Have a Good What?

There are three sayings or responses that I wish would be stricken from the English language. The first is "Have a Good One". A good one what? Have we become so lazy in this country that we can't even tell people what we are wishing for them? You can say "Have a good day" and it makes sense. It is not like it takes more time, or energy to be more specific, both phrases are the same number of works and letters. One is ambiguous and the other is a nice sentiment. Make the right choice!

"It is what it is", Thank you, Captain Obvious. Is that really the best we can do? An Army commander quoted on "The Military Leader" made the best comment about this phrase. His or her name was not mentioned, but the statement explained my understanding of what you mean when you say "It is what it is". The commander stated,  "It abdicates responsibility, shuts down creative problem solving and concedes defeat. The phrase is an admission that the problem is too hard and suppresses the attitude that leads to creative, unseen solutions." Personally, I think you can just replace the phrase with "I give up!"

This last one is another Captain Obvious statement, "We don't know what we don't know". This looks like a statement that would come out of the Department of Redundancy Department. Actually, this phrase came out of a quote from former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. The whole quote was, "There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know."  POP! That was my head exploding!

I don't know what I don't know, but it is what it is! Have a good one!