The 'Is There Any Sanity In The Babble Thread? Discuss:' Babble Thread

[Petra Fyde]

Thankee kindly Jack. I can prolly find some balm for your knee, Xorar's been collecting them off them nice lizzardy folk in Despise.

Sad to say though that 15% of nowt doesn't come to much more than the town criers give you. How does a week on Friday strike you as a deadline? Do you think you could throw something together by then? Especially if I give you the balm first.

 

[Scrumpy Jack]

Yeh, yeh, that should do. I will get to it once I had a talk with this meer elder over there ... I think he's got my name on his back.

I could throw in a song or two just to round things up. Since yer posh people don't do them caravans anymore I don't get much of a chance to perform my newest rhymes anymore.

Oh wait, 15% of nuttin? Nah, yer won't get one of my songs for that! 25 and we're talking! Under that yer only get my life's story ... if yer lucky!

Yers scroungy
Scrumpy Jack

 

[Tabby Kapak]

Hahahaha! Funny fella, that beggar!
Queen Petra? We didn't quite get it on those updates, you mean the information on Stratics is being updated? If so, good job cause some of that info is really old and outdated indeed! Sorry, just didn't quite stay up to date ever since we left so we don't know for sure what you mean with updates... Pity we can't help out writing any updates, we like writing reports like that...

We're reading those EM event updates with great interest, and are even somewhat sad to miss out on all this orc spying fun, but should not complain as we're having a great time out here..

Kindest regards from Manila, last day here before moving on to Kota Kinabalu!

Oh, and you yibblers better get back to yabbling! Erm, babbling!! 13 May last entry, you should be ashamed!! *shakes head in disappointment*

 

[Petra Fyde]

Yes tabby, they went and gave me control over the site, so I'm doing my best to get it all updated. We've done a little bit each week since I became managing editor, this week's batch was week 7.

 

[Barian]

Petra made a takeover bid on Stratics......

Downside is she seems to have scared away all the Babblers.....

 

[Tabby Kapak]

Guess all Babblers are just petrafyde now? Erm, petrified? Goodnight all! Erm, good evening for you we guess...

Will have to check out stratics again when we get time then, sounds like a good job Petra!

 

[John II SRC]

Hello quiet folks!

Just trying to keep the babble thread alive ... *gives it a careful prod*

Hmm ... it's not lupus, so just let us treat it with steroids.

 

[Barian]

*ouch*

'ere.......watch where yer prodding.......

 

[Petra Fyde]

'ello you lot. We's goin' on a spendin spree today! Yay! Off to the East Midlands Designer outlet looking for summer clothes (wishful thinking, I know)

 

[John II SRC]

*ouch*

'ere.......watch where yer prodding.......

Well, keep yer toes out of the babble pot then ...

 

[John II SRC]

'ello you lot. We's goin' on a spendin spree today! Yay! Off to the East Midlands Designer outlet looking for summer clothes (wishful thinking, I know)

Oh nice ... I think we're going on a looting trip to a nice garden center on Friday .. that balcony of ours needs a lot more green and colourful things it seems

 

[Barian]

Summer?

Wasn't that last week ?

 

[John II SRC]

Summer?

Wasn't that last week ?

Yeps, I think it was on Wednesday afternoon ... can't be sure though, 'cause I blinked.

 

[Nilrem]

Pessimists, the forecasters have been saying it'll be a good summer - I think one even said we might get a nice afternoon

We were practicing our carpentry today, putting up the walls for the new shed, it's pretty big and I think we're getting close to GM, it fitted together with no problems

 

[Petra Fyde]

Shopping all done, and the weather was even considerate enough to save the heavy shower for when we stopped to have lunch.

 

[Fluffi]

it's not lupus, so just let us treat it with steroids.

It's ALWAYS lupus.

 

[Petra Fyde]

Would that be 'canis lupus', if so our bunny might be challenged.

 

[Barian]

Oooo......Petra vs Fluffi..............there's scary...............

 

[Fluffi]

*hides behind Barian*

 

[Saunders]

Ello all!

My reward for being a busy techie mum this week is a visit to the Albert Hall.

