Christmas present to myself

[missjo]

A new Tattoo!!





It's only a week old so it still has to settle in yet

It's hard to take a good pic of your own arm with a mobile phone camera though

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Tattoos have become so common-place, that it's almost more "unique" to be pure. Desecration of nice, natural skin is a sad thing in my opinion.

[smackaholic]

so, when did you come out of the lezbo closet, jo?

[Mikey]

A new Tattoo!!

'sa matter? Get tired of the old one?

[Dinsdale]

it's almost more "unique" to be pure.

If not for the quotation marks, one of my greatest grammatical pet peeves would have just come into play -- a qualifier with "unique."

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

What the fuck are you babbling about?

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

[melatonin]I think Dins was going grammar smack on you, MGO... circa 1800 and something. Just another in a long line of riveting repartee.


By its first (and most commonly recognized) definition... something can't be more or less unique. Either it's unique or it's not.[/melatonin]

[Mike the Lab Rat]

What the fuck are you babbling about?

Dins is right.

Unique means "one of a kind."

Either something is unique or it isn't.

Something cannot be "more unique" or "the most unique."

Unfortunately, it'll probably become one of those words that will have its meaning modified to mean "rare, unusual, or special" due to the frequent misuse of the term.

It's right up there with "literally" as a word that folks like to (mis)use for emphasis. I can't tell you the number of times I've heard or read some barely-literate moron stating something like: "He got so mad that his head literally exploded." I've actually nailed fellow teachers for sharing that bit of stupidity with the rest of the species.

[Bobby42]

Another slow day up in here.

[Mikey]

OK, please add the use of "penultimate", to mean the most ultimate or maximum example of something, to the list of pet peeves.

Penultimate has no meaning other than the next to last member of a series.

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

Unfortunately, it'll probably become one of those words that will have its meaning modified to mean "rare, unusual, or special" due to the frequent misuse of the term.

Sadly, "unusual" is already one its accepted definitions. :-(

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I get it, Mike. Fortunately, my clutch usage of the quotation marks helped the reader easily understand my point.

[Dinsdale]

[melatonin]I think Dins was going grammar smack on you, MGO.

More like a case of me thanking him -- using the quotation marks generally excuses improper usage of a word.

Which means some of you should put quotes around any word over two syallables.

One of the funniest things on this board is that many of the worst of the worst uneducated fuckwits are the ones who use the team name/mascot from the university they obviously cheated their way through as a screenname... priceless. I won't mention which particular university graduates are the worst offenders... nope, I won't mention that particular school that seems to pump out illiterates at an alarming clip... nope, I won't do it out of respect for the Sooners here.

I'm waiting for OneRadicleHarvardGraduite to register.

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

Oh btw -- there's nothing more vomit inducing that watching a fatty arm tat undulating to and fro as its owner hideously waves good-bye to a friend or loved one. I haven't seen "art work" move in a such a manner since I dropped some acid and spent a day tripping my ass off inside the Louvre. Thanks for not attaching a media file of your arm actually moving, Massive Ho.

[Dinsdale]

OK, please add the use of "penultimate", to mean the most ultimate or maximum example of something, to the list of pet peeves.

Penultimate has no meaning other than the next to last member of a series.

Since we're making a list, I'd like to add:

-- People who can't figure out which side of the quoatation marks periods and commas ALWAYS go on in American English.

"Most ultimate" would have to make the list, as well. Another word that can NEVER be used with qualifiers... Mikey's example also should have had quotation marks around the phrase.

[Dr_Phibes]

Unfortunately, it'll probably become one of those words that will have its meaning modified to mean "rare, unusual, or special" due to the frequent misuse of the term.

Sadly, "unusual" is already one its accepted definitions. :-(

So what's wrong with that? Language isn't static, it moves forward, evolves and progresses. For example, 'awful' has a negative connotation now where once it meant, 'full of awe'.

With that sort of attitude, you'd all be grunting at each other over who cooks the woolly mammoth meat and posting finger paintings at each other.

[socal]

With that sort of attitude, you'd all be grunting at each other over who sucks more woolly mammoth meat and posting finger paintings at each other.

FTFY

[AP's Self of Steam]

A new Tattoo!!

Thanks for capping your income at $32k. The rest of the job market thanks you. Not that you're worth anything close to that, stank ho.

Go fuck yourself.

Stupid is supposed to hurt. -- mv

[Neely8]

A new Tattoo!!





It's only a week old so it still has to settle in yet

It's hard to take a good pic of your own arm with a mobile phone camera though

Jeez I thought that was your back.......

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

The shoulder of that inked broad makes it appear that missjo's flexing.

[Mister Bushice]

Jeez I thought that was your back.......

I can't believe it took this many posts to mention that. I've seen smaller arms on 'roided up wrestlers.

Sorry to derail.

Re-commence with the spelling bee.......

[Smackie Chan]

using the quotation marks generally excuses improper usage of a word.

Since the subject is spelling/grammar/punctuation/syntax smack, I'll go ahead and make my contribution: failing to include a space before the open parenthesis(like this). I won't mention who is serially guilty of this, however, since I wouldn't wanna single out any of our omniscient U&L posters.

