squirrel_hunter
05-02-08, 08:53 PM
I was given the book Do Ants Have Ars*holes? (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ants-Have-********s-Ridiculous-Questions/dp/0751540412/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202242895&sr=8-1) a couple of weeks ago. It basically a collection of silly questions and answers from the letters page of the Old Git magazine. I found it quite amusing.
However there is one question and answer I just don't get and put it out to the mighty org to explain it to me. I recommend the following link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/0751540412/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-page) to get a feel for the book before attempting the question thus...
Is correct spelling and grammar really that important?
M. Ismail Khogyani, Samoa
Orthography, grammar, and syntax are tremendously important, a fact borne out by a tragic misreading on my part. In response to an advert in the shop window of my local butcher's, I took my prized Pomeranian poodle, Ralph, along to an address in the next village, glad for the help. I am just a poor old woman, and have long since stopped giving Ralph the exercise she deserves. The advert itself - it transpired - was entirely honest in it intentions; the fault was entirely in my misreading of a single letter: 'I will walk your dog. Call *******'. Poor Ralph!
Mrs Lenard Beacham, Somerset
If it is of any help I include the follow up answer (which I do get)...
I can sympathise entirely with Mrs Beecham and her ordeal with Ralph the dog. Readers may remember a certain Tory shadow minister's notorious interview with Hello! magazine earlier this year, for which he was immediately sacked by David Cameron. The tirade as it appeared in the audio tape of the interview is as follows:
They're parasites these 'Wives or Girlfriends', make no mistake about that. They do nothing to contribute to our economy, strolling around naked in hot countries like savages before returning to Britain, strolling around with their smug, garishly painted 'Wife or Girlfriend' faces, relying on handouts rather than working for a living. They make me sick.
The honourable gentleman's mistake was a small one - it is, of course, Wives AND Girlfriends, or 'WAGS