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Rule: Your responses to posts on this thread should somewhat get the wrong end of the stick.

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I haven't worn long trousers even once for 10 days and even then it was only for two hours.

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@fmf said
Rule: Your responses to posts on this thread should somewhat get the wrong end of the stick.
My posts as a rule get the wrong end of the stick, the thread doesn't matter! 😛 😉

-VR

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So, am I to understand that the right end of the stick is the wrong end?

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@hakima said
So, am I to understand that the right end of the stick is the wrong end?
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If someone has the wrong end of the stick it means they've misunderstood something. If they've got the sh&tty end of the stick it means they've got a bad deal in some bargain or share-out.
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@hakima said
So, am I to understand that the right end of the stick is the wrong end?
I don't think 'end of the stick' is a right at all I think it is a privilege, whether wrong end or not!

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@petewxyz said
I don't think 'end of the stick' is a right at all I think it is a privilege, whether wrong end or not!
It is an expression that has been around for years.

-VR

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@hakima said
So, am I to understand that the right end of the stick is the wrong end?
If you are talking literally about sticks, poles and the like, I am ok with that. Which is the "right" end will depend on which way you are facing. To someone else it'd be on the "left".

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@fmf said
If you are talking literally about sticks, poles and the like, I am ok with that. Which is the "right" end will depend on which way you are facing. To someone else it'd be on the "left".
You're clearly trying to suggest a person's politics are based entirely on which way round they are standing.

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@petewxyz said
You're clearly trying to suggest a person's politics are based entirely on which way round they are standing.
LOL....Now that was a silly statement! 😉 😛

-VR

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@petewxyz said
You're clearly trying to suggest a person's politics are based entirely on which way round they are standing.
I am not talking about a particular person's politics! You are reading too much into it. If I wanted to talk about "a person's politics" I would just come out and name them.

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@fmf said
I am not talking about a particular person's politics! You are reading too much into it. If I wanted to talk about "a person's politics" I would just come out and name them.
I'm shocked to hear you are planning on naming people whose politics you disagree with.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
I'm shocked to hear you are planning on naming people whose politics you disagree with.
To be fair that isn't quite what he said 'goad'!

-VR