Flights Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Apostrophes don't bother Stephen Fry so they don't really bother me.Evolution of the English language innit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Evolution is survival of the fittest.How is being shit at language evolution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 How does being good at it make you the fittest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Evolution is survival of the fittest.How is being shit at language evolution?I think he meant evolution of language, not evolution of a species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 How does being good at it make you the fittest? When did this become about me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 When did this become about me? When was it never about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 BT chat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 There has never been an agreed set of rules on possessive apostrophes. 'Survival of the fittest' was used by Darwin as a metaphor for "better designed for an immediate, local environment", it's been commonly used out of context since Darwin used the term. I watch far too much QI... I'm guilty of grammatical errors on this website as much as the next person but I don't really care.As long as a post can be deciphered easily enough I'm happy.Checking every post I make for spelling and grammar? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 When was it never about you? Okay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 There has never been an agreed set of rules on possessive apostrophes. I watch far too much QI... I'm guilty of grammatical errors on this website as much as the next person but I don't really care.As long as a post can be deciphered easily enough I'm happy. The discussion was about plurals, not possessives. These days any QI is too much. I wish YoungA had the same standards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 People using this forum to talk about musical instrument, equipment and gigs. What forum do they think this is? They should be talking about football, annoying people on facebook and complaining about things that don't really matter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 And biggest pet hate, international weekends. Especially since they put the games on Fridays. I could be watching football right now instead of posting this shite if it was a normal weekend of footy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 DIY. I fucking hate DIY. Even the simplest tasks elude me. I'm currently taking a break from fucking up fitting a curtain rail. I'm stressed out and covered in dust from drilling holes everywhere apart from the precise place they needed to be. Plus I keep smashing me foot off the bottom of the step ladder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 DIY. I fucking hate DIY. Even the simplest tasks elude me. I'm currently taking a break from fucking up fitting a curtain rail. I'm stressed out and covered in dust from drilling holes everywhere apart from the precise place they needed to be. Plus I keep smashing me foot off the bottom of the step ladder. I'm the same. I just break things. I broke our bathroom sink a week or so ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 DIY. I fucking hate DIY. Even the simplest tasks elude me. I'm currently taking a break from fucking up fitting a curtain rail. I'm stressed out and covered in dust from drilling holes everywhere apart from the precise place they needed to be. Plus I keep smashing me foot off the bottom of the step ladder.Ugh. Every time without fail when I put up a curtain pole I have an issue with one fixing hole. Just the one. Every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Text mate. "Where you at man?""I'm in Fibbers. Come down". "Ok. I'm on the other side of town though. I'll be about an hour. Let let me know if you're moving""Ok"Finish pints. Walk to Fibbers. Pay 5 quid each to get in. No sign of mate. Call mate. "Hey where you at?"" Hey I'm in the Twisted Pepper. Sorry I forgot to text you. "FFS. Do you have to pay in there?""Yeah a tenner each". I have the worst friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 And the worst named pubs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Text mate."Where you at man?""I'm in Fibbers. Come down"."Ok. I'm on the other side of town though. I'll be about an hour. Let let me know if you're moving""Ok"Finish pints. Walk to Fibbers. Pay 5 quid each to get in. No sign of mate. Call mate."Hey where you at?"" Hey I'm in the Twisted Pepper. Sorry I forgot to text you."FFS. Do you have to pay in there?""Yeah a tenner each".I have the worst friends.You made the rookie mistake of not making sure they were still in there before entering.To be fair, I did that last night walking into 6 Degrees North, but at least I didn't have to pay. Just looked like a total fud walking in, looking about, only to get a text when I went upstairs saying they'd gone to Illicit Still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 And the worst named pubs. 'Twisted Pepper' sounds like it's from Wayne's World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 A fucking tenner to get into a drinking establishment? Are you Patrick Bateman or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 "Using naked women in music videos is so misogynistic, they're just there to be objectified" "OMG RICKI HALL OMG HE'S SO HOT I'M DEFINITELY GOING OUT IF HE'S GONNA BE THERE" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 I'm a celeb, get me out of here. A bunch of stupid people eat bugs and dicks, and get covered in spiders, whilst they scream and dry heave. Ant and Dec look on sheepishly. 12 million people viewed the launch. TWELVE MILLION. Fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 They eat dicks on tv??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 I'm a celeb, get me out of here. A bunch of stupid people eat bugs and dicks, and get covered in spiders, whilst they scream and dry heave. Ant and Dec look on sheepishly. 12 million people viewed the launch. TWELVE MILLION. Fuck off. Its good tv tho. My pet hate - spending 4 hours making a wonderful pot of beef stew, puff pastry squares, mashed and roasted tatties, and then having man flu so i couldnt taste any of it, could have been eating cardboard for all it was worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Only men get man flu though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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