[Dinsdale]

Since the subject is spelling/grammar/punctuation/syntax smack, I'll go ahead and make my contribution: failing to include a space before the open parenthesis(like this). I won't mention who is serially guilty of this, however, since I wouldn't wanna single out any of our omniscient U&L posters.

I knew who you were referring to even before I got to the "U&L" part.


But since you entered the fray, Smackie...

Might wanna consider capitalizing the first letter after a colon, eh? You know, since we're airing our grammatical grievances and all.

[Dinsdale]

You're right, of course, unless they're referring to Abe Lincoln or JFK who, even though their being "mad" had nothing to do with the explosion, were undoubtedly pissed off a bit about the whole explosion thing.

And for the record... internal pressure had nothing to do with Mr. Lincoln or Mr. Kennedy's dome matter being spread about.

A literal example of a person's head exploding would be... well... it would be like what one would witness after asking the typical T1B member to write in something vaguely resembling grade school level English.

[Bobby42]

Thanks, guys.

/sin/

Missjo

[Smackie Chan]

since you entered the fray, Smackie...

Might wanna consider capitalizing the first letter after a colon, eh? You know, since we're airing our grammatical grievances and all.

I would, of course, if it were proper to do so. But since it isn't, I don't.

According to Johns Hopkins University:

Capitalization after a colon

Capitalize the first letter after a colon only if the clause it begins forms a complete sentence. EXCEPTIONS: Where colons fall within titles of papers, articles, chapters, and books, the first word after a colon will always be capitalized. Colons will usually go outside of quotation marks.

Some sources don't even go this far, and do not advocate capitalization even if what follows the colon is a complete sentence.

What authority advocates ALWAYS capitalizing after a colon?

[RevLimiter]

How 'bout throwing up a pic of your bare rack to go along with that inked-up arm? Or is that too much to ask?

[The Whistle Is Screaming]

What authority advocates ALWAYS capitalizing after a colon?

If you mean what we think you mean, then we are the authority on capitalizing on colons! Join us Friday night for a demonstration.


Sin,

[Dinsdale]

What authority advocates ALWAYS capitalizing after a colon?

Welllll, since I can't actually come up with one, I'll go with "Dinsdale."

But then again, your use of the colon was improper to begin with ----> (the text after the colon completed your first statement, and the text that followed was a "list of one")....

So we'll call that one a wash.

But since we're doing punctuation, I figured I should probably go with the four dot ellipsis(ellipses? Sheesh, it's getting complicated), which is the correct form of ellipses to use after a complete thought.

Since we're getting all technical and stuff (J/K -- since if I was, this paragraph would be entirely inappropriate). (And I probably could have put a period after "stuff," then finished the parenthetical sentence with a period within the parentheses, like this.)


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[Mister Bushice]

How 'bout throwing up a pic of your bare rack to go along with that inked-up arm? Or is that too much to ask?

Tired of taking off your shirt and standing in front of a mirror, hmmmm?

[Smackie Chan]

But then again, your use of the colon was improper to begin with ----> (the text after the colon completed your first statement, and the text that followed was a "list of one")....

I disagree. I believe the usage was proper, although a dash might also be appropriate. The "list of one" attack doesn't hold water, since no insinuation of a list to follow was given. The text following the colon was describing the singular "contribution," which would not lead the reader to expect any sort of list. A punctuation mark is definitely needed to separate the two clauses that make up the sentence, and a colon is more appropriate than a comma or semicolon. Granted, this argument is probably not an authoritative one, but many style guides cite examples similar to the sentence I used as examples of proper colon usage. {Feel free to tee off on that softball.}

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Not from me. I typically refrain from this sort of thing, although one could make it a full-time avocation on this board. Just couldn't hold myself back this time.

[Dinsdale]

Can't hold yourself back?

Colons?



Sin,
Do I Even Need To Post It.jpg?

[Smackie Chan]

Sin,
Do I Even Need To Post It.jpg?

Nah. Besides, isn't there some sort of unwritten "one per thread" policy that's been fulfilled by TWIS?

[RevLimiter]

How 'bout throwing up a pic of your bare rack to go along with that inked-up arm? Or is that too much to ask?

Tired of taking off your shirt and standing in front of a mirror, hmmmm?

I'm too sexy for my shirt. Tell me you knew.

[RevLimiter]

Speaking of presents for myself, this is what I deemed necessary for moi:



For those of you that aren't gearheads, good luck figuring out what it is.

[socal]

For those of you that aren't gearheads, good luck figuring out what it is.

A tool for THE tool.

[RadioFan]

so, when did you come out of the lezbo closet, jo?

Rack.

Remind me to have "Niclas" add Jo to the site.

[missjo]

(G) How most male T1B posters spend their days (G)

[RadioFan]

jo, why the anger?

Stop wasting your time in here and start PMing this dude.
No, really.

Btw, your tattoo is hot.

Sin,

Me, as a woman.

[Mikey]

I NEVER do that in the daytime.