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TheCaptain 
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 Posted: January 14 2009 at 13:29 |
 Vompatti wrote:
Excuse me, I must be in the wrong place. I thought this was the panting room! 
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Things that piss me off: People that can't tell the difference between a "P" and an "R."  But seriously, I know it's cliche but I can't stand anything on E!, MTV, or VH1, or any reality show. People just think they should act like completely spoiled brats with no idea that their actions actually affect other people. Absolute garbage. I've long since been convinced that the soul/mind of an old man took over my body in my early teens. Not really a rant but whatever.
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Vompatti
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Posted: January 14 2009 at 12:18 |
Excuse me, I must be in the wrong place. I thought this was the panting room!
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 14 2009 at 10:09 |
limeyrob wrote:
You mean I can't have a rant that standards are slipping? |
Ranting about a poorly ranted rant in the ranting room eh? 
Go for it 
Edited by Jim Garten - January 15 2009 at 02:01
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limeyrob
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Posted: January 14 2009 at 09:35 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Similarly, the furore the BBC tried to stoke yesterday with the revelation the Prince Of Wales refers to (and has always referred to) a long standing Asian friend as "S**ty" - which the man himself completely defused by defending Charles to the hilt & saying he quite likes the nickname. |
Some people (the press) just jump to conclusions. Perhaps the nickname came about due to a relationship with a Sue. 
Edited by limeyrob - January 14 2009 at 09:37
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limeyrob
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Posted: January 14 2009 at 09:32 |
You mean I can't have a rant that standards are slipping? 
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Blacksword
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Posted: January 14 2009 at 08:12 |
Very true, Chris. That accounts for Harry's faux pas, I guess. The rest of them are just.... 
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 14 2009 at 02:48 |
limeyrob wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
^^^ The royals are inherently racist. They cant help themselves, especially that kn0bhead Philip. I dont hate them as such, I just dont pay them any attention. They mean jack sh!t to me, and thats on a good day. |
RIP the apostrophe. |
It's the whole point of the Ranting Room, Rob - you don't have to be gramatically correct in here - ranting can be just that, a stream of conciousness or indeed gibberish, just to get your point across, no matter how incorrect, inane or asinine (which is probably why it was me who started it  )
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 14 2009 at 02:45 |
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Similarly, the furore the BBC tried to stoke yesterday with the revelation the Prince Of Wales refers to (and has always referred to) a long standing Asian friend as "S**ty" - which the man himself completely defused by defending Charles to the hilt & saying he quite likes the nickname.
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Syzygy
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 17:29 |
Blacksword wrote:
Jim Garten wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
^^^ The royals are inherently racist. They cant help themselves, especially that kn0bhead Philip. |
I don't think he's racist - I think it's pure coincidence that this incident happened over three years ago... round about the time he decided it would be a good idea to attend a fancy dress party in Nazi uniform.
...the worrying thing was, nobody had told him it was fancy dress... |
They are like the generation of people who used to say things like "I'm really not racist, but you dont want blacks moving into the street. The house prices will tumble"
I dont think there is any actual malice in their ignorance, they are just of a different world and a different age. |
Everybody has nicknames in the army, but they're all comrades, brothers in arms and equals in uniform. The fact that the derogotary remarks were made by an officer who is also 3rd in line to the throne about a member of his platoon who was alseep at the time has nothing to do with it; there's a lot of friendly banter in the army, and I'm sure the young private in question was equally forthright about Prince William, who doubtless had a good laugh about it with his minders.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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limeyrob
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 12:22 |
Blacksword wrote:
^^^ The royals are inherently racist. They cant help themselves, especially that kn0bhead Philip.
I dont hate them as such, I just dont pay them any attention. They mean jack sh!t to me, and thats on a good day. |
RIP the apostrophe.
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limeyrob
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 12:20 |
The-Bullet wrote:
What a f***ing p***k
Isn't it about time we ditched these embarrassing leaches ? |
Leaches? Now that's what I was referring to. I'm surprised nobody picked up on it.
I wish I could put two quotes together.
