You should have insinuated, in no uncertain terms, that his mother was of questionable parentage and his father used to earn a crust by noshing off sailors underneath the pier. As for the lady, well, she's obviously a slaaaaaaag!
Yeah, Airbourne is the Eastbourne one. Went over a couple of weeks ago and that Vulcan is tremendous! It's so big it looks like it's doing 5 mph and still staying aloft, and the noise from the reheat is enough to make you lose control of your bowels. Definitely worth a view if you get a chance...
Never even opened the Word Association thread ever. Seems brainless to me. Unlike, say, the Is This Groundhog Day thread where I must have several hundred posts, Most of them exactly the same
Fair point, but BODMAS (not a fan of that abbrev.) is pretty fundamental stuff and if we can't teach kids the basics at a young age what hope do we have for the future? It's just another case of dumbing down.
Aye, this. I can't remember what maths I was taught when I was twelve, because I'd already learnt it myself (being a bit of a nerd) so never paid any attention. But I can't believe they're teaching some "dunce maths" that will have to be unlearnt in a couple of years. What for? To make it...
*Gives looney a big hug* I love these threads and will be back to jump all over the next pedantry-related one. Have to get up early for work tomorrow though :censored:
Nighty-nighty all :albion2:
Oh my God. do you have an A Level in English? I bloody hope not, as you do not understand what constitutes a sentence. And your grasp of clauses (have you heard of them?) is probably just as weak.
It's our own fault. I was never taught proper grammar in school, and nobody had ever heard of...