Carolyn Creative

I wholeheartedly agree with this article on Gawker about the 10 Phrases That Should Never Be Spoken on Reality TV Ever Again.  They’re right — there’s got to be another way to say “I’m on the chopping block this week.”  It seems like the designers on Project Runway — one of my personal faves — overuse this expression quite a bit.  When they could say, “I’m at the end of the spool,” or “My design isn’t cutting it,” or “I’m going to have to go back to Cleveland and sew hot pants in my Grandma’s basement again.”

However, they left out my personal favorite: “I’m not here to make friends.  I’m here to win.”  It’s the classic line to explain why one acts like an ogre at the expense of another person without actually apologizing.  Ah, reality TV.  Bringing out the best in humanity.