"If I don't see you tomorrow, hope you have a good weekend"

Bonn1997

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Sat Sep-19-09 06:26 AM
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"If I don't see you tomorrow, hope you have a good weekend"

Edited on Sat Sep-19-09 06:27 AM by Bonn1997

Lines like that one (which someone said on Thurs to me) make me go crazy. I'm always tempted to say, "So does that mean that if you do see me tomorrow, you don't want me to have a good weekend?"

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gmoney

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Sat Sep-19-09 08:15 AM
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1. no, it means if they see you, they know it will spoil your weekend

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charlie and algernon

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Sat Sep-19-09 08:21 AM
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2. I think that means if they saw you tomorrow they would wish you a good weekend

but in case they don't see you tomorrow, they're wishing you a good weekend today.

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av8rdave

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Sat Sep-19-09 08:27 AM
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3. In my business, that's a good sentiment

It means you've thought through the possibilities and have a plan for each of them.

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Bonn1997

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Sat Sep-19-09 09:09 AM
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4. Yeah, I know. What they really mean is...

Edited on Sat Sep-19-09 09:11 AM by Bonn1997

"I hope you have you have good weekend. I'm saying this now even though it's only Thursday because I may not see you again and thus may not get a chance to say it to you before the weekend starts."

That's obviously a long, inconvenient statement to have to make. So it's understandable people would shorten it. I find it interesting, though, that the way we've shortened it presents certain amusing ambiguities.

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