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# im a pedantic bastard


i made this AGES ago but never posted it...

...wonder why?
(I helped save b3ta! HexShaped remembers when this was all fields, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:16, archived)
# ha ha - that's ace
if only you could set this up for some people in real life ...
(I helped save b3ta! deodar ant trois minutes douche compris, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:18, archived)
# and
Me too

add an "e"
(InsaneKingKong Terrorizes cities, but leaves polite calling cards, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:18, archived)
# heehee!
I rather likes that I do.
(tom_artosorse, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:18, archived)
# Let's hear it for
fellow pedantic bastards!!

/carefuly checks he's put in all required apostrophes before posting message.
(Pseudonym, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:19, archived)
# Was that second exclamation mark really necessary?
(I helped save b3ta! HexShaped remembers when this was all fields, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:20, archived)
# Stop calling him Mark!
(I helped save b3ta! Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:23, archived)
# If he was doing that, he would have written:
Was that second exclamation, mark, really necessary?

realises setting oneself up for pedantic response ...
(I helped save b3ta! deodar ant trois minutes douche compris, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:28, archived)
# You mean like this:
"Was that second exclamation mark, mark, really necessary?"

- doubtless that annoying paperclip would have turned up and pointed out "repeated word use" though.
(I helped save b3ta! HexShaped remembers when this was all fields, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:34, archived)
# A person's name has a big letter at the beginning.
Now write it out 100 times, both of you.
(I helped save b3ta! Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:37, archived)
# you win
:P
(I helped save b3ta! deodar ant trois minutes douche compris, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:40, archived)
# Yes.
It took the phrase from a mere exclamation to an exclamation filled with with exuberance.

BTW: The subject to the original thread should be "I'm"... :)
(Pseudonym, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:24, archived)
# ...
it has been pointed out... i'm so very sorry.
(I helped save b3ta! HexShaped remembers when this was all fields, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:32, archived)
#
(#, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:22, archived)
# who's bob?
he sounds like a swell fellow
(I helped save b3ta! AgentMuu hentai coordination, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:23, archived)
# Bob, it's short for, erm, Kate.

/Black Adder II
(I helped save b3ta! Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:26, archived)
# errr
"im" a pedantic bastard?
(I helped save b3ta! urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:26, archived)
# nooooooooooooo!
at my own game as well!
(I helped save b3ta! HexShaped remembers when this was all fields, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 0:30, archived)
# Pardon me for being a pedant
but the sentence might have been:

"Your great image really brightened my day."

In which case the "your" would be correct...
(Nothing to see, Mon 13 Sep 2004, 1:06, archived)