Does anyone realize that when you say “long story short” that you’ve actually made your story three unnecessary words longer?
Plus there is the fact that everyone who says this piece of inanity are usually the people who clutter their story with unnecessary details: “Adam is in the Garden of Eden and he’s finished naming the cows and iguanas when he decides that he’s hungry and not just hungry for the peaches he’s been eating all along. So long story short, Adam on the way to name the nightingales and the sea cucumbers stops by to see Eve…”
Does anyone realize that when you say “long story short” that you’ve actually made your story three unnecessary words longer?
Plus there is the fact that everyone who says this piece of inanity are usually the people who clutter their story with unnecessary details: “Adam is in the Garden of Eden and he’s finished naming the cows and iguanas when he decides that he’s hungry and not just hungry for the peaches he’s been eating all along. So long story short, Adam on the way to name the nightingales and the sea cucumbers stops by to see Eve…”