Why "Here's the thing..."?

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I mean, is there a more superfluous way to start a sentence?

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Saturday, 12 April 2003 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

"theres something i'm going to tell you..."

― thuddd (thuddd), Saturday, 12 April 2003 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Or "I mean..." !

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Saturday, 12 April 2003 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

"The thing is..."

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 12 April 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

It's this thing.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 12 April 2003 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

"Well, what I was going to say was..."

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Saturday, 12 April 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

"i'd like to say this about that ..."

― jewelly, Saturday, 12 April 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"I'm not normally one to defend....."

― C J (C J), Saturday, 12 April 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

"Buckle the fuck up!"

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 12 April 2003 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)

"It's like this"

― luna (luna.c), Saturday, 12 April 2003 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

"Here is what I'll be saying after I'm finished with this sentence."

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 12 April 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

"look...if you had one shot.. or one opportunity "

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 12 April 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

"It's like this" AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 12 April 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

"Let's put it this way..."

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 12 April 2003 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"here's the thing-tha-thing-thing-thing..."

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 12 April 2003 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"Lemme pull your coat"

― Methuselah (Methuselah), Saturday, 12 April 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

HUAH!

― Mark C (Mark C), Saturday, 12 April 2003 21:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Poetry.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 12 April 2003 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

"Hey, guess what...", without a pause to let someone guess

― dleone (dleone), Sunday, 13 April 2003 01:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Personally, I use "¿Te gustan ferret rim jobs?"

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 13 April 2003 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

and quite rightly so

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 13 April 2003 01:11 (twenty-two years ago)

"Thing of it is, ..."

― slutsky (slutsky), Sunday, 13 April 2003 01:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I was just about to post "the thing of it is, is..."!

Qu'est que c'est, etc.

― Chris P (Chris P), Sunday, 13 April 2003 03:01 (twenty-two years ago)

no, but listen...

― jeanne picot (jeanne picot), Sunday, 13 April 2003 03:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't Eloise say "the thing of it is"?

― rosemary (rosemary), Sunday, 13 April 2003 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

In the South, it's "I tell you whut...," and it prefaces almost every spoken sentence.

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Sunday, 13 April 2003 04:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Chicago icon and public TV host John Calloway published a book called The Thing of it Is.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Sunday, 13 April 2003 04:25 (twenty-two years ago)

An Irish character on Coronation Street always used to say "I'll tell you this and I'll tell you no more..."

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 13 April 2003 09:40 (twenty-two years ago)

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