Bullshit Line of the Day

[Dinsdale]

Umatilla, Florida, eh?


Is there some sort of Reciprocal Rule of Naming Cities In Honor of Indian Tribes from the Opposite Corner of the Country?


If so, I guess we better get cracking on incorporating the city of Seminole, Oregon.


(Shit -- after a quicky websearch, it's said that Umatilla, FLA was named after Umatilla OR. Sounds like there's an almost kinda-sorta interesting story in there somewhere)

[Tom In VA]

"These are NOT the corrrect lips used to administer resucitation procedures, the lips under the nose are the correct ones".

"When using the device pictured below, squeeze the bag on the device, NOT the ones on the patient (next slide)"

[Louis Cyphre]

This thread is useless without pics!

[Tom In VA]

The pics were from a horrendous accident and the photographer, Ivan Itsriptertitzoff, has filed copyright suits already.

[Mister Bushice]

It's amazing that the woman had tits left to expose after that crash:

http://www.local6.com/slideshow/news/14 ... etail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BSmack]

When Andy Worhol published horrific accident pictures, it was a masterpiece of pop culture. When the New York Post showed pictures of Clapton's dead son splattered all over a Manhattan sidewalk, nobody blinked an eye. But when a little tittie is involved, we all flip out?

All hail the female breast and its powers.

[Mister Bushice]

The NYP really showed Claptons Son as sidewalk spaghetti?

[BSmack]

The NYP really showed Claptons Son as sidewalk spaghetti?

I remember it vividly. It was one of those throw up in your mouth moments when I spied that day's edition at the news stand.

[RevLimiter]

It's amazing that the woman had tits left to expose after that crash:

http://www.local6.com/slideshow/news/14 ... etail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That bitch was hauling SERIOUS ASS to completely obliterate a full-size Tahoe SUV like that.

WOW.

[BSmack]

That bitch was hauling SERIOUS ASS to completely obliterate a full-size Tahoe SUV like that.

WOW.

Even Derrick Thomas couldn't have Falconbacked an SUV like that girl.

[Cueball]

If anyone would be an expert on hauling SERIOUS ASS, it'd be Paul. Congrats on finding your calling.

[smackaholic]

I got just one question.

Was they nice titties?

[Mister Bushice]

at one point in time they were.

[Dinsdale]

at one point in time they were.

Well, since this thread sucks, I'll point out what a pet peeve "this point in time" is.


Any and all use of "This point in time" should be preapproved by the Department of Redundancy Department.

[Mikey]

^^^^^^^^

We need more jargon police.

[Mister Bushice]

at one point in time they were.

Well, since this thread sucks, I'll point out what a pet peeve "this point in time" is.


Any and all use of "This point in time" should be preapproved by the Department of Redundancy Department.

I guess it's a good thing I didn't say "This point in time" then.

[Dinsdale]

Any and all use of "This point in time" should be preapproved by the Department of Redundancy Department.

Rubbish.

Uhm... you might wanna shut up, Mr. I Claim To Have A Degree, Yet Didn't Learn Basic Punctuation. You might wanna learn to use basic punctuation properly before you start commenting on the more advanced stuff.

Bushice's original line was "at one point in time they were." The context was whether some titties were nice or not. His response was "At one point in time they were." He was referring to something that occured/existed in the past. The past is a function of time. The ONLY context his statement possibly could have been in was time. Therefore, "point in time" is redundant.


Not even for debate.

It's right up there with...

Close proximity

Absolutely essential

End result

Future plans

Mutual agreement


There's hundreds that are abused every day. Another one that sets me off is "old adage."


But since you're linguistically challenged mv, here's an example that might hit a little closer to home and possibly clear things (not "clear things up") for you --

Try "stupid idiot" for size. Or "illiterate Texas grad."

[Dinsdale]

at one point in time they were

Oh, and BTW...

for your edification mvscal, this isn't merely a redundancy -- it's two.

It's clear from the statement that the subject is from the past. Therefore, "were" is redundant, as well.

The grammatically correct response to "Was they nice titties" is "at one point."

And the reason I've yet to comment on the original question is because it was a flagrant use of a colloquialism, whereas the response was an attempt to sound all smart and shit, which both Bushice and mvscal failed miserably.

[Mikey]

"were" in that case is not at all redundant.

"at one point" is not a complete sentence. "Were" is the verb. "They were" is implied, but not at all redundant.

At least to us folks who have advanced far enough to actually speak in complete sentences.
(when we choose to)

[Dinsdale]

Using 'this' to distinguish the two is not redundant.

Ohhhh, dear.


I guess I should slow down on the grammar lessons. I hadn't realized you were this inept.


Nope... nothing wrong with "this."

When referring to any event prior, it occured at a "point," or it occured at a "time."


Since you're really struggling here, maybe this will help -- every moment is a "point."

At this point, I find your lack of basic language skills to be an indictment of your education.

At this time, I find your lack of basic language skills to be an indictment of your education.


These are both grammatically (and factually) correct statements (or pretty darn close). By definition, doubling up these terms makes them redundant.


Glad I could help where years of college failed.



Edit: OK, the sentence that began with a conjunction is gone... sorry about that.

[Mister Bushice]

The context is that they were once (in the past) nice, but they are not now (in the present). There are two different points of time implied. Using 'this' to distinguish the two is not redundant.

I hope that helped.

Don't help him. He's bringing teh grammar funnay.