 

[Tabby Kapak]

The Albert Hall? Is that where the great Vanessa Mae once performed? Well, whatever you'll do there, enjoy it busy Techie Mum! Or was it Miss Porridge?

Regards from Kota Kinabalu, the Lands Below the Winds!

 

[Barian]

*hides behind Barian*

*notes Fluffi's courage*

 

[sligachan]

Nice new update from Scrumpy...Bravo *flicks a gold coin into the hat*

 

[Petra Fyde]

aye, Scrumpy did a grand job.

Played UO yesterday and didn't achieve a thing in my own game, playing test center with the grandson building houses. Didn't even switch icq on. He demands a lot of attention.

 

[Fluffi]

*hides behind Barian*

*notes Fluffi's courage*

*notes Barians' acceptance of Fluffis' superior tactical abilities*

 

[Barian]

*notes Barians' acceptance of Fluffis' superior tactical abilities*

*notes Fluffi's misuse of apostrophies*

 

[Saunders]

*notes Fluffi's misuse of apostrophies*

*notes Barian's courage in pedantising Fluff*

 

[Fluffi]

*notes Barians' acceptance of Fluffis' superior tactical abilities*

*notes Fluffi's misuse of apostrophies*

[channels Rico]

Uhm.....

An apostrophe used to designate a possessive appears after the noun and the letter "s":

Barians' means "belonging to / possessed by Barian"
Fluffis' means "belonging to / possessed by Fluffi"


An apostrophe between the noun and the letter "s" indicates that a letter is missing; in this case the only logical missing letter would be "i".

Fluffi's means "Fluffi is..."


I dislike writing grammar Nazi posts, but this exposition seemed slightly more polite than simply posting "lrn2grammar."


[/ends channeling]



*big hugs*

 

[Petra Fyde]

hmm, that's not the English grammar I was taught.

An apostrophe before the s for single, after the s for plural.

Saying fluffis' tactics would indicate there were multiple fluffis

confirmation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A790175

 

[John II SRC]

*made mistake to follow the link, got utterly confused after only 2 sentences and clicked on "x" just before nose-bleeds might have occured*

Morning all

 

[Saunders]

Saying fluffis' tactics would indicate there were multiple fluffis

Your dream or nightmare, Mistress Fyde?

 

[Barian]

hmm, that's not the English grammar I was taught.

It's not the English Grammar anyone was taught
Prolly Welsh.......

 

[John II SRC]

Morning all and Welsh!

Weather forecast for today: 32°C with severe thunder-storms from midday on ... now that should be fun

I am having an acupuncture treatment this afternoon .. just hope I won't be struck by lightning *g*

 

[Saunders]

I am having an acupuncture treatment this afternoon .. just hope I won't be struck by lightning *g*

And were you?

 

[John II SRC]

Nope. But some of these pesky little needles really hurt. But if the doctor thinks it's a good idea, who am I to object? :bowdown:

 

[John II SRC]

Since nothing else is going on in this thread, the broccolis reign supreme!!!

 

[John II SRC]

Oh, and I almost forgot:

 

[Barian]

 

[Barian]

It's dead Jim............................

 

[Saunders]

Klingons on the starboard bow...

 

[Barian]

Scrape em off keptin......................

 

[Petra Fyde]

Bravely going forward?

 

[Tabby Kapak]

Scraping? Nonono, scraping is not for me, i like chopping!

John, we heard those needles are supposed not to hurt? Guess the person is not very adept at it then? Good luck on your next visit! And good luck avoiding lightning bolts as well!

Happy with the net conn in our room here in Hiroshima! Yay!

 

[Saunders]

Bravely going forward?

Boldly going, missus!

 

[Petra Fyde]

sorry pardon, you're right of course. But I can still remember *why* they're boldly going forward.

 

[Barian]

cos Sulu can't find reverse?

 

[Saunders]

Because the mess left by the matter-antimatter conversion core exhaust makes it too nasty to go back?

 

[Barian]

Ya canna change the Laws of Physics Jim...................

 

[Nilrem]

We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill...

 

[Tabby Kapak]

Hey Nilrem, that attitude is sooo passe, Bush is out of office now lol.

Hello all! Good morning.. no, let me correct that, it's evening there now, good evening!!