Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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[tikay]

Damn you, I was CERtaiN you might mention my superb particle physics pun, but I guess it matters not.

Anyway.....

You're an incorrigible punster, but you don't do, or even seem to like, jokes.

Would you say that's true, and, if so, why?



BTW- In the OP. I didn't acknowledge your pun, but you ignored my question.


Edit:  You ignored one of my questions.

If your question was "have I (me) read it?", the answer is "no". But I'd very much like to. Deffo.

Correct - I don't "do", or enjoy, jokes. I would estimate that 5% of my life has been wasted listening to, or reading, other people's "jokes". I would rather stick needles in my eyes than pay to see/listen to someone tell jokes - all jokes are essentially the same, just as all bad beat stories are much the same. (Have you not seen the beautifully titled "joke" thread in the Lounge?)

I adore people telling anecdotal, if embellished, "life stories", such as Billy Connolly usually did. Happy days, literally.

Also, it must be said, I'm a grumpy old bastard at times. Especially when idiots waste my time telling me jokes, bad-beat tales, or why this or that poker site is rigged. ;xflhcfpt,lpzSTFUftldxfkropxd,bofgpoxkfzokza[ngaaarrggh

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Damn you, I was CERtaiN you might mention my superb particle physics pun, but I guess it matters not.

Anyway.....

You're an incorrigible punster, but you don't do, or even seem to like, jokes.

Would you say that's true, and, if so, why?



BTW- In the OP. I didn't acknowledge your pun, but you ignored my question.


Edit:  You ignored one of my questions.

If your question was "have I (me) read it?", the answer is "no". But I'd very much like to. Deffo.

Correct - I don't "do", or enjoy, jokes. I would estimate that 5% of my life has been wasted listening to, or reading, other people's "jokes". I would rather stick needles in my eyes than pay to see/listen to someone tell jokes - all jokes are essentially the same, just as all bad beat stories are much the same. (Have you not seen the beautifully titled "joke" thread in the Lounge?)

I adore people telling anecdotal, if embellished, "life stories", such as Billy Connolly usually did. Happy days, literally.

Also, it must be said, I'm a grumpy old bastard at times. Especially when idiots waste my time telling me jokes, bad-beat tales, or why this or that poker site is rigged. ;xflhcfpt,lpzSTFUftldxfkropxd,bofgpoxkfzokza[ngaaarrggh

This was the question you missed.

I'm fascinated my maths, but I'm crap at it. (Or should that read crap at them)?

[tikay]

Damn you, I was CERtaiN you might mention my superb particle physics pun, but I guess it matters not.

Anyway.....

You're an incorrigible punster, but you don't do, or even seem to like, jokes.

Would you say that's true, and, if so, why?



BTW- In the OP. I didn't acknowledge your pun, but you ignored my question.


Edit:  You ignored one of my questions.

If your question was "have I (me) read it?", the answer is "no". But I'd very much like to. Deffo.

Correct - I don't "do", or enjoy, jokes. I would estimate that 5% of my life has been wasted listening to, or reading, other people's "jokes". I would rather stick needles in my eyes than pay to see/listen to someone tell jokes - all jokes are essentially the same, just as all bad beat stories are much the same. (Have you not seen the beautifully titled "joke" thread in the Lounge?)

I adore people telling anecdotal, if embellished, "life stories", such as Billy Connolly usually did. Happy days, literally.

Also, it must be said, I'm a grumpy old bastard at times. Especially when idiots waste my time telling me jokes, bad-beat tales, or why this or that poker site is rigged. ;xflhcfpt,lpzSTFUftldxfkropxd,bofgpoxkfzokza[ngaaarrggh

This was the question you missed.

I'm fascinated my maths, but I'm crap at it. (Or should that read crap at them)?

Oh, I see now, my apologies, or as we kidz say, "my bad".

"them" seems to scan better, but always remember that language, & it's use, always evolves, which is good. For example, we can, quite correctly, say "I wiki'd something", & nobody will argue, assuming they are in possession of a balanced mind, & that rarest of mental commodities, common sense, though one would expect resistance from MerePedant, or KinPedant, who have flags-a-plenty on Hendon Mob Pedantry.

You may equally have asked "math" or "maths". The answer would be as above, really.

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That's twice you've made me smile today, and twice I've had to explain to Mrs Red what I'm smiling at. Not easy in either case.

[millidonk]

Crap at it/Crap at them is fine, as Maths/Mathematics is both singular and plural. Obviously doesn't mean you should go around saying Maths are my fav subject...

However Math and Maths are not so interchangable. It is not a question of language, but a question of Geographical differences. if you start using Math in place of Maths next you will be calling jelly - jello, or spelling mummy-mommy, plough-plow or in Red's case Moustache - Mustache.

Has anyone got a rubber i could borrow?

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Crap at it/Crap at them is fine, as Maths/Mathematics is both singular and plural. Obviously doesn't mean you should go around saying Maths are my fav subject...

However Math and Maths are not so interchangable. It is not a question of language, but a question of Geographical differences. if you start using Math in place of Maths next you will be calling jelly - jello, or spelling mummy-mommy, plough-plow or in Red's case Moustache - Mustache.

Has anyone got a rubber i could borrow?

Only if you use it to replace that "i" with an upper-case one.

[Bongo]

In Birmingham they spell (and say) it Mom and Mommy. Odd people.

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In Birmingham they spell (and say) it Mom and Mommy. Odd people.

We don't say Mum or Mom, we say Mam. (Which is correct btw- it comes from the word "Mammary").

[millidonk]

Crap at it/Crap at them is fine, as Maths/Mathematics is both singular and plural. Obviously doesn't mean you should go around saying Maths are my fav subject...

However Math and Maths are not so interchangable. It is not a question of language, but a question of Geographical differences. if you start using Math in place of Maths next you will be calling jelly - jello, or spelling mummy-mommy, plough-plow or in Red's case Moustache - Mustache.

Has anyone got a rubber i could borrow?

Only if you use it to replace that "i" with an upper-case one.

Damn, i thought about doing a spell check but i decided otherwise... i see what i have done wrong now.iiiiiiiii ka rumba.

[cdw1111]

In Birmingham they spell (and say) it Mom and Mommy. Odd people.

We don't say Mum or Mom, we say Mam. (Which is correct btw- it comes from the word "Mammary").

As I'am from Tyneside I say Mam as well,but I don't think it comes from mammary,it's just the first noise a infant can produce mama etc.

[boldie]

In Birmingham they spell (and say) it Mom and Mommy. Odd people.

We don't say Mum or Mom, we say Mam. (Which is correct btw- it comes from the word "Mammary").

As I'am from Tyneside I say Mam as well,but I don't think it comes from mammary,it's just the first noise a infant can produce mama etc.

don't think Tam was being serious mate

[cdw1111]

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mamma

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You gotta love Spike Milligan. (Miserable old gits look away now)



There was a Baboon
Who, one afternoon,
Said “I think I will fly to the sun.”
So, with two great palms
Strapped to his arms,
He started his take-off run.

Mile after mile
He galloped in style
But never once left the ground.
“You’re running too slow”
Said a passing crow,
“Try reaching the speed of sound.”

So he put on a spurt-
By God how it hurt!
The soles of his feet caught fire.
There were great clouds of steam
As he raced through a stream
But he still didn’t get any higher.

Racing on through the night
Both his knees caught alight
And smoke billowed out from his rear.
Quick to his aid
Came a fire brigade
Who chased him for over a year.

Many moons passed by.
Did Baboon ever fly?
Did he ever get to the sun?
I’ve just heard today
That he’s well on his way!
He’ll be passing through Acton at one.