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Syzygy
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 05:02 |
June wrote:
Syzygy wrote:
Henry Plainview wrote:
limeyrob wrote:
Isn't it about time that people spelt correctly |
I've been reading through some reviews here, and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, the possessive form of it is ITS. NO APOSTROPHE THAT IS A CONTRACTION! |
I completely agree with you. I fritter my life away teaching immigrants how to negotiate the byways of the English language (with some success) and what galls me more than anything else is the knowledge that they all know what an apostrophe is and can even use it with some accuracy, whereas there are millions of native English speakers who think that an apostrophe is a starter in an Italian restaurant. |
Hey, a fellow ESL teacher!
On another topic: why do some parents think a hockey match is a good reason for their kids to miss school??? |
If hockey is contagious it's a reasonable excuse.
And speaking of apostrophes - I work in the heart of Soho, where there are many brothels, dodgy nightclubs and porno shops. A female colleague was walking past one of the porno shops one day and she noticed that there was a handwritten sign in the window referring to 'video's', so she went inside, told the shopkeeper about his mistake and then made him correct it. He did, but then if you'd ever met Ann you wouldn't argue with her either.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Blacksword
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 04:30 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
^^^ The royals are inherently racist. They cant help themselves, especially that kn0bhead Philip. |
I don't think he's racist - I think it's pure coincidence that this incident happened over three years ago... round about the time he decided it would be a good idea to attend a fancy dress party in Nazi uniform.
...the worrying thing was, nobody had told him it was fancy dress... |
They are like the generation of people who used to say things like "I'm really not racist, but you dont want blacks moving into the street. The house prices will tumble"
I dont think there is any actual malice in their ignorance, they are just of a different world and a different age.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 02:45 |
Blacksword wrote:
^^^ The royals are inherently racist. They cant help themselves, especially that kn0bhead Philip. |
I don't think he's racist - I think it's pure coincidence that this incident happened over three years ago... round about the time he decided it would be a good idea to attend a fancy dress party in Nazi uniform.
...the worrying thing was, nobody had told him it was fancy dress...
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 18:34 |
Syzygy wrote:
Henry Plainview wrote:
limeyrob wrote:
Isn't it about time that people spelt correctly |
I've been reading through some reviews here, and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, the possessive form of it is ITS. NO APOSTROPHE THAT IS A CONTRACTION! |
I completely agree with you. I fritter my life away teaching immigrants how to negotiate the byways of the English language (with some success) and what galls me more than anything else is the knowledge that they all know what an apostrophe is and can even use it with some accuracy, whereas there are millions of native English speakers who think that an apostrophe is a starter in an Italian restaurant. |
What bothers me the most is is that even 3/4 or more of the Collab reviews will have it! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE EDUCATED ELITE!
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 18:04 |
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There's always European hockey. And of course coaching. Dentistry is probably out of the questions however.
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June
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 18:01 |
rushfan4 wrote:
June wrote:
On another topic: why do some parents think a hockey match is a good reason for their kids to miss school??? |
Um, who needs school when you have hockey?
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Because their kids need something to fall back on in case they don't make it to the NHL?
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 17:58 |
June wrote:
On another topic: why do some parents think a hockey match is a good reason for their kids to miss school??? |
Um, who needs school when you have hockey?
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Dean
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 17:52 |
June wrote:
On another topic: why do some parents think a hockey match is a good reason for their kids to miss school??? |
Hereditary - their parents thought it was a good reason too.
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What?
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June
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 17:47 |
Syzygy wrote:
Henry Plainview wrote:
limeyrob wrote:
Isn't it about time that people spelt correctly |
I've been reading through some reviews here, and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, the possessive form of it is ITS. NO APOSTROPHE THAT IS A CONTRACTION! |
I completely agree with you. I fritter my life away teaching immigrants how to negotiate the byways of the English language (with some success) and what galls me more than anything else is the knowledge that they all know what an apostrophe is and can even use it with some accuracy, whereas there are millions of native English speakers who think that an apostrophe is a starter in an Italian restaurant. |
Hey, a fellow ESL teacher!
On another topic: why do some parents think a hockey match is a good reason for their kids to miss school???
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