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Read some of the questions people have submitted to the sellere - many of them are quite funny!
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Robert
Nicola Szandurski
24-01-07, 16:10
Nice one
Baggybooks
24-01-07, 16:25
Are you Robert the Taxi?
Baggybooks
24-01-07, 17:30
How come Robert's picture has changed - but mine hasn't?
Is it a taxi?
Fortunately not Helen, it's a special edition Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6 which costs me an absolute fortune to run. Found out this morning it's great fun in the snow though! So if anyone wants to buy it, I'm open to offers!
Robert
That's a huge dump (truck) you've posted there Nicola!
Disgusting!
Robert
Baggybooks
24-01-07, 19:11
It's a special edition Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6 which costs me an absolute fortune to run.
Difficult to park? White lines are there for a reason!
claudialowe
25-01-07, 09:14
I thought Branscombe had been renamed as Sea-bay
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Made me giggle.
Claudia
Baggybooks
25-01-07, 22:46
Helen, it's a special edition Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6. Found out this morning it's great fun in the snow - but not too fast!
Robert
A man in a Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6 stops at a red light and a guy on a scooter pulls up next to him. The guy on the scooter leans over and takes an admiring look at the inside of the Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6 and tells the driver that he has a really hot car.
Well, the light turned green so the driver of the Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6 decides to show off and peels out and leaves the guy on the scooter with grey slush over him. Then, all of a sudden, he sees the scooter at his shoulder.
So, being a little cocky, the Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6 driver floors it again. A few seconds later, he again sees the scooter is still there. So now he's a little irate as well as a little mifted that that scooter is there, so he floors it until he is going over 100 mph.
He thinks to himself that there would be no way that scooter could catch him now, but then looks in the mirror and sees that scooter is still there. He then decides to find out what that scooter really is and slams on his brakes.
Then the scooter skids into the Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6. After the snow settled, the Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6 driver sees the scooter driver lying in the road and goes over to him and asks how he could go as fast as the Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6 on a little wimpy scooter... The dying man replied, "I can't really, but my AAT Student Scarf was caught on your side mirror...."
:lol:
Baggybooks
26-01-07, 08:38
Disclaimer:
As with all these kinds of jokes, they are a generalisation and do not imply that all drivers of" Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6's" would behave this way!
Any resememblence to any owner of said vehicle is strictly coincidental!
:wink:
Watch out for the driver of a Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5ltr V6 near you very soon when you're out pavement pounding.
:twisted:
Robert
Baggybooks
26-01-07, 11:19
No problem - not sure how true your aim would be - I would be a moving target and not stationery - unlike white lines!
:wink:
claudialowe
26-01-07, 11:32
I would be a moving target and not stationery
So what you would be a paper clip would you?
Haha - have beaten Malcolm to the pedantry!!
Claudia
Well i have to say Claudia that is an achievement! although Malcolm may be slightly miffed if he finds out! :lol:
Baggybooks
26-01-07, 11:52
I would be a moving target and not stationery
So what you would be a paper clip would you?
Haha - have beaten Malcolm to the pedantry!!
Claudia
I'm like a wisp of paper - floating through the air!
claudialowe
26-01-07, 12:19
Spelling lesson for today: The easy way to remember it, is that a stationer would sell stationery
So therefore, if you are not moving you must be stationary
Simple when you know how :lol: :lol: :lol:
Can someone though tell me how to remember the difference between principal and principle :?
Claudia
Baggybooks
26-01-07, 12:27
Well, it was early in the morning and I think you should let me off the hook - please!
Does the rule on principles vary in Monaco?
:wink:
imported_Malcolm
26-01-07, 12:29
Helen, write out 1000 times;
E is for envelope when I want stationery.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Principal is first in rank or value.
For example, the principal aim of this post is to teach you some English.
Principle is a set of moral rules or basic laws.
For example, having to have the last word was a matter of principle for Malcolm.
