Guilty Laughs
Are you the kind of person who laughs when they see a cat getting run over? Tell us about the times your sense of humour has gone beyond taste and decency.
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( , Thu 22 Jul 2010, 15:19)
Are you the kind of person who laughs when they see a cat getting run over? Tell us about the times your sense of humour has gone beyond taste and decency.
Suggested by SnowyTheRabbit
( , Thu 22 Jul 2010, 15:19)
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intents and purposes
not intensive purposes, honestly what did you think that meant?
no comment on the story, other than i don't think it that funny.
( , Fri 23 Jul 2010, 9:16, 4 replies)
not intensive purposes, honestly what did you think that meant?
no comment on the story, other than i don't think it that funny.
( , Fri 23 Jul 2010, 9:16, 4 replies)
Well it's nice to know that the Pedantic Guardian of Phrases and Grammar...
..is here to protect us all. I shall sleep snug as a dog in a rug tonight.
( , Fri 23 Jul 2010, 9:41, closed)
..is here to protect us all. I shall sleep snug as a dog in a rug tonight.
( , Fri 23 Jul 2010, 9:41, closed)
Maybe an answer to last weeks QotW
but I used to say "intensive purposes" until one day it clicked that it made no sense. I guess many people are guilty of tripping out turns of phrase without stopping to think what the words actually mean.
Anyway - I still live in fear that it will slip out again as my brain is hard-wired to get this wrong.
( , Fri 23 Jul 2010, 10:10, closed)
but I used to say "intensive purposes" until one day it clicked that it made no sense. I guess many people are guilty of tripping out turns of phrase without stopping to think what the words actually mean.
Anyway - I still live in fear that it will slip out again as my brain is hard-wired to get this wrong.
( , Fri 23 Jul 2010, 10:10, closed)
Misphrased
I once saw an extended internet "discussion" in which somone (probably an ignorant 12 year-old) used the phrase "you reap what you sew." When it was pointed out to him that this made no sense at all he spent a good few pages insisting that his version was just as valid as the one that actually meant something. Arse.
( , Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:39, closed)
I once saw an extended internet "discussion" in which somone (probably an ignorant 12 year-old) used the phrase "you reap what you sew." When it was pointed out to him that this made no sense at all he spent a good few pages insisting that his version was just as valid as the one that actually meant something. Arse.
( , Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:39, closed)
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