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nigethecat wrote:
So the response of "Round em up, put em in a field and bomb the bar stewards!" isn't appropriate then ? Just asking for a friend
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15th Sep 2021 7:14 pm
robsmith
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Moo wrote:
If they've glued themselves to buildings then cover them in itching powder and red ants and just live stream them It should make good viewing and deter any other wannabes.
I think covering them in honey or molasses before letting the ants loose might be quite effective before starting the live stream. (or is that live scream )Rob Smith
Silver rools OK
16th Sep 2021 12:11 pm
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2432
Weed.
Walk the dogs this morning in a park in town. Super funky strong smell of wacky backy. No one in sight but boy it was lingering in the air.
Walk the dogs this evening on a hillside down, out of town . Late leaving works, so its dark. We note some people / figures in the distance with torches, so we skirt around. Wife says they are probably the Brownies. As we pass within 50m downhill of them we are hit with more wacky backy wafting in the air. She then says maybe not the Brownies.
Head back home and detour off to grab something for desert from the local. 5 guys hanging around outside a house as we make our way there. hell the smell, and it came into the van as I drove by with the window open. It took me a few mintues to clear it.
What is going on? Has it been legalised and why is it so smelly.
Now not being a smoker I assume the said funky smelling stuff is cannabis and it currently seems to be eveywhere.
17th Sep 2021 11:33 pm
Moo D3 Decade
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The use of is and are in member's posts when discussing the singular and plural incorrectly. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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17th Sep 2021 11:52 pm
Paul J.
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Incorrect use of possessive apostrophes, such as:
Quote:
member's
when:
Quote:
members'
is appropriate.
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18th Sep 2021 8:23 am
nigethecat
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Song titles that are grammatically incorrect
For example the U2 classic "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" should actually be titled:
"I Still Haven't Found [That for Which] I'm Looking", makes my blood boil, and then you have groups like the Beatles trying to tell everyone that there are in fact, “8 days a week” and I don’t think any of them have ever spent time together living in a yellow submersible!
Finally (in this rant) is that poorly worded song by Katie Melua who should (according to Simon Singh) replace the words from the second verse of her ditty “9 million bicycles in Beijing
“We are 12 billion light-years from
the edge,
That's a guess,
No one can ever say it's true,
But I know that I will always be
with you.”
With;
“We are 13.7 billion light-years from
the edge of the observable universe,
That's a good estimate with
well-defined error bars,
Scientists say it's true, but
acknowledge that it may be refined,
And with the available information, I predict that I will always be
with you”….
Ahhh I feel better now! I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
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18th Sep 2021 8:56 am
rrhool
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Not got much to do this morning Nige? Richard
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18th Sep 2021 9:03 am
john watson
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Well, well the use of a relative form. In English.Once you have defeated the idiots any job is half done. Pity there are so many idiots to defeat.
^^^ Reaping the seeds of grammar teaching in the 1970s and 1980s ('stifles individual creativity').
The grammar primer that my father had to learn in the 1950s was a real eye-opener.
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18th Sep 2021 9:24 am
nigethecat
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Rich, I awoke early this morning, looked at the stunning view, put on some relaxing music… and that’s what you get!!! I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
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Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
For example the U2 classic "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" should actually be titled:
"I Still Haven't Found [That for Which] I'm Looking", makes my blood boil, and then you have groups like the Beatles trying to tell everyone that there are in fact, “8 days a week” and I don’t think any of them have ever spent time together living in a yellow submersible!
Finally (in this rant) is that poorly worded song by Katie Melua who should (according to Simon Singh) replace the words from the second verse of her ditty “9 million bicycles in Beijing
“We are 12 billion light-years from
the edge,
That's a guess,
No one can ever say it's true,
But I know that I will always be
with you.”
With;
“We are 13.7 billion light-years from
the edge of the observable universe,
That's a good estimate with
well-defined error bars,
Scientists say it's true, but
acknowledge that it may be refined,
And with the available information, I predict that I will always be
with you”….
Ahhh I feel better now!
"8", "12" and "13.7" should probably be written as words.
- Hugh
(Obergruppenführer, Grammar Nazis)
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18th Sep 2021 9:33 am
nigethecat
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Hugh, they are quotes… but I understand and fully support your contention
I would say that the more I look into music of the Beatles there appears to be a single protagonist responsible for most of, (if not all of), this aberration of the English language. I will therefore write a strongly worded letter to a P McCartney suggesting that he moderate his misuse of the English language or partake of a profession more suited to his talents, where he will be able to make a decent living, as songwriting clearly isn’t one of them !I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
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Rich, I awoke early this morning, looked at the stunning view, put on some relaxing music… and that’s what you get!!!
I'm wondering if you are one of the people PJM-84 is having to detour around ???
18th Sep 2021 10:33 am
Moo D3 Decade
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Having too much sleep!
I live on between 3-4 hours sleep and have done so since childhood. Last night I had 6 hours and its totally screwed my day! New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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D4 Face lifted
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EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
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It should make good viewing and deter any other wannabes. 
hell the smell, and it came into the van as I drove by with the window open. It took me a few mintues to clear it.
