Pariah Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster My pet peeve is "don't end a sentence with a preposition." Chaucer ended sentences with prepositions. Shakespeare ended sentences with prepositions. The editors of the King James Bible ended sentences with prepositions. no one could diddle the words like the Elizabethans' date=' so if you want me to stop ending sentences with prepositions come up with more venerable examples of English than Shakespeare and The KJV Bible.[/quote'] That kind of nonsense is just the sort of thing up with which I will not put! Because that's clearer and more easily understood, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Even English language scholars have said that you can forget the preposition rule for the sake of clarity. Only pedants still push this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster That kind of nonsense is just the sort of thing up with which I will not put! Because that's clearer and more easily understood, right? Reminds me of a joke... An American in London stops to ask a man for directions. "Excuse me, but can you please tell me where Big Ben is at?" The Englishman gets all indignant and replies, "Sir! I'll have you know that we speak English properly, here! And we do not end sentences with prepositions!" So the American replies. "I'm sorry, let me ask again: Can you please tell me where Big Ben is at, @$$hole!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Reminds me of a joke... An American in London stops to ask a man for directions. "Excuse me, but can you please tell me where Big Ben is at?" The Englishman gets all indignant and replies, "Sir! I'll have you know that we speak English properly, here! And we do not end sentences with prepositions!" So the American replies. "I'm sorry, let me ask again: Can you please tell me where Big Ben is at, @$$hole!" I've heard that joke, only involving Harvard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster I've heard that joke' date=' only involving Harvard.[/quote'] Ditto. Except it was Yale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster death tribble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SteveZilla Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Why would they use a picture of a d20 with the '1' showing for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster [ATTACH=CONFIG]44066[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster [ATTACH=CONFIG]44583[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster death tribble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneDaddy Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Why would they use a picture of a d20 with the '1' showing for that? Gary thought you should roll low for saving throws. It made sense at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster To no one in particular. I just thought it was amusing. [ATTACH=CONFIG]44585[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Gary thought you should roll low for saving throws. It made sense at the time. still makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDrPuma Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Worse still, somebody is always taking a picture of it. "That which holds the image of an Angel, is itself an Angel." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Whoa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Just finished watching the latest Doctor Who. Curse you, Conspiracy Keanu!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I found this thread 53 pages back, but I found it! Here's my Motivational poster: Cancer and death tribble 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 My take on the YOLO movement: tkdguy, Cancer and death tribble 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 For my coffee-loving friends.... death tribble and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 I forgot this thread existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 A pity all the old attachments are gone, but understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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