series FarScape. I will have to admit, I have not enjoyed a science fiction series as much as I liked FarScape since Babylon 5 ended. FarScape is a little bit enough like a soap opera with interesting character development that my wife even watched the whole series with me, less a couple of 'gross' episodes. To anyone who enjoys science fiction, I highly recommend the FarScape series.
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Re-reading the bit about "Peacekeepers and Scarrans" (no idea who they are), the author could also be stating that it's time to literally leave. It's tough to guess without reading the entire article so the author could be telling the reader to just give up hope or to physically leave. Irregardless, the expression still indicates finality. Cheers, Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
I have had people tell me that this is not a real word, so I had to look it up when I saw it again. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Irregardless&x=14&y=14[^]
Main Entry: ir·re·gard·less Pronunciation: "ir-i-'gärd-l&s Function: adverb Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless nonstandard : REGARDLESS usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.-J
Guns don't kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun). -Eddie Izzard
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Re-reading the bit about "Peacekeepers and Scarrans" (no idea who they are), the author could also be stating that it's time to literally leave. It's tough to guess without reading the entire article so the author could be telling the reader to just give up hope or to physically leave. Irregardless, the expression still indicates finality. Cheers, Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
Thanks a lot
"Absolution requires sacrifice" -- Dan Brown 'The Da Vinci code'
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Then there would be my favorite, "So long and thanks for all the fish." Or else "Don't let the door hit you in the a_s on the way out."
Darn! Can't believe I forgot the fish one! Cheers, Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
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Thanks a lot
"Absolution requires sacrifice" -- Dan Brown 'The Da Vinci code'
You're very welcome. Cheers, Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
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I have had people tell me that this is not a real word, so I had to look it up when I saw it again. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Irregardless&x=14&y=14[^]
Main Entry: ir·re·gard·less Pronunciation: "ir-i-'gärd-l&s Function: adverb Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless nonstandard : REGARDLESS usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.-J
Guns don't kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun). -Eddie Izzard
Regardless of their recommendation, I still like to say 'irregardless'. How's that!
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Darn! Can't believe I forgot the fish one! Cheers, Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
What with the movie due out in a couple wekes, the expression will no doubt soon make a comeback into popular culture.
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They are the major antagonistic races in the science fiction series FarScape. I will have to admit, I have not enjoyed a science fiction series as much as I liked FarScape since Babylon 5 ended. FarScape is a little bit enough like a soap opera with interesting character development that my wife even watched the whole series with me, less a couple of 'gross' episodes. To anyone who enjoys science fiction, I highly recommend the FarScape series.
Blake Miller wrote: I will have to admit, I have not enjoyed a science fiction series as much as I liked FarScape since Babylon 5 ended. I agree. I very much enjoyed watching both of those series. And FarScape just had this nutty-ness that no other science fiction series had. Well... besides Red Dwarf I guess. I think I might rank the new Battlestar Galactica series up there too.