Things That Amuse You

**~mikey b** · 08-10-2021, 09:50 PM

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**skifishbum** · 08-11-2021, 06:25 AM

subway shop owners trying to run Rapinoe
#bringbackthepedocreeper

**old goat** · 08-11-2021, 09:06 PM

My avatar is me in the mid 70's.

**riser4** · 08-11-2021, 09:29 PM

My avatar is a caricature my daughter drew of me at least 10 years ago.

**stealurface831** · 08-11-2021, 09:35 PM

my avatar is a photo of lil jon aka diminutive jonathan.

**Danno** · 08-11-2021, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by stealurface831

my avatar is a photo of lil jon aka diminutive jonathan.

Whaaaat?

Oookaaay!

**MakersTeleMark** · 08-11-2021, 10:52 PM

Danno always looked like his in law school.

**splat** · 08-11-2021, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by old goat

the Oxford comma is stylistic--some organizations and publications use it, some--like the AP-don't. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/what-...much-about-it/ Personally I was raised to use it. The only place it is mandatory is where it's presence or absence changes the meaning. In the case in question the lack of "or" in front of packing means that the sentence as written in unambiguous. Adding an Oxford comma would certainly make the sentence easier to read but wouldn't change the meaning.

I suspect that the judge, like many of you, was taught by a dogmatic teacher who beat you or at least took points off if you failed to use the Oxford comma. Or maybe the judge, in a bout of Solomonic wisdom, used fallacious grammatical reasoning to get around a bad law in the interest of justice.

I used to argue with some of the editors at powder about this. I believe it should be used.

**old goat** · 08-12-2021, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by splat

I used to argue with some of the editors at powder about this. I believe it should be used.

Maybe if they'd used the Oxford comma . . .

For those of you who cannot get enough of this scintillating discussion . . .
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/holy-writ
https://www.amazon.com/Between-You-M.../dp/0393352145

(proof that you can master grammar and punctuation and still write well--ie be entertaining)

**MakersTeleMark** · 08-12-2021, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by splat

I used to argue with some of the editors at powder about this. I believe it should be used.

This is why splat is a patriot. I concur.

**old goat** · 08-12-2021, 08:52 AM

Saw a canoe with outriggers the other day. Not a racing canoe. Your basic fat aluminum canoe with a metal bar across the middle with a skeg dropping down at each end of the bar and a couple of fat guys in it.

**Timberridge** · 08-12-2021, 09:01 AM

Were they Polynesian?

**Buster Highmen** · 08-12-2021, 09:13 AM

Most people have 2 knees.
So, yes.

**skaredshtles** · 08-12-2021, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

Most people have 2 knees.
So, yes.

**plugboots** · 08-12-2021, 11:33 AM

Buster with the Polynesian joke in his pocket, waiting, waiting, waiting…for the moment to strike.

**highangle** · 08-12-2021, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by old goat

My avatar is me in the mid 70's.

Really? Mine too!

**ötzi** · 08-12-2021, 04:35 PM

That ad that runs over there --->
pretty frequently for "AI Advertising - Worldwide Reach!"

Let's think about this. They're advertising their amazing AI advertising service, and the best place in the world they can find to run their own ad is here. Okey doke.

I am not going to be hiring them anytime soon.

**BmillsSkier** · 08-12-2021, 05:49 PM

Wait, MTM and Danno went to dentistry school together? Nice.

Also, my avatar is not of me.

**riser4** · 08-12-2021, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

Wait, MTM and Danno went to dentistry school together? Nice.

Also, my avatar is not of me.

No shit? And no shit.

**ZomblibulaX** · 08-12-2021, 06:51 PM

My avatar is what my Halloween costume should have looked like when I was four.

It did not quite live up to expectations.

**old goat** · 08-12-2021, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by plugboots

Buster with the Polynesian joke in his pocket, waiting, waiting, waiting…for the moment to strike.

I met a woman named Denise. I made some crack about De Elbows. She gave me a look like--"you think I've never heard that one a million times before, asshole."

**Brownski** · 08-12-2021, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by riser3

My avatar is a caricature my daughter drew of me at least 10 years ago.

Nice. Mine is a picture of my left hand I drew with my right hand, which is a little off cause I would almost never hold a beer in my left hand but if I drew it with my left it wouldn’t look like a hand or a beer.

**Mustonen** · 08-12-2021, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by Brownski

Nice. Mine is a picture of my left hand I drew with my right hand, which is a little off cause I would almost never hold a beer in my left hand but if I drew it with my left it wouldn’t look like a hand or a beer.

How do you shift if you hold your beer in your right hand?