I Don't Like The Expression " Gone Missing "

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  1. Lon Tanner

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    The paper will say that the 78 year old Bill Taylor has "Gone Missing" Why not just say he is missing. What if he was kidnapped--did he still go missing
     
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    Lon Tanner, Mar 8, 2021
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    Well actually... yes. :D
     
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    Beth Gallagher, Mar 8, 2021
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    If you're gonna get your dander up because of the grammar the media uses, you've just found a forever hobby.
     
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    Kinda like gone fishing.

    He’s gone.
    Where?
    Fishing.
    Are you sure he hasn’t gone missing?
    Nope, he’s gone fishing.
     
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    Bobby Cole, Mar 9, 2021
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    Or, another answer to one of Lon’s other threads concerning one’s “passing”, He’s gone. Where? Gone, Gone.
     
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    Or.......
     
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    What are they supposed to say?

    "Bill Taylor, COVID Denier of the last generation to question authority, has been disappeared."
     
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    John Brunner, Mar 9, 2021
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    Generally accepted when dealing with the Clintons.
     
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    Bobby Cole, Mar 9, 2021
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    Hillary gots spreadsheets.

    You don't wanna be on the wrong tab.
     
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    John Brunner, Mar 9, 2021
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    You be’s gone suicided.
     
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    He be all Vince Fostered...'n sh!t
     
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    I don't like the expressions "Get a Life!" or "You got a problem with that?"

    I would like to throw a wet sock full of fresh cat excrement into the faces of those who use those expressions.
     
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    Hal Pollner, Mar 10, 2021
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