Can we please stop using this phrase to describe a series of unfortunate events!? It’s an oxymoron and should never have been coined to mean the opposite of GOOD luck. Luck can’t be bad, by definition of the word. So, fer fuck sakes stop saying it! —Luck o’ the Irish

This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2011.

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  3. .. oh great this bitch has got me so worked up ..I’ll never be able to sleep till it’s rectified 🙂

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  4. Fook…if it weren’t for bad luck, I’d ‘av none atall.

    $62.50 + tax for a service call these days

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  5. Lucky Charms cereal will cure what ails you OP. Just watch those portions or you’ll get fat, which would be very unlucky.

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  7. Luck actually means the chance of an event.. it doesn’t naturally mean that it’s “good”. Is it that important and is this really the worst thing in your life that you have to worry about? Either that or you are just that nit-picky about something that doesn’t even matter :

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  9. Care to change that foot in your mouth with the other one OB?
    (If you are a uni-ped, “As you were soldier!”)

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