Tal,
That video you put here just made me laugh out loud. I almost snorted coffee out my nose.
(most unladylike of me, and most certainly quite unattractive) The last time I was in TV, I ran into the same issue that Weird Al has in your video clip. At the time, I thought for sure Mr. Tony was the culprit, trying to set me up. Maybe I will have to go find that post and relive the horror of it all.
And, GG,
This post of yours makes me wonder. I have long noticed that even though you say that you are a retired cheerleader, you are known to come up with comments that show definite insight into things like character motivation, a. k. a. human nature. That is exactly the kind of thing that English majors do. So I am thinkin' -- thinkin' maybe -- I am thinkin' that this is an AHA! moment. You sure are talking like an English major in this one. English majors know this stuff about characters, and not just the ones in books....
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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Thank heavens us retired cheerleaders don't have to understand the difference between lie and lay but I think most people lie when they get ................
Oh. nevermind. Was that supposed to be capitalized?  |
And now, back to that cartoon posted here by Mr. Tony, Mr. Admin, Sir....
Has anybody wondered if the guy in the cartoon who is blindfolded and holding the apostrophe is being set up by the others standing around? You know, when
its is a possessive pronoun, there is no apostrophe. And that is confusing because we are used to apostrophes showing possession.
Sooooo, could it be that this is not a party game at all, but some elaborate hazing ritual where the real English majors are trying to establish if the blindfolded guy is a real English major or not? A real English major would know whether that apostrophe goes there or not. Even blindfolded.
The point is -- that guy could be somebody who is just trying to crash the English majors' party because he has heard how wild they are. Take another look at the cartoon and you might see a little more there. Everything is not always on the surface. Ask any English major about that -- uh....if you can find one I mean.
Boomer