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Y do u wear sunnies to bed?
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stui magpie wrote:^

Good show old man. Pip Pip and all that 8) :P

One thing about this whole wearing bed clothes (pyjamas) outside is, if that's somehow acceptable, what if you sleep naked?

If I stroll down to the local bottle shop on Saturday morning to buy a packet of winnie blues and a 6 pack of Jim Beam and cola for breakfast in my birthday suit (plus mokkos and sunnies) is that acceptable because that's what I wore to bed ? :?
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think positive wrote:Y do u wear sunnies to bed?
Same reason I wear mokkos.

I case I need to get up and walk to the bottleshop to buy Jim Beam and cola and a packet of winnie blues. Durr.




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stui magpie wrote:
think positive wrote:Y do u wear sunnies to bed?
Same reason I wear mokkos.

I case I need to get up and walk to the bottleshop to buy Jim Beam and cola and a packet of winnie blues. Durr.




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You say Derrmato, I say Durrmato. :wink:
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stui magpie wrote:You say Derrmato, I say Durrmato. :wink:
pay that!!

bloody aussie slang
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think positive wrote:
stui magpie wrote:
think positive wrote:Y do u wear sunnies to bed?
Same reason I wear mokkos.

I case I need to get up and walk to the bottleshop to buy Jim Beam and cola and a packet of winnie blues. Durr.




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Never thought I'd see this day ( :wink: ) - I believe TP's right.. I think it's derrr. What a transformation there has been!

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^ Wow! A Nick's poster who knows the difference between "role" and "roll"! How extraordinary!

Oh, wait - it's Luvdids, who being fully able to read, write and punctuate, isn't really a proper Nickster.

But before I take of my Grammar Nazi hat, riddle me this:

If this place is called "Nick's" and Mr J. Smith is called "Smith", then to indicate something belonging to either of these entities, we add an apostrophe, n'est-ce pas? Hence, "Smith's essay" or "Nick's' posting rules".

Um ....
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Tannin wrote:^ Wow! A Nick's poster who knows the difference between "role" and "roll"! How extraordinary!

Oh, wait - it's Luvdids, who being fully able to read, write and punctuate, isn't really a proper Nickster.

But before I take of my Grammar Nazi hat, riddle me this:

If this place is called "Nick's" and Mr J. Smith is called "Smith", then to indicate something belonging to either of these entities, we add an apostrophe, n'est-ce pas? Hence, "Smith's essay" or "Nick's' posting rules".

Um ....
Aww, thanks. I am, however, still ashamed at using the wrong 'bare/bear' in the guns thread. I blame... well, I can't blame anything. :( :oops:

I think you forgot an F though.... :wink: As for the riddle, I have no answer. My only thought was does Nick's actually own the rules? Are they something that belongs to this website? Or are they just rules?
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Oh. Oh. Me? Perhaps Mike rebooted me since then.
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It's not necessary to add another apostrophe, if you treat is as a compound-noun. That is, "theses are the {Nick's posting rules}".
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luvdids wrote:
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I think you forgot an F though.
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luvdids wrote:
Tannin wrote:^ Wow! A Nick's poster who knows the difference between "role" and "roll"! How extraordinary!

Oh, wait - it's Luvdids, who being fully able to read, write and punctuate, isn't really a proper Nickster.

But before I take of my Grammar Nazi hat, riddle me this:

If this place is called "Nick's" and Mr J. Smith is called "Smith", then to indicate something belonging to either of these entities, we add an apostrophe, n'est-ce pas? Hence, "Smith's essay" or "Nick's' posting rules".

Um ....
Aww, thanks. I am, however, still ashamed at using the wrong 'bare/bear' in the guns thread. I blame... well, I can't blame anything. :( :oops:

I think you forgot an F though.... :wink: As for the riddle, I have no answer. My only thought was does Nick's actually own the rules? Are they something that belongs to this website? Or are they just rules?
ah me too - but i blame you, i figured you'd be right!! :wink:
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think positive wrote:
luvdids wrote:
Tannin wrote:^ Wow! A Nick's poster who knows the difference between "role" and "roll"! How extraordinary!

Oh, wait - it's Luvdids, who being fully able to read, write and punctuate, isn't really a proper Nickster.

But before I take of my Grammar Nazi hat, riddle me this:

If this place is called "Nick's" and Mr J. Smith is called "Smith", then to indicate something belonging to either of these entities, we add an apostrophe, n'est-ce pas? Hence, "Smith's essay" or "Nick's' posting rules".

Um ....
Aww, thanks. I am, however, still ashamed at using the wrong 'bare/bear' in the guns thread. I blame... well, I can't blame anything. :( :oops:

I think you forgot an F though.... :wink: As for the riddle, I have no answer. My only thought was does Nick's actually own the rules? Are they something that belongs to this website? Or are they just rules?
ah me too - but i blame you, i figured you'd be right!! :wink:
LOL!! :lol: :lol: :lol: sorry :cry: :oops:
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I'm not sure which "you" this refers to! If you mean Luvdids, she can speak for herself. If you mean me, I must admit not knowing the rule. I have always simply avoided it by re-phrasing a sentence or just using a single possessive apostrophe 'coz two looks weird.

On checking with the redoubtable Grammar Girl, I see that this is a common and probably recommended strategy. :) http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/educat ... ossessives

Edit: cross post. She did spoke for 'erself!
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