Trivia (merged)

[FKAGobucks877]

Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What am I?

 

[BB73]

What does a man do standing up, a lady do sitting down, and a dog do on three legs?

Take a leak, and shake hands.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Hmm, speaking of Thumpers...

especially thump. i bite my tongue whenever he corrects a poster's grammar. more than a few times, his posts that attempted to correct had their own issues.

 

[Thump]

Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What am I?

Al Gore?

 

[Thump]

especially thump. i bite my tongue whenever he corrects a poster's grammar. more than a few times, his posts that attempted to correct had their own issues.

Shut it Bin Laden!

 

[PrincessPeach]

hmm. not capitalizing in this forum is not a matter of grammar but instead a matter of style. strictly speaking, capitalization is not a matter of grammar; it is a matter of usage.

Agreed. Grammar and usage tend to go hand in hand, so I tend to lump them together. Strictly speaking, though, there probably should be a distinction.

i've noticed that at least a few posters have mentioned that they're self-appointed grammar nazis. present company not included, these supposed grammar nazis make numerous grammar mistakes.

Oh, you can include me. My grammar's not perfect. I, like many other posters, get lazy with it in this type of forum, but there are a few common errors that make me insane, most of which have been covered elsewhere. I try to keep the grammar nazi hat off, though.

 

[PrincessPeach]

Shut it Bin Laden!

Ummm.... you forgot a comma.

 

[osugrad21]

Anyways, 21 was right, it was a submarine that was diving. And yes, they are called ships. Here's another

Woohoo. I cheated though...the teacher next door heard that one before.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

What does a man do standing up, a lady do sitting down, and a dog do on three legs?

that reminds me of something samuel johnson said:

"a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. it is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all"

 

[FKAGobucks877]

Ummm.... you forgot a comma.

And the "B" should be lower case. Fuckin' Arabs.

 

[chille37]

Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What am I?

a shadow

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Ummm.... you forgot a comma.

that is a very common error for thump. search his posts.

 

[BB73]

Don't you remember, that's how he was able to get all of the obscure colleges that NFL players went to in that thread we had a while back.

Keep trying. Not biting this time.

 

[PrincessPeach]

that is a very common error for thump. search his posts.

I know. I usually ignore it. I couldn't resist this time. We have established, though, that Thump has never claimed to be a grammar nazi. He is merely a spelling nazi, so I suppose we should lighten up. :)

 

[Thump]

Keep trying. Not biting this time.

Hey, at least I tried!

That comma is for the comma Nazi's.