They've stopped paying overtime - I'm not going to do any extra work out of Principle
imported_Malcolm
26-01-07, 12:35
This also confuses people, but a way around it is to say....
To affect something is the action that causes the end result, an effect.
By affecting the ship's course, the effect was dramatic.
Sorry, couldn't think of a good sentence then, I'm still getting over Helen's error :lol:
claudialowe
26-01-07, 12:36
Thanks Malcolm - but how when on the spot do I remember the difference between principal and principle - an example like your E for envelope would be fab :lol:
Claudia
something like your pal comes before anything else?
imported_Malcolm
26-01-07, 12:50
You've got me there - how about Principal as in Al always comes first?
Anyone else?
Principle = Making a Point = Plea = Ple = Principle ?
Baggybooks
26-01-07, 13:49
If I do nothing else today, at least I've encouraged healthy debate about the important issues of today!
:wink:
Have I really got to spell check everyone's posts and produce a spreadsheet with the errors?
Malcolm - he who casts the first...dictionary... have you read your profile on the calendar!!!!!
Pedantic is as pedantic does!
imported_Malcolm
26-01-07, 14:31
Hold on a cotton picking.....
If you mean the error in the reference to Countdown, do not blame me.
This time, it is the messengers's fault and not the ivory tinkler!
now now children . . . calm down! :lol:
imported_Malcolm
26-01-07, 14:39
It's a matter of principle now.
If we're casting dictionaries at one another, since when does one use exclamation marks when asking a question?
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:
Rae, I'm young at heart.
Baggybooks
26-01-07, 14:42
now now children . . . calm down! :lol:
At last - the voice of...truth!
Sorry Malcolm - you missed the 'point'!
Enough! No more! I can't cope!
Our office supplies company has just 'phoned to say their lorry's broken down - it's stationary!
Must dash - nipping to a Suzuki showroom to see what all the fuss is about!
:wink:
If we're casting dictionaries at one another, since when does one use exclamation marks when asking a question?
Where does it say you can't then, Malcolm?!!!
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:lol:
Robert
Crumbs, I've scrolled off the page! Bet no-ones tried that before?! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Damn, it's contagious!
Don't worry, I'll edit it in a minute!
Robert
While we're correcting spelling, can someone help me get complement and compliment the right way around?
You pay someone a compliment.
Tartare sauce complements fish quite well.
Scott.
imported_Malcolm
26-01-07, 16:56
A compliment is when you express admiration for something or someone or is a formal greeting as in 'with compliments' on a slip.
This is also what you should pay women.
Complement is something that completes something. There was a full complement of lecturers at the college.
Where a woman is concerned in a relationship, it can be complemented by the presentation of a large diamond ring :lol:
Many years ago, when I was in the buggeration days of my youth and dinosaurs still roamed the earth, I enjoyed changing people's document headings from "Fax message" to "Fax massage". Hardly anyone ever noticed until they'd sent it and I told them retrospectively!
Still gives me a small chuckle now...
Robert
P.S. Does everyone else have to scroll over to the far right now to post a reply?
claudialowe
26-01-07, 17:14
Yes - I do as well, and to read the end of the lines - Malcolm what has happened, and please, please, please put it back.
Thank you :lol: :lol:
Claudia
PS - But it is only this page on this thread - spooky
I have to confess it was me that did it, Claudia, by posting that stupidly long thing at the top with all the exclamation marks!
Robert
I have done it before, not so long ago actually, But i went and edited the post so it didn't annoy every one :evil:
Rob - edit yur post and put a space every so often between the "much needed" exclamation marks.
It is rather annoying isn't it? I was expecting Malcolm to do it, but it's half four so "Deal or no deal" must be on!
Robert
you can do it yourself. Just click Edit (you'll need to scroll to the right for an hour first though) and then once inside your original post, either delete some of the !!!!!'s or simply add a space between every 20
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