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What Big ‘I’s You’ve Got, Grammar

28 Sep

Before I begin this post about daft spelling and grammatical errors, I’d better ‘fess up right away that I am not innocent: reblogging Al’s post a week last Sunday, I took a poke at the spelling of his name – Cvillean instead of civilian – and I spelled it Cvllean, thus proving the rule that she who pokes fun at another’s grammar or spelling will get a slap in the face from her own slup-ip.

I was inspired to write this post by Janie Jones, who told us of her university cafeteria, where they serve Bisquits and gravy.

I was affronted on two fronts: the incorrect spelling, and the realisation that Janie lives in frontier country.  The sooner I send her airfare to come over here and visit me, the better: she can have chips and gravy, like cvllised people.

Not five minutes after reading her post, I was overjoyed to learn that one of my favourite writers, Jackie Kay, will be singing copies of  ‘Reality, Reality’  at the Didsbury Arts Festival.

Then I picked this up from Facebook:


I scheduled this post yesterday for today – although I wrote it a week ago and forgot about it, fortunately – because I may not get to visit you today.  Virgin want to work on something or other which means I may be without broadband all day.  Which means no internet.  Which means you may wake up on Saturday to a Tilly a little bit off, having gone cold turkey Friday.  Or not.  Same old same old.

Talking of off, sorry about yesterday’s post.  I didn’t mean to gross you out.  But you had your revenge in the comments.  You made me feel sick.

Same old same old.

Joke 554

28 Sep

This was sent to me by my friend Pam.

Charles and Diana's wedding commemorated on a ...

Charles and Diana’s wedding commemorated on a 1981 British Crown (25 pence). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1981 & 2005: Two Interesting Years

1981 

  • Prince Charles got married
  • Liverpool crowned football Champions of Europe
  • Australia lost the Ashes
  • The Pope died

2005 

  • Prince Charles got married
  • Liverpool crowned football Champions of Europe
  • Australia lost the Ashes
  • The Pope died

Lesson to be learned:

The next time Prince Charles gets married, someone should warn the Pope.

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