". . .," nobody says, ever.

I like this new phrase that I'm starting to see in social media, pop culture, etc. It works well with so many things, like: "I could take Chuck Norris down with no problem," nobody says, ever. "I love how the Rangers won it all last year," nobody says, ever. "Brian Edwards is the coolest person on the planet," nobody . . . well, wait that might be said.

I have been on church staffs as a student minister for eleven years. I felt that because of that and because I was around young people a good bit, I had a pretty decent handle on pop culture, new music, movies, etc. But having not been a student minister for the last year, it seems that I have had to look to other things to gauge a sense of what's in and what's out.

Twitter has helped with that. Keeping posts to less than 140 characters is just right. You can get your point across without being too wordy. So you can do things like "nobody says, ever" well.

And speaking of that phrase, I see a new trend starting within the trend of this phrase. It should be ". . .," nobody says, ever. NOT ". . .," Nobody says. Ever. or NOT ". . .," Nobody. Says. Ever.

I am not at all a fan of this new thing where people put a period after every word in a sentence to give it emphasis. Don't do that. I don't have like a big moral or ethical reasoning for saying this. I just don't like it. It. Bothers. Me. Greatly. Because. I. Really. Really. Really. Really. Don't. Like. It.

See what I mean?