What the hell are you talking about?

You have too. All 23 members would rather have this then make a sandwich.

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That should send the bungletrain off of its rails.

This has amused me a lot.

EDIT: On topic, before I get another infraction for not talking directly about the thread in the thread (you know who you are and LOL!) something that bothers me is alot / a lot. Alot is not a word!!

You stated in your reply that it was an idiom. It is not an idiom. No where in that article does it suggest it is an idiom so exactly what is the problem? What has the origins of the phrase have to do with actually knowing what is and what is not an idiom.

No I didn't. I said we have loads of idioms. Nice reading skills.

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Oh FFS, maybe idiom was technically the wrong word. The point was that Americans understand it's wrong but use it anyway, whereas other people just think they don't understand the problem. You're nearly as hard work as Bungle. Just use a bit of common sense!

So how does this relate to anything we say in the UK? I'm still struggling to understand what your point was.

First you say it's an American illogical idiom, which have in the UK. Now you're trying to say you didn't say that at all.

FFS. Why do you make everything such hard work?

The point is this: the phrase "could care less" is accepted in the US without question in the same way that phrases like "bob's your uncle" are accepted without question in the UK.

"First you say it's an American illogical idiom"

I ****ing didn't say that! I said Americans know it's a logic fail, but it's an accepted idiom. Can you please, for the love of everything holy and unholy, learn how to separate parts of a sentence??

It is not an idiom, it's just that some people get it wrong. I hear the phrase said correctly much more often than not.

Let's just assume that by idiom I meant turn of phrase, and then lets presume you have bothered to read this link...

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm

Even the thickest person knows that it isn't a logical saying!

I'm not defending the statement at all, some people say the phrase wrong. I was just saying you were wrong in your post.

I am starting to feel like a passenger on the bungletrain.

My god man... Have you no decency?

That link actually uses idioms to defend it's use, so if you're stepping down from it being an idiom, where does that leave this 'turn of phrase'?

Your all bickering like a bunch of school girls, does it really matter at the end of the day? people use bad grammar all the time. In real life, on the net.. but when you read it, you know what that person was trying to say.

So get over It. That other person isn't at fault, If you are honest. It's just YOU.

Uh, sorry? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cry1.gifhttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cry1.gifhttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cry1.gif

Although "Than/Then" is bad, what about "To/Too"? MY GOD.

Than my god is a bad mother ... ?

there / their is another one that makes me wish I could reach out over the interwebs and slap people.

Why do you?

The point is this: the phrase "could care less" is accepted in the US without question in the same way that phrases like "bob's your uncle" are accepted without question in the UK. Every UK idiom has an origin, and one that makes sense. The phrase "could care less" is just people being sloppy with their use of English, so is not the same thing at all.

"First you say it's an American illogical idiom"

I ****ing didn't say that! I said Americans know it's a logic fail, but it's an accepted idiom. Can you please, for the love of everything holy and unholy, learn how to separate parts of a sentence?? Maybe it's you who should more careful about what he writes?

Bungle, I can assure you that all of your problems are caused by yourself.

I can't stand it when people capitalize britain. It isn't even a real place!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain,_Virginia