Getting laid usually involves lying down. Lying afterwards is optional. I was hoping to continue this by throwing in "lye" but i really couldn't come up with anything that didn't give me a truly painful mental image.
Where's the praising and extolling of my virtues? Where's the love?
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Gris - Sep 26, 2005 1:35:21 pm PDT #4378 of 10001
Hey. New board.
amych - Sep 26, 2005 1:35:35 pm PDT #4379 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I have a mental block
Seriously? I mostly remember the "it's almost always lie" part -- lay is only used in a very specialized sense. It's analogous to sit vs. set -- I sit all day, but I only set the table for company.
Betsy HP - Sep 26, 2005 1:45:40 pm PDT #4380 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
"Lay" takes an object. When you're getting laid, the object is you.
Betsy HP - Sep 26, 2005 1:47:15 pm PDT #4381 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
You know, that would be a great geek proposal.
"You are the object of all my verbs."
Morgana - Sep 26, 2005 1:47:20 pm PDT #4382 of 10001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Seriously?
Well, that's kind of the nasty thing about mental blocks, isn't it? If it was logical, I'd be able to get rid of it and I wouldn't have this problem.
Really, usually grammar isn't a problem for me. Just a few glaring roadblocks.
I like the "go sex. Choose sex." idea, though. That might work as my memory device.
Betsy HP - Sep 26, 2005 1:52:56 pm PDT #4383 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I always confuse "compose" and "comprise" no matter how often I look "comprise" up. I solve the problem by never, ever using "comprise". It's a thing.
Vortex - Sep 26, 2005 2:02:32 pm PDT #4384 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
balling of the melon
sounds like someone needs a girlfriend.
I always heard "chickens lay, people lie" and assumed that chicken=anything not people.
"You are the object of all my verbs."
I guess I'm a huge geek, because I would melt if someone said that to me.
Betsy HP - Sep 26, 2005 2:22:13 pm PDT #4385 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Nope. Chickens lay because chickens lay eggs. (Object of verb). If chickens should become horizontal, they'd lie down just like the rest of us.
The chicken lays its head on my lap. The chicken lies down on my lap.
"its head" is the object of the verb. If there's an object of the verb (you're laying something), use lay. Otherwise, lie.
JenP - Sep 26, 2005 2:28:36 pm PDT #4386 of 10001
"You are the object of all my verbs."
I guess I'm a huge geek, because I would melt if someone said that to me.
And I must be a distrustful geek, because I would demand a list of the verbs before melting.
Scrappy - Sep 26, 2005 2:39:31 pm PDT #4387 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I would like to mention that lots of different people have sex several times in Lord of War, which I saw this weekend, and they ALL do it standing up. After the film, I turned to the people I was with and asked "Did I miss a memo or something?"