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Trivial Pursuits => Sports & Leisure => Topic started by: Asherdan on April 07, 2011, 07:48:39 pm
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Wrap the bacon up in the steak - that'll keep 'em on their toes!
I'm making spaghetti.
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Then put it all inside a turkey and... tursteacon?
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Then put it all inside a turkey and... tursteacon?
And then inside a Wampa, and take it out to the first marker.
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Just sear the steak. You can't improve on perfection.
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If you butterfly it, the bacon won't cook. Pork fat has a higher melting temperature than beef. Hot raw bacon - while adventurous - is probably a path best left untrod.
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Hot raw bacon - while adventurous - is probably a path best left untrod.
Great name for a band, though.
Or a porn about sexy lesbian cops.
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OK, yeah that makes sense of the image I had in my mind of what the bacon would look like if I did that. I guess my subconscious knew what was bad for me in advance.
I thought you were cutting loose since the spouse wasn't home - what happened to that?
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Nothing like a little trichinosis when you're living the bachelor life, you're saying?
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Looks great!
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dont forget the butter, ya'll!
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I hope you had plenty of sour cream for slathering. The spaghetti was good and spicy as Hell.
It is "y'all". You + all.
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It is "y'all". You + all.
[[straight-arm salute]]
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It is "y'all". You + all.
Yeah dude, get your informal contractions right. Wait, are all contractions considered informal? Maybe ya'll is super informal, as in ya + all.
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Yeah dude, get your informal contractions right. Wait, are all contractions considered informal? Maybe ya'll is super informal, as in ya + all.
No, no - it's just like any contraction. The apostrophe is marking where the word piece is missing. That's why ain't is such a bastardy fester-hole of a word. Not that this is a big deal to me or anything.
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A misplaced apostrophe on a message board is like a divining rod for finding English majors.
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A misplaced apostrophe on a message board is like a divining rod for finding English majors.
I'm glad this is a place that I can safely be a pedantic douche-bag, so thanks to everyone for that.
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'SCRIPTIVIST!
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im glad you's dont kick me out, even though i dont rite good.
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'SCRIPTIVIST!
Actually, I don't really have a problem with ain't. I don't use it, but it's not a big deal to me. But the apostrophe/contraction thing . . . I don't know. I don't think of that as prescriptive vs. descriptive. That's like adding random yelps and clicks into your language and calling it all words.
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"Ain't" has the apostrophe where the o of "not" is missing. It's entirely consistent with the rule for apostrophes.
Also I really need more caffeine before I can spell apostrophe.
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seriously. did you seriously not see what i did there.
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seriously. did you seriously not see what i did there.
Well, I did, but I thought there was a bigger point.
And on the ain't with the apostrophe taking the place of the o, I'm cool with that. I'm just not sure what the ai part is.
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Am I Not, or, depending on context, Are It Not.
So, technically, it should be a'i'n't. But then you have the problem of people saying, "ain't I," or "ain't it," which is then redundant.
It's best not to think too hard about "ain't."
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Am I Not, or, depending on context, Are It Not.
So, technically, it should be a'i'n't. But then you have the problem of people saying, "ain't I," or "ain't it," which is then redundant.
It's best not to think too hard about "ain't."
Yeah, like that's an option.
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When I was a kid, I insisted that the proper construction was "amn't I," not, "aren't I." Because...well, "aren't" just doesn't make sense in the first person.
No sense at all.
This drove my parents nuts, but eventually, I turned eight and realized I might not know everything, after all.
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My sister did the same thing. I kind of loved it and was kind of sad when she stopped, even though we'd tease her.
Now her daughter says "me-mow" when she sees a cat, and I love that.
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When I was a kid, I insisted that the proper construction was "amn't I," not, "aren't I." Because...well, "aren't" just doesn't make sense in the first person.
No sense at all.
This drove my parents nuts, but eventually, I turned eight and realized I might not know everything, after all.
Early bloomer.
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Bacon Roses (http://www.instructables.com/id/Bacon-Roses/)
Posted to Bobby's FB wall. I HAVE SEEN EVERY BACON THING
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Ash's picture were pure agony to see on a Friday during Lent. Also rough today when my lunch is PB&J's due to circumstances.
Unnecessary apostrophes in plural words is a particular peeve of mine. Unfortunately one of the scripts I use in cheating enhancing Mafia Wars gameplay is loaded with them, so I get to see it daily.