Archive for the 'Unnecessary' Category

literally the future of our country

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Continuing our series of political posts, reader Susanne caught the following serial abuse from Senator John Edwards:

John Edwards went crazy with the misuse of literally in his Iowa “victory” speech:
Here are the 4 misuses, all in a matter of minutes:

And, as a result, they know that they can’t go to the emergency room and get […]

literally one of the best actors to have ever taken to the screen

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

The Best “Forgotten” Movie VilliansGary Oldman is, quite simply, one of the best actors to have ever taken to the screen - literally. In what is, arguably, his best performance, Oldman plays corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield, a man who will literally stop at nothing to make sure people aren’t trying to get one over […]

literally stunned

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Microsoft takes email design back 5 years
As I type this post I still can’t believe it. I’m literally stunned. If you haven’t already heard, I’m talking about the recent news that Outlook 2007, released next month, will stop using Internet Explorer to render HTML emails and instead use the crippled Microsoft Word rendering engine.

This is […]

literally, literally, literally, literally

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

BBC: Man freed from collapsed building

Eyewitness Anthony Gilberthorpe told BBC News 24: “I heard a mighty explosion and about two floors and the roof of a building to my left hand side was literally showering down in front of me.
“So I literally threw myself, literally jumped up and threw myself, to the right hand side […]

literally on youtube

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Jack Danyells created this funny video about the misuse of “literally”: