Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.

Snyder ,'Chosen'


Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Nilly - Jul 24, 2008 5:21:18 am PDT #9252 of 10003
Swouncing

Thanks, Jesse!

The larger the sample, the smaller the margin for error.

And there's no "is" there, like in your former example? Can you please define for me the difference between the two examples?

[Edit: So, either the two parts of the sentence have a "to be" verb, or both of them don't?] [Edited yet again because at first I wrote "the two sides of the equation".]

(Why, yes, my brain is at the point where all it can think about is "Computer bad. Sleep pretty". Sorry.)


tommyrot - Jul 24, 2008 5:21:29 am PDT #9253 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Personally, I don't think X is blah enough anyway.


tommyrot - Jul 24, 2008 5:23:47 am PDT #9254 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

And there's no "is" there, like in your former example? Can you please define for me the difference between the two examples?

In both examples, the 'is' is optional. It's just whatever sounds better.


Ginger - Jul 24, 2008 5:23:50 am PDT #9255 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Wikepedia is going to be published as a hard cover. WTF?

In this case, WTF is short for "Why the Fuck?"


Jesse - Jul 24, 2008 5:23:50 am PDT #9256 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And there's no "is" there, like in your former example? Can you please define for me the difference between the two examples?

There should be an "is" to make a grammatical sentence, I guess. The second is more like an aphorism than a sentence. Like "the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice." A thing people say, not technically a sentence, I guess.


lisah - Jul 24, 2008 5:25:58 am PDT #9257 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate

My dad can email me from MONGOLIA. He's IN Mongolia, right now.

that is so freaking cool!

I'm about to be the age that my aunt was when she first became a grandmother, 40. And my grandmother became one at 48 (of course she also had her last kid at 42).

The ice in my iced coffee melted far too soon. Now it's just vaguely cool coffee. bleh.


Nilly - Jul 24, 2008 5:26:40 am PDT #9258 of 10003
Swouncing

You guys are the best, thank you!

(I wasn't even sure how to begin to Google that!)


Sophia Brooks - Jul 24, 2008 5:33:16 am PDT #9259 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Doesn't this craiglist ad for a secretary sound a like the hirer is also looking for a mistress:

[link]


Jesse - Jul 24, 2008 5:36:35 am PDT #9260 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

He probably is.

I was shocked and appalled to learn that I actually knew one of the douches who posts ads looking for attractive, female personal assistant. He figured he could date applicants he didn't hire, I shit you not.


tommyrot - Jul 24, 2008 5:38:10 am PDT #9261 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Well, the secretary would have to interact with clients, so maybe that's why the secretary would need to be 'stylish.' But what does this mean?

Please be forward in your response.

I mean, all that comes to mind is the applicant saying, "Yes, I will blow you."