CrackpotForeigner Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 People who use "apostrophe s" for a plural. Call me mister smartypantsknowitall, but how hard can it **** be to understand the simplest rule in all grammar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 People who use "apostrophe s" for a plural. Call me mister smartypantsknowitall, but how hard can it **** be to understand the simplest rule in all grammar? That winds me up too, we're a pair of Mr Smartypantsknowitall's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 People who use "apostrophe s" for a plural. Call me mister smartypantsknowitall, but how hard can it **** be to understand the simplest rule in all grammar? That winds me up too, we're a pair of Mr Smartypantsknowitall's! I also often make predictable responses. We're two pea's in a pod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The "deadzone" in a busy bar between tills where you can be standing forever waiting for a drink watching other people get served around you When you finally lose patience and have exhausted all manners of communication such as distress flares and SoS and you have a go at them for taking the piss in serving you they use the excuse that you are not in their "serving zone" bars are becoming more and more like McDonalds day by day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Ahh, but you see they are getting ever so slightly worse every generation... ISWYDT, but really the whole concept that the world is going to hell in a hand basket pisses me off. Quite simply, its not. People usually start thinking it when they notice it (usually at about 30 years of age?) and instead of assuming the obvious, that whatever is pissing them off has always been there and its only now that they have noticed it they assume its a new thing that has only just started since they moved out the age bracket which is supposed to be causing the problem. Ditto people who think there was such a think as the good old days when everything was perfect. Again, most of this is caused by people remembering times when they had no responsibilities or awareness of the wider world around them rather than a time when we had a utopia. I mean, when exactly were the good old days? When the world was in danger of nuclear war in the 80s? During the three day week in the 70s? In the 60s when it was still shit to be a black man in large parts of the 'civilised' world? In the 50s with all the rationing? In the 40s when we had the holocaust? (etc etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Bang on. I often think we probably live in the best possible time so far, but then backtrack and wonder if that's just my naivety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Ahh, but you see they are getting ever so slightly worse every generation... ISWYDT, but really the whole concept that the world is going to hell in a hand basket pisses me off. Quite simply, its not. People usually start thinking it when they notice it (usually at about 30 years of age?) and instead of assuming the obvious, that whatever is pissing them off has always been there and its only now that they have noticed it they assume its a new thing that has only just started since they moved out the age bracket which is supposed to be causing the problem. Ditto people who think there was such a think as the good old days when everything was perfect. Again, most of this is caused by people remembering times when they had no responsibilities or awareness of the wider world around them rather than a time when we had a utopia. I mean, when exactly were the good old days? When the world was in danger of nuclear war in the 80s? During the three day week in the 70s? In the 60s when it was still shit to be a black man in large parts of the 'civilised' world? In the 50s with all the rationing? In the 40s when we had the holocaust? (etc etc) Lol, golden age syndrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Ahh, but you see they are getting ever so slightly worse every generation... ISWYDT, but really the whole concept that the world is going to hell in a hand basket pisses me off. Quite simply, its not. People usually start thinking it when they notice it (usually at about 30 years of age?) and instead of assuming the obvious, that whatever is pissing them off has always been there and its only now that they have noticed it they assume its a new thing that has only just started since they moved out the age bracket which is supposed to be causing the problem. Ditto people who think there was such a think as the good old days when everything was perfect. Again, most of this is caused by people remembering times when they had no responsibilities or awareness of the wider world around them rather than a time when we had a utopia. I mean, when exactly were the good old days? When the world was in danger of nuclear war in the 80s? During the three day week in the 70s? In the 60s when it was still shit to be a black man in large parts of the 'civilised' world? In the 50s with all the rationing? In the 40s when we had the holocaust? (etc etc) To be fair though, playing devil's advocate for a minute here, my father loves to talk to me about how close the world came to Armageddon during the Cuban crisis. So I'm not sure if the golden age syndrome is primarily caused by people without awareness of the world around them, I mean the people of the 50's and 60's were certainly aware just how precarious the state of world peace back then was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 They were at the time, but they forget. And I think it was mostly the people born in (or after) the 50s and 60s who romanticise them. I do agree with Iain Banks' theory that the twelve years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the attacks on the World Trade Center were relatively good though. But even then we had the constant threat of IRA bombs in mainland Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 30, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30, 2012 People who use "apostrophe s" for a plural. Call me mister smartypantsknowitall, but how hard can it **** be to understand the simplest rule in all grammar?AKA "the grocer's apostrophe", from the typical market stall label - carrot's, apple's, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The street I live on in Nuneaton is a weird example of that. I am fairly sure it crosses the border between the Borough of Nuneaton & Bedworth and the Borough of North Warwickshire. At the bottom of the street, the Nuneaton part, the street sign says BUCKS HILL. At the top end, which is almost a mile away the sign says BUCK'S HILL. (though somebody has covered the apostrophe with Tipp-Ex.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 30, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30, 2012 The street I live on in Nuneaton is a weird example of that. I am fairly sure it crosses the border between the Borough of Nuneaton & Bedworth and the Borough of North Warwickshire. At the bottom of the street, the Nuneaton part, the street sign says BUCKS HILL. At the top end, which is almost a mile away the sign says BUCK'S HILL. (though somebody has covered the apostrophe with Tipp-Ex.)There is a road I drive along every day on my way to and from work. One side is signed "Hemingway Road", the other side is "Hemmingway Road". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 My drive to work today, first 60 miles in one hour, final 2 miles in 45 minutes Arrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 CI :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 You misunderstand my friend, this thread is for things that piss you that shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Oops it's an age thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 30, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30, 2012 The street I live on in Nuneaton is a weird example of that. I am fairly sure it crosses the border between the Borough of Nuneaton & Bedworth and the Borough of North Warwickshire. At the bottom of the street, the Nuneaton part, the street sign says BUCKS HILL. At the top end, which is almost a mile away the sign says BUCK'S HILL. (though somebody has covered the apostrophe with Tipp-Ex.) Love that. A pedantic grammar nazi graffiti artist. My hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The street I live on in Nuneaton is a weird example of that. I am fairly sure it crosses the border between the Borough of Nuneaton & Bedworth and the Borough of North Warwickshire. At the bottom of the street, the Nuneaton part, the street sign says BUCKS HILL. At the top end, which is almost a mile away the sign says BUCK'S HILL. (though somebody has covered the apostrophe with Tipp-Ex.) Love that. A pedantic grammar nazi graffiti artist. My hero. Unless the apostrophe was incorrectly missed from BUCKS HILL? For all we know the hill could belong to a male Deer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshot Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Bullsh*t 'serving sizes' on food packets. It seems half the time they're only there to try and make the food look healthier, when in reality their 'serving' would probably not even satiate a 5 year old. Probably the worst example I saw of this recently was on a pack of muffins I was checking out. Didn't look too bad until I saw the serving size... HALF a muffin. Who the hell eats half a muffin? If I went to a coffee shop and asked them to serve me a muffin, I wouldn't expect them to lop it in half and give me one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 How about products getting smaller over time? Fry's Turkish Delight being a prime example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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