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[wombat]

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=04302008

I like this thread title, but I am confused about the placement of the apostrophe.

Note: Sometimes that is the correct way to choose a font, you know?

[CortJstr]

I was expecting something more like a drawing of your preferred professional sports team's logo.

[Gimpson]

Is my preference for a 4-cell D Maglite a sign of...  inadequacy issues?

[CortJstr]

I don't know, do you need more than 2.5oz of water in your under##### extension?

[Doc]

Wombat's right about the apostrophe.

[littlefallsmets]

It is a sign that you want that which illuminates your life to also be a blunt weapon, in a pinch.

A lot of people feel this way. It is basically why the Middle East isn't awesome.

[jay-ell]

RB's font-choosing method is exactly how I choose a font. 

[CortJstr]

I pick Arial or Comic Sans. But I print out a copy of my document in Helvetica also, just so I can piss on it. Just to make graphic designers cry.

[hammish]

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=04302008

I like this thread title, but I am confused about the placement of the apostrophe.

I think this is the correct apostrophe placement to indicate the possessive for a plural noun which ends in s:
http://www.meredith.edu/grammar/plural.htm#Plural%20possessive

However, I'm not certain Ray is concerned about being arrested by more than one friend. It is puzzling.

[wombat]

However, I'm not certain Ray is concerned about being arrested by more than one friend. It is puzzling.

Yes, this is the part that is the problem.

It is presumably analogous to citizen's arrest - is that supposed to be citizens' arrest? Doesn't make sense to me.

[jay-ell]

I was going to make something up to explain why the apostrophe placement is correct, but...

I got nothin'. 

Sorry.  I'm coming down with a cold, and the best I can do is tell you about the jokes I would have made if I only had the brainpower to make them. 

Sorry. 

Sorry. 

[hammish]

the best I can do is tell you about the jokes I would have made if I only had the brainpower to make them. 

Had you made them, my laughter would have commenced with a poorly-stifled chortle, followed by a wheezing haw as the full brunt of the humor settled on me. Little aftershocks of nuance would punctuate the descending trail of hehs with a staccato pattern suggesting, but not achieving, a titter.

[Pedro Picasso]

I was going to make something up to explain why the apostrophe placement is correct, but...

Pinch-hitting: A citizen's arrest is what one citizen does to another.  A friends' arrest is an experience they can share.

A cardiac arrest is when a woman detains your heart... and holds it for questioning.

[jay-ell]

Had you made them, my laughter would have commenced with a poorly-stifled chortle, followed by a wheezing haw as the full brunt of the humor settled on me. Little aftershocks of nuance would punctuate the descending trail of hehs with a staccato pattern suggesting, but not achieving, a titter.

Had you laughed so at my joke, unmade, I would have missed the opportunity to give you this tiny can.  So I guess everybody wins. 

Pinch-hitting: A citizen's arrest is what one citizen does to another.  A friends' arrest is an experience they can share.

A cardiac arrest is when a woman detains your heart... and holds it for questioning.

You'll always be my P2, dear. 

[Pedro Picasso]

Is my preference for a 4-cell D Maglite a sign of...  inadequacy issues?

Gimpson, it's been a while.  (for me at least.)  Good to see you.  Did you know your avatar looks a bit like Jesse Dangerously?