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Bogus_Burger Vice Captain
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 Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:30 am
Mooby the Golden Sock In the beginning of the Civil War blacks were not allowed to fight in the military. Nowadays, it's gays that are denied access.
I don't get it. What message do you give when you say, "We dislike you so much that we'd rather our team to go out and die while you stay at home safe?" The way I see it, if you really hate the group, you should WANT them to go get killed. Instead of turning gays away, the Republicans should institute a gay draft. Just like 150 years ago it would have been wise for the racists to make a black draft.
Instead, however, they lost this golden opportunity, and now when people think "black draft" they think of minority firefighters.
Then again, I don't hate any groups. Except the French, of course, but who doesn't? A French draft would suck, though. We'd be wasting our time recruiting retreaters. So instead I think we should be drafting... cats, 'cuz there's way too many of them. It's the only logical option. Black draft? I dont' think of firefighters when I think of black draft. I draft black all the time. It's the best color to draft.
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:47 am
Is it me or is illiteracy becoming institutionalized? Almost every single sign at Aramark has some grammatical error, or just looks like it's been written by a fourth grader. Granted, they hire the local idiots to work there.
But what about ACTUAL businesses? I've seen pamphlets and official documents from businesses with typos and poor grammar. For example, I saw a gym that had a quote on the wall in which "whose" and "who's" were misused. I actually prefer typos to grammatical error; I'd rather believe that someone mis-struck a key than that the corporations that I'm depending on for quality service routinely hire people who don't know the difference between "you're" and "your" to project their image to the public.
And don't even get me started on companies that wear illiteracy as a badge. McDonald's is a prime example. They intentionally use poor grammar in their advertising and on their products to appeal to idiots. It's no wonder that kids graduate high school with no basic writing skills.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:16 am
 Starting sentences with 'and' and 'but'? Tsk Tsk. Not to mention, you didn't spell 'miss-spelled' correctly. Any errors in the criticizms above, I blame on Microsoft Word.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:15 pm
"And" and "but" were intentional, stylistic uses of the words. Though by no means formal grammar, they are often acceptable in casual conversation.
And you misspelled "misstruck."
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Bogus_Burger Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:59 pm
DemiImp Starting sentences with 'and' and 'but'? Tsk Tsk. Not to mention, you didn't spell 'miss-spelled' correctly. Any errors in the criticizms above, I blame on Microsoft Word.While it is traditionally considered poor grammar to begin a sentence with the word and or the word but, so many writers have broken this rule for stylistic purposes that it is almost obsolete now. It is ignored frequently in literature, everyday conversation, and even scholarly writings.
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:35 pm
Not in my version of the story.
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:25 am
Someone bothered to write on the Commons in big chalk letters that 700,000 Americans will be homeless tonight. It occurred to me that if we redefine "American" to include only those who own homes, we could claim that 0% of our population is homeless.
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:03 pm
Mooby the Golden Sock Someone bothered to write on the Commons in big chalk letters that 700,000 Americans will be homeless tonight. It occurred to me that if we redefine "American" to include only those who own homes, we could claim that 0% of our population is homeless. Wouldn't any nation be able to do that though? Although I do like your reasoning and I do agree with it.
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:22 pm
Quote: Wouldn't any nation be able to do that though? Whoa, we could claim that we've eliminated planetary homelessness!
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:43 pm
Mooby the Golden Sock Not in my version of the story. Yeah, well I reject your reality and substitute my own.
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Bogus_Burger Vice Captain
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Bogus_Burger Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:46 pm
Mooby the Golden Sock Someone bothered to write on the Commons in big chalk letters that 700,000 Americans will be homeless tonight. It occurred to me that if we redefine "American" to include only those who own homes, we could claim that 0% of our population is homeless. No, no, no, you redefine the word home! What I wonder is what they hope to accomplish with the whole thing. While their statistics are informative, they're hollow and useless on their own. Silly programming board people trying to look charitable by "raising awareness."
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:35 pm
Here's my random thought of the day: How come nobody makes any new threads?
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:35 pm
Orange Blossom Here's my random thought of the day: How come nobody makes any new threads? I try to confine my unending stupidity to one thread out of pity for the other guild members.
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:11 am
Why does "monosyllabic" have multiple syllables? And why does "lisp" end in "sp?" Who are these cruel people making up such cruel words?
BTW: IJLTG.
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:40 pm
dang, Mooby! IJLTG too. Grrr *shakes fist*
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