> > > It might be a local idiom, but I hear people say, "I could care less." I think it means they don't care at all, but it confuses me. Shouldn't they say, "I couldn't care less."?
> > > Howard
> >
> > It isn't local. It's universal, and extremely STUPID. I hear the same thing everywhere I go -- even catch myself saying it, for Pete's sake -- and it irritates me to no end.
> >
> > On the topic of nonsensical idioms, who exactly is "Pete", and why should we be doing all these things for his sake?
> >
> > Iss "sakes alive!" achar
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> I dunno...maybe it means St. Peter?
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> Another thing I don't get: Why do we say Merry Christmas? We say Happy Hanauka, Happy New Year's, Happy Birthday etc etc, so why *Merry* Christmas? Why not Happy Christmas?
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> M"I just don't get it, for Pete's sake!"el

Twas The Night Before Christmas ends with "Happy Christmas to all, and to all, good night."

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