I hated diagramming sentences. It didn't make a bit of sense until I started taking Latin.
I always thought diagramming sentences was pointless. How did taking Latin change your mind?
Mal: How drunk was I last night? Jayne: Well I dunno. I passed out.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Zenkitty - Jun 19, 2012 7:31:18 pm PDT #10430 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Burrell - Jun 19, 2012 7:46:09 pm PDT #10431 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I am no good at diagraming sentences, but I'd love to learn how to do it correctly.
meara - Jun 19, 2012 7:57:22 pm PDT #10432 of 30001
I couldn't diagram a sentence to save my life.
Also, what everyone else said about title insurance. Supposed to cover crazy shit like that. Also, how the eff does someone refinance a mortgage on a house they don't own?? I thought the whole point of industry reform and bailouts and shit was to stop nonsense like that!
aurelia - Jun 19, 2012 8:05:25 pm PDT #10433 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
It just didn't make sense until I was learning another language. Other languages are more consistent, so it made more sense. After that I understood what they had been talking about with the diagramming.
EpicTangent - Jun 19, 2012 9:44:34 pm PDT #10434 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I don't think I got sentence diagramming until about 9th grade. I was just glad to finally know what the heck the diagram that Laura Ingalls did for her teaching credential test was all about.
Calli - Jun 20, 2012 2:47:00 am PDT #10435 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yeah, the 90s have finally hit NC. A bit later than expected, actually. Nothing to do but crank up the AC, set taste buds to "margarita," and ride it out. Or move. 29 years in and I still haven't ruled out moving.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2012 2:56:38 am PDT #10436 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
smonster, that kind of sounds like a story that was on This American Life in the last year or so. Bananas.
I have never diagrammed a sentence.
And it's supposed to be 95 here today.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2012 4:05:38 am PDT #10437 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Buffista Island? [link]
Kat - Jun 20, 2012 4:10:13 am PDT #10438 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
On that same page from Jesse's link is another link to this: Uptick in Rope Sales by Women, thanks Shades of Gray. Oi.
Okay, still need to go pack. I hate moving.
sumi - Jun 20, 2012 4:12:33 am PDT #10439 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
So how much would we each need to kick in to get the island?