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Thinly veiled "thinly veiled" post

whirlpool · 2012-09-30 09:28:46

"Thinly veiled [such and such] post...." posts - yay or nay?

30-09-2012 9:28am

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"Thinly veiled [such and such] post...." posts - yay or nay?

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#2 30-09-2012 9:30am

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whirlpool wrote: »

"Thinly veiled [such and such] post...." posts - yay or nay?

Needs a thinly veiled poll

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#3 30-09-2012 9:31am

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Have you ever seen a thick veil? How would it even work?

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#4 30-09-2012 9:31am

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Local_Chap wrote: »

Needs a thinly veiled poll

http://www.charmcitysound.com/Pictures/Polish%20Traditions%20Cover.jpg

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#5 30-09-2012 9:33am

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They should have thier ugly bits soaked in acid.

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#6 30-09-2012 9:37am

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Nay. A bit like man flu jokes. Funny once upon a time but no longer clever or witty through over use.

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#7 30-09-2012 9:37am

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A very bad 'thinly veiled thread' about thinly veiled threads.

:pac:

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#8 30-09-2012 9:40am

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Thinly veiled "I really wanted to use the term 'thinly veiled' in a thread but could never think of anything witty to say and so this is the only way I've been able to do so" thread.

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#9 30-09-2012 9:44am

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CJC999 wrote: »

Thinly veiled "I really wanted to use the term 'thinly veiled' in a thread but could never think of anything witty to say and so this is the only way I've been able to do so" thread.

I actually just wanted to say "Thinly veiled thinly veiled." Say it there now. It feels great.

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#10 30-09-2012 9:53am

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I hate it. Another painful and overused stock phrase to make people with no wit think they're funny. It's in every thread. It reminds me of people that still quote family guy and think it's funny years after it became tortured repetitive cancer inducing mind poison.

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#11 30-09-2012 9:56am

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Shryke wrote: »

I hate it. Another painful and overused stock phrase to make people with no wit think they're funny. It's in every thread. It reminds me of people that still quote family guy and think it's funny years after it became tortured repetitive cancer inducing mind poison.

I never thought it was funny myself but its a good way to catch out people who come in here boasting about stuff

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#12 30-09-2012 9:58am

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Thickly veiled yet another shît thread on after hours

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#13 30-09-2012 10:00am

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Shryke wrote: »

I hate it. Another painful and overused stock phrase to make people with no wit think they're funny. It's in every thread. It reminds me of people that still quote family guy and think it's funny years after it became tortured repetitive cancer inducing mind poison.

It reminds me of, 'there was this one time, at band camp...'

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#14 30-09-2012 10:10am

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I can't think of a funny 'thinly veiled **** post' for the OP so I'm just gonna leave now.

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#15 30-09-2012 11:15am

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Swanner wrote: »

Nay. A bit like man flu jokes. Funny once upon a time but no longer clever or witty through over use.

Yeah it was funny....about three fiddy days ago! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA bout three fiddy, at least no one is going to leave this die off. It still just cracks everybody up and is just genius. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA.

*irony has been carefully woven into my post. I am in fact, a smidge tired of 'bout three fiddy'. The 'thinly veiled' thing doesn't bother me (yet).

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#16 30-09-2012 11:19am

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This thread's heading for the veil of tears.

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#17 30-09-2012 11:25am

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Is it a sign of me getting old that I don't have the slightest breeze what this 'thinly veiled...' means or how it started?? Gone are the days when I used to be hip and with it.

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#18 30-09-2012 11:29am

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Thinly veiled 'I have nothing better to do on a sunday than post on boards and stare tearfully out the window wishing life was better than this ' thread.

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#19 30-09-2012 11:54am

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Nothing "thinly veiled" about this thread.

Also: thread needs moar poll!

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#20 30-09-2012 12:16pm

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DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Is it a sign of me getting old that I don't have the slightest breeze what this 'thinly veiled...' means or how it started?? Gone are the days when I used to be hip and with it.

Don't worry, Huey Lewis got it right.

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#21 30-09-2012 12:18pm

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Y

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#22 30-09-2012 12:18pm

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The very first time someone said it was probably funny or witty .
Now its neither. How can substituting two words into someone elses joke make you witty .
This is a thinly veiled I know what witty is post .
See what I did there its not frickin funny.

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#23 30-09-2012 12:19pm

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Why is it thinly veiled?

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#24 30-09-2012 12:22pm

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A lot of moaners around here it seems. Who cares, it's just a piss take.

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#25 30-09-2012 12:25pm

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1ZRed wrote: »

A lot of moaners around here it seems. Who cares, it's just a piss take.

That's what Hitler said about the holocaust :P

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#26 30-09-2012 12:27pm

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Thinly Veiled "Bring Back, Blast Them With Piss" Thread.

I miss people getting blasted

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#27 30-09-2012 12:36pm

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whirlpool wrote: »

"Thinly veiled [such and such] post...." posts - yay or nay?

thinly veiled "I have a keyboard and internet" thread. . .

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#28 30-09-2012 12:39pm

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Sometimes I like it - usually when the OP is trying to show how "cool" they are, but otherwise, yeh, it's a phrase used by people thinking it makes them sound intelligent.

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#29 30-09-2012 12:42pm

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Thinly veiled "thread".

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#30 30-09-2012 1:04pm

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Oh what tangled webs we 'weave':)

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#31 30-09-2012 2:44pm

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Epic veil.

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#32 30-09-2012 2:49pm

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On occasion it can be funny depending what the actual joke is.

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#33 30-09-2012 3:51pm

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Sick and barbaric - poor young calves.

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#34 30-09-2012 4:05pm

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People liked this one.

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#35 30-09-2012 4:21pm

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Probably my favourite boards meme.

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#36 30-09-2012 4:25pm

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It does my head in. Can't read the rest of the post once I see it.
I may have anger management issues.

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#37 30-09-2012 4:46pm

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Used so often on boards it's lost all meaning and just fücking annoying now. Nay.

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#38 30-09-2012 4:55pm

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Every time the use of the phrase dies down, someone starts a thread like this.

Vicious circle.

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#39 30-09-2012 5:03pm

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Oh what tangled webs we 'weave'

When first we practise to deceive!

Thinly veiled, I know the rest of that quote

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#40 30-09-2012 5:55pm

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A bit like how every poll has atari jaguar option. I'm old enough to remember the jaguar console (it was load of ****e)but still don't get it. In saying that i've never been arsed about actually trying to find out.

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#41 30-09-2012 6:48pm

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Ah here leave it out

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#42 06-10-2012 12:51pm

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I'm sick of it and i'm not here that often.

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#43 06-10-2012 12:53pm

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Your ma was thinly veiled after I blasted her with piss

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#44 06-10-2012 1:14pm

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demakinz wrote: »

I'm sick of it and i'm not here that often.

Thinly veiled ' I have a life outside boards' post:D

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