Have you heard people use the phrase ''I don't give a care''? It sounds like something Ned Flanders from The Simpsons would say.
I'd give it 7 out of 10 for being very irritating and grammatically incorrect. Do you think its annoying?
2007-03-01 16:23:33 · 17 answers · asked by Wildamberhoney 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Cliffordex: you've never heard anyone say it? Consider yourself lucky, my friend.
To be fair, I only ever heard that saying used when I was living in the States, never in England Probably because if someone went around saying that here, they'd be bottled by hoodies within 5 minutes.
2007-03-01 16:30:27 · update #1
Monchicha, dear, it is 5am here and I'm a very, VERY bored insomniac. If you want to take a question like this seriously, despite the fact that it is obviously meant to be a bit of trivial nonsense, that's not my problem. I can't believe you wasted a post on this either, but as you got 2 points for it, you really ought to quit moaning.
2007-03-01 16:33:46 · update #2
Blimey, some of you are tetchy. Do you really think this is a serious question?!!?
2007-03-01 16:59:14 · update #3
Thanks, silly_fud... although I'm not a bloke so don't think I can be 'sir'! I'm glad someone can still see straight. It's amazing the way people throw their toys out of the pram for absolutely nothing at all.
2007-03-01 20:05:17 · update #4
"why be annoyed over words?" Try and remember that next time someone calls you a name, you won't feel so lofty then.
Okay, I'm closing this question now, as it has been turned from a lighthearted and obvious JOKEY post into a lot of miserable rot for no reason at all. Sheesh. Lighten up, people, this is Yahoo! Answers, not rocket science.
Thanks for joining in!
2007-03-01 20:08:56 · update #5
It's annoying as all get out, but it's actually a metaphor for:
I don't give a rat's patootie ( only it's not patootie )
Or I don't give a **** ( hint - 4 letter word starting with f )
or I don't give a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( insert expletive of choice)
It's irritating, and grammatically incorrect, but so are the original phrases .... and "I don't give a care" is at least "politically correct" and can be used in front of your mother.
I give it an 8.
btw silly_fud .... I hate to tell you, but it's crossed the waters, and is alive and well in parts of Victoria. If I hear one more teenager in Werribee say " I don't give a care", I'm gonna be as bald as my old man !!
2007-03-01 19:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by Kate 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Just to say it hasn't hit Australia yet either, but if and when it does I will be hitting it right back.
And aren't they, as you say, sir, a tetchy bunch? I don't understand where all this anger comes from and why so many seem to take things so terribly seriously, especially when they are admonishing you for taking a small thing to heart (whether you are or not). We all know America as a nation had an irony by-pass many years ago, but what's up everyone else's cloaca? Lorks alive, I'd worry for today's youth if I didn't know some of the oldth weren't just as much to blame...
Oh, and about 15 out of 10 for all of the above.
2007-03-02 01:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't close it simply because some do not understand good wit when they see it!!
It it funny enough to say I do give a care, whatever American meaning that may indicate. It is prolly an upscale way of saying don't give a sheep, sheet, or something else that starts with an sh and ends with a t!
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-03-02 04:25:08 · answer #3 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've heard it used--but rarely. Flanders is funny, and some of his expressions go right along with this one. At least, hopefully, no one can say that it is offensive to them. LOL - 5
2007-03-02 04:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by Holiday Magic 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very annoying, at least a 10 but I thought the phrase now is "Whatever".
2007-03-02 00:29:20 · answer #5 · answered by Cynde L 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Id say 8 of 10 cos it is just stupid
2007-03-02 00:26:24 · answer #6 · answered by 99tzm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey u lot above: lack of humor is a terrible thing
grow up
get lives.
morons.,
2007-03-02 04:10:42 · answer #7 · answered by CHAAAAAAARGE! 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
7/10 just to answer but don't think it's infected the UK yet but who knows it'll probably turn up if it becomes popular in the US!
2007-03-02 00:35:13 · answer #8 · answered by Oddly Osbourne 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is pretty annoying. Though, not as bad as "So don't I." I guess I'd give it a 6.
2007-03-02 00:27:50 · answer #9 · answered by feral_black_gryphon 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hahaha u told that one off nicely and well dun
yes i giv it 9 out of 10
yeah but nooooooo is far better
2007-03-02 00:37:00 · answer #10 · answered by ms vicci pollard 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