Stupid little things that bug you

[lefty goldblatt]

Sane here, mate, but I fear you are fighting a losing battle - the false apostrophists will take no notice of your admirable homily and continue to mangle our language and its usages.
Even explaining about possesseion is lost on many - it is fraught with traps for the unwary. Someone on another thread recently talked about the "player's lounge" (sic) when alluding to the lounge used by all the players - I almost replied and asked him which individual player had a lounge of his own.
Still, perhaps not as bad as the shop I saw with a display of apples called "Golden Deliciou's". I felt like going in and buying one golden deliciou. But I feared the irony would be lost on whoever served me.

Worse than the unnecessary apostrophe....

There's a bloke a couple of miles away from me, and he's got one of those old Escort vans, which has his trading name on it

The last name is auto,s

FFS; that's a comma, not an apostrophe.




"Nurse; my tablets. QUICKLY!"



Or should that be "tablet's"?

There used to be a cafe where I live, with the following writ large on the window:

Sarah,s Cafe

See what I mean

 

[Stephen230]

The original idea, from the good old U. S of A was so that if you're car was mangled in an accident the services would know you had baby on board
But its sadly become a form of showing off, like they are the only parents in the world

I’m not disputing your info but how would that even work? Weren’t you allowed out without the baby? Unless it was like magnetic or something maybe?

 

[idahoblues]

Interior designers, what a pathetic group of people

 

[Dirty Harry]

The original idea, from the good old U. S of A was so that if you're car was mangled in an accident the services would know you had baby on board
But its sadly become a form of showing off, like they are the only parents in the world

I always thought it was to appeal to people’s sense of decency (for want of a better phrase), you know, to let dickheads who like to drive right up your arse know that there’s actually a child in the car, rather than it be ‘showing off’, that’s always been my take anyway.

 

[give it to gordon]

The toothpaste tube is nearly empty and you are squeezing tightly from the bottom to push the last bit out. Than suddenly without warning the last bit flys out straight down the plug hole.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Interior designers, what a pathetic group of people

Usually footballers wifes or orange women or both with plenty of time on their hands.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Usually footballers wifes or orange women or both with plenty of time on their hands.

Carefull now, dont get into irish politics on here..............

 

[KS55]

Sane here, mate, but I fear you are fighting a losing battle - the false apostrophists will take no notice of your admirable homily and continue to mangle our language and its usages.
Even explaining about possesseion is lost on many - it is fraught with traps for the unwary. Someone on another thread recently talked about the "player's lounge" (sic) when alluding to the lounge used by all the players - I almost replied and asked him which individual player had a lounge of his own.
Still, perhaps not as bad as the shop I saw with a display of apples called "Golden Deliciou's". I felt like going in and buying one golden deliciou. But I feared the irony would be lost on whoever served me.

Ah, the greengrocer’s apostrophe.
Mushroom’s 34p
Mange Tout’s 45p
Asparagus’s. 56p
Mari’s Piper’s 35p
Tomato’s. 57p.
That‘s enough veg’s, Ed.

 

[KS55]

The original idea, from the good old U. S of A was so that if you're car was mangled in an accident the services would know you had baby on board
But its sadly become a form of showing off, like they are the only parents in the world

Pregnant women should sport a baby on board sticker.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Pregnant women should sport a baby on board sticker.

I’d imagine anyone prepared to go down that route would want it to read ‘small person on board’.