A Damp Squid

I'm all for clichés : a splendid shorthand - they're as useful as stereotypes really. But what really gets my mountain-dwelling herbivore is the misuse of a cliché. I mean, if you've heard it so often that you feel confident enough to use it on live television, maybe you could get it right?

A damp squid! One recently landed, not yet prepared for having its rings battered and deep fried?

Heart-rendering: this one has become particularly popular of late. Must be some work for builders in the recession after all, pebble-dashing all those hearts.

There are lots more, I'm sure you'll all 'get across' them rapidly if you listen carefully. I wonder how long before someone completely mangles that relatively new cliché?

Go ahead, say I'm an elitist snob.

I am and, really, I don't care.