I just don't get itPoor Semiret, he's foreign and has no idea if he "should laugh about the whole 'only playing music when they are out of ice cream' thing or not." There's also a Far Side cartoon that has had him stumped for almost 20 years.
What don't you understand? What have you politely gone along with whilst internally going WTF?
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chthonic, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:09)
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Here's what I didn't get:I arrived at work a few weeks ago to find various £10 notes sellotaped to the wall in the breakroom accompanied by bitchy notes from the till supervisor saying something along the lines of "To all cashiers - do these look like real notes? NO! Be more careful."
Thing is, I looked and thought "actually yes they do look real." I simply couldn't understand what it was that made it so glaringly obvious. Eventually, someone pointed it out to me and it clicked.
anon: 'sic' is used to indicate a mistake that isn't your own. For example, if you are quoting something in which there is a spelling mistake you might put (sic) so people know that you are aware of the mistake and it is deliberate. If that makes sense.
(, Sun 3 Apr 2005, 11:46, Reply)
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