I had no idea that the double space was so...not in vogue. I wonder if Word corrects it for me because I think I always do it.
Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
Stephanie - Oct 05, 2009 8:17:39 am PDT #448 of 3094
Trust my rage
lwa - Oct 05, 2009 8:25:35 am PDT #449 of 3094
I should add to my initial results--I like olives and cilantro, I'd probably like a muffuletta, and I was trained to use the extra space by both law school and the Department of Labor, but my current job has beat it out of me.
omnis_audis - Oct 05, 2009 8:27:32 am PDT #450 of 3094
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I love how the map is blossoming! It's like spring and the flowers coming in! We have points on every continent (except Antarctica). It's so cool!
Jars - Oct 05, 2009 9:17:14 am PDT #451 of 3094
Hey, I'm Jars. I totally feel like a lurker lately! I've been on the board since... 2001/2 or thereabouts, I reckon. When I was about 17? Which is horrifying. Apologies to all for my general toolishness when young. I'm sure I must be less of a tool now.. right? Right? Guys?
I have recently become a Londoner, am accidentally married to a real live American and have two cats, Pete and Clive. One's a girl, one's a boy.
I've met a decent number of Buffistas and they are never less than interesting.
This is a very cool thread!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 05, 2009 9:22:26 am PDT #452 of 3094
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
olives
No.
cilantro
No.
muffuletta
Maybe, if I ever get to try one.
serial comma/Oxford comma
How can you not love these? Truly, any form of punctuation over which there is controversy is a source of joy. (When it comes to grammar I'm a descriptivist, not a prescriptivist. Socio-linguistics is a god among academic fields, mightily straddling the humanities and the social sciences. Yes.)
Jars - Oct 05, 2009 9:26:05 am PDT #453 of 3094
And because it's important -
olives
ALL OF THEM IN MY FACE NOW PLEASE
cilantro(or coriander if you're a filthy foreigner like me)
DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN AND ALL HIS NAKED ANGELS NO GOD WHY
muffuletta
still not entirely sure what it is. Sandwich, right? I'll give it a go. Someone make one for me.
edited for my hideous formatting.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 05, 2009 9:28:48 am PDT #454 of 3094
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Maybe, if I ever get to try one.
If you're a "no" on olives, I'd say the muffuletta is not for you.
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2009 9:34:39 am PDT #455 of 3094
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Unless you are a crazy person who does not believe that olives are essential to the muffulettaness of a muffuletta.
Hey, Hec, where can I get a turkey muffuletta around here? I think the only turkey muffulettas I've had are from Schlotzsky's or Jason's Deli.
DavidS - Oct 05, 2009 9:42:45 am PDT #456 of 3094
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey, Hec, where can I get a turkey muffuletta around here? I think the only turkey muffulettas I've had are from Schlotzsky's or Jason's Deli.
Why don't you get one with the Italian processed pig bits like everybody else?
Why must you be so difficult and choosy?
This is why you're not married. It's the turkey.
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2009 9:47:51 am PDT #457 of 3094
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Just answer the question, man.
Aha. I did bookmark The Great Muffaletta Debate. It takes about seventy posts of olive hate for the true semantic battle to begin. Man, that was five years ago.