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Bring back apostrophes!View MessagesFor cripes sakes! “In the name of good punctuation! I mean really, its so hard to write without them. Its just a little slash thing hangin up there. Why cant we ban asterisks instead? Or semicolons! Nobody likes those... WTF!” 7:17:45 PM 11/11/09 “'''''' '''''' '''''' '''''' last edited: 11/11/09 7:36:55 PM” 7:33:51 PM 11/11/09 “’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ ’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ ’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ ’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ ’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ ’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ ’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ ’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ last edited: 11/11/09 7:35:47 PM” 7:34:51 PM 11/11/09 “It's easy to fix. Isn't it?” 7:37:54 PM 11/11/09 “look at violin he knows computer stuff whoooooo” 7:38:49 PM 11/11/09 “Of corse he does, hes the one who hacked TT” 7:44:06 PM 11/11/09 “I hope you two are the first to be banned under the new regime.” 7:47:47 PM 11/11/09 “I miss violins links from old” 9:46:05 PM 11/11/09 “its as if im in a dfrnt world thats for shore. postings arent as fun and dont make since.” 5:53:31 AM 11/12/09 “ Oh, nevermind.” 6:45:55 AM 11/12/09 “the crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe” 7:14:55 AM 11/12/09 “We'll haven't a gnat's chance .” 7:29:25 AM 11/12/09 “Me and Randel saw some hogs like that on Buffalopalooza...” Stratd00d 10:42:13 PM 11/11/09 Bring back back proper subject usage and proper spelling of the names of people that you spent an entire weekend with, alone in the woods, in the name of good grammar! "Me and Randel saw some hogs" really? REALLY? would you say "me saw some hogs"? what a looser. theyre is know reason four such pour Engrish. last edited: 11/12/09 8:48:21 AM” 8:47:16 AM 11/12/09 “you get a lot of spit balls to the back of the head, dont you?” 9:24:47 AM 11/12/09 “cb, is that an indictment of the State of Arkansas educational system? If so, what do your basic math questions say about your states math achievement? It goes both ways. last edited: 11/12/09 9:29:18 AM” 9:28:42 AM 11/12/09 “no, that was an indictment of straps language skills. nothing more” 9:36:45 AM 11/12/09 “Where would country music be, if it was Crash instead of Cash?” 9:37:25 AM 11/12/09 “SING. PL. 1st pres. ic eom ic beo we sind(on) we beoð 2nd pres. þu eart þu bist ge sind(on) ge beoð 3rd pres. he is he bið hie sind(on) hie beoð 1st pret. ic wæs we wæron 2nd pret. þu wære ge waeron 3rd pret. heo wæs hie wæron 1st pret. subj. ic wære we wæren 2nd pret. subj. þu wære ge wæren 3rd pret. subj. Egcferð wære hie wæren” 9:51:35 AM 11/12/09 “If so, what do your basic math questions say about your states math achievement? considering it has been more than 20 years since i graduated from high school, very little” 12:46:48 PM 11/12/09 “So it is ok for your to suck at math but strat cannot suck at grammar?” 1:09:36 PM 11/12/09 “i dont suck at math” 2:06:26 PM 11/12/09 “are you practicing to be a mod? i dont suck at math. maybe compared to you i do (arent you an engineer?). my math questions were at a high school level. strat should have excised his errors by 5th or 6th grade. anyways, i dont think im a grammar nazi, unless someone else makes glaring errors as they are simultaneously being grammar nazis. it was just a light-hearted jab, since he was calling for better punctuation, while at the same time displaying poor grammar. they are closely linked language skills, and should be at about the same level of skill. if anything, grammar is slightly more important, since in the spoken word, you dont hear punctuation, but you do hear bad grammar last edited: 11/12/09 2:12:29 PM” 2:12:01 PM 11/12/09 “Ever hear of starting a sentence with a capital letter? ~eyeroll~” 2:20:59 PM 11/12/09 “explain it away, that is ok.” 2:21:02 PM 11/12/09 “nicely played strat.” 2:21:25 PM 11/12/09 “explain it away, that is ok so youre biased against logic? why is explaining ones own reasons a bad thing? Ever hear of starting a sentence with a capital letter? my lack of capitalization is a result of not wanting to bothered to hit the shift key, not a lack of knowledge of the rules of capitalization. your poor grammar, on the other hand, IS a result of lack of knowledge. im sure you knew at one time. youve just forgotten last edited: 11/12/09 2:28:35 PM” 2:27:57 PM 11/12/09 “why are you being so trollish, day? thats not like you. slow day at work?” 2:30:31 PM 11/12/09 “No, I was watching UFC and had the keyboard on my lap and was distracted but if it makes you feel better, just keep drinking the hateraid, bruh....” 2:31:49 PM 11/12/09 “ just keep drinking the hateraid, bruh lighten up, dude.” 2:39:27 PM 11/12/09 “just keep drinking the hateraid, bruh lighten up, dude.” crash bang 4:39:27 PM 11/12/09 Ironic post of the day.” 2:41:29 PM 11/12/09 “Hahaha. Hateraid. Hahahaha.” 2:44:19 PM 11/12/09 “im not accusing anyone of being hateful, which i consider to be a non-light thing. wth is with you today? strat and i going around and around occasionally is not out of the norm. i find it entertaining and fun. youve never given me this much sht. or anyone that i can recall” 2:45:58 PM 11/12/09 “stove put u up to this, didnt he? youre me and im stove. holding up a mirror or something well gayed” 2:46:57 PM 11/12/09 “Where did someone say you were being hateful?” 2:49:20 PM 11/12/09 “just keep drinking the hateraid, bruh....” stratd00d last edited: 11/12/09 2:53:16 PM” 2:51:34 PM 11/12/09 “By saying ironic post of the day for you telling someone to lighten up, when you_re going OCD on teasing about grammar?” 2:53:08 PM 11/12/09 “it takes two to argue. if im so OCD and youre not, why do you keep replying?” 2:55:08 PM 11/12/09 “Ahhh, you had to edit it from my post to strats post. I thought he was saying gatoraid and hit the h instead since the h and g are next to each other on the keyboard.” 2:55:15 PM 11/12/09 “I am not arguing. I am picking at your need to have the last word and explain trivial matters.” 2:56:24 PM 11/12/09 “well, if you must know (and you must), its more of an adhd thing than an ocd thing. i find it entertaining, and id rather entertain myself than do what im supposed to be doing, which is doing my math homework (which apparently i suck at)” 3:00:24 PM 11/12/09 “touche” 3:01:36 PM 11/12/09 “seriously, I NEED SOME FCKING RITALIN!” 3:03:01 PM 11/12/09 “Sounds like my 12 yr old son.....only hes way more mature.... BAAAAAHHHHH!!” 5:23:33 PM 11/12/09 “and is probably better spoken than you” 5:39:54 PM 11/12/09 “to recap: im lazy strat is dumb” 5:58:57 PM 11/12/09 test “test-test-test-test-test-test” 8:15:02 AM 11/13/09 test “(and” 8:18:32 AM 11/13/09 “*decay*” 8:19:56 AM 11/13/09 test “user.... But” 8:20:55 AM 11/13/09 test “off-topic” 8:21:53 AM 11/13/09
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