not_that_it_matters sbgtlc When people say "not that it matters", they're saying THAT IT DOES MATTER!! Why don't they get it???? Ex: My roommate's gay friend came over last night, but not that it matters that he's gay.... Ex: This black guy that I know, not that it matters that he's black.... Ex: My best friend's family is Jewish, not that it matters that they're Jewish... AARRRGGHHH!! You people drive me crazy! If it doesn't matter, then WHY DO YOU SAY IT????????????? If it has something to do with the situation, fine, say it. But if not, then why the hell mention it at all? 021116 ... cole I have this friend who was a redhead (not that it matters) who attracted such handsome men (which I guess doesn't matter either). She had braces and spoke Spanish (inconsequential, really). When we'd go out to eat, we'd always go where they served a vegetarian dish because she was a vegitarian, but that didn't bother me. And not that I minded, but I hardly slept because we talked forever. Come to think of it, I guess the only thing that mattered was that she was my friend. 021117 ... silentbob Oh, yeah, i called you the other day and, not that it matters but it hurt when you dug your fingernails into my chest as you were ripping out my heart. 021117 ... splinken this is one of the most passive-agressive phrases in the english language. 030314 ... anne-girl but suffering is impolite so is pouring your heart out because you're dying inside and being melodramatic because can't help it so drop subtle hints not that it matters but my life is falling apart and hope for sympathy 050702 ... andru235 i have plenty of sym-pathy, though it helps you not much my life crashed to the floor where it remains as such but from here on the ground the view is quite nice i can see the ceiling and lie amongst mice so when life falls apart and shatters to tatters; when shit hits the fan, and splatters; when a waiter drops a silver platter, hitting the floor with clatter, and everyone chatters; when the only suitor romancing you is one of the mad hatters; when you have only anxiety to give your heart pitter-patters; when your income is thinner and your waistline is fatter; when the others get cake, but you only get batter; when its your nemesis who everyone flatters; when you enter the room and everyone scatters; I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL! (not that it matters) 050702 ... pete but i day dreamed of travelling the commonwealth with you. we started here, then to ireland for three years, i got my masters. after that we went to new zealand for a year, you got your teachers degree good anywhere in the common wealth. then we went to scotland for another two years, i finished my schooling (at last). then we came back to canada, i got a lecturing job and you became a school teacher in ottawa. i tracked down a few of my current coworkers and the chef and then we went out for dinner at their respective restaraunts. it was really good food. by that point we were 27 and 26, not yet ready to settle down, but prepared to stay in the city for two years before heading off again, a pair of travelling teachers and students. 050702 ... three words know_tomorrow not_that_it_matters dramas 110324 what's it to you? who go blather from