kenberg Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I don't actually want to get into the immigration issue but Becky noticed graffiti proclaiming "No illeagles". At the Y, after a "send a kid to camp" drive, the kids posted thank you signs saying "You are our angles". But these were kids. But there was more than one such sign, so I suppose there was adult supervision. PS, the subtitle here, Situation hopeless but not serious was an Alec Guinness movie of the 60s. I saw it in a drive-in!. It's a great story about two yanks who get shot down over Germany late in the war. Alec Guinness (as a German!) hides them in his cellar but he is a lonely old guy and never tells them that the war is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Should it say save us from (sic) eagles? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 whereagles got sick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 whereagles got sick? He is being watched over by his guardian angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 He is being watched over by his guardian angle.Sharp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Sharp! No, right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandrew Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 This is too obtuse for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 It's an acute embarrassment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 from a book, so this one had moss on it in the 60s when it was written: "When the Angles (with the Saxons) invaded Britain, they came at last to The Land Debatable (that is, the North of England and the South of Scotland). The acute Angles went North, and the obtuse Angles went South." -- Anonymous (presumably a Scot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 http://www.evancourtney.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ilovesatanzk5.jpg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted August 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 When she grows up and runs for president, her opponent will probably bring this up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 It's an acute embarrassment. Only if you look at it from 180 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10635848_850484161637242_5342149213409180199_n.png commas matter too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10635848_850484161637242_5342149213409180199_n.png commas matter tooAnd semicolons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 And semicolons. Probably should be ; but you only ever tend to see . or , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 http://doc.bridgebase.com/lobbynews/Photo/angles.png Seen just now on youtube, in the comment section of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasetb Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Only if you look at it from 180 degrees.Quit being so supplementary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Quit being so supplementary!I never knew god made honky tonk angles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Seen just now on youtube, in the comment sectionSomeone commented on it, so he fixed it. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Someone commented on it, so he fixed it. :( LOL it wasn't me! And wasn't a typo either bec he had posted exact same spelling on several Joan videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 LOL it wasn't me! And wasn't a typo either bec he had posted exact same spelling on several Joan videos.That doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't a typo, he probably just copy-pasted them. But that would only be likely if the entire comment was the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted September 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 It could have just been a reflexive action. Ok, this dead horse is begging for mercy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Pa. trooper killed in deadly ambush now conscious, talking; hunt for suspects pressed Guess the editor will fix this soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Pa. trooper killed in deadly ambush now conscious, talking; hunt for suspects pressed Guess the editor will fix this soon! Do editors still exist? I understand that it costs money to hire grammar and style experts, but maybe they could just hire a high school kid to read every story in the paper before it hits the streets. Many years ago a textbook salesperson was in my office pushing her product, a text that had many errors. I couldn't have scripted the conversation better: Me: You need to have proofreaders do their best, and then give the book to a graduate student and agree to pay him $50 for every error he finds.Sales rep: $50? That would be far too expensive.Me: Exactly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Pa. trooper killed in deadly ambush now conscious, talking; hunt for suspects pressed Guess the editor will fix this soon!Yes, it now says "trooper injured". There was a trooper killed in the ambush. There were two troopers inolved, one was injured, they other was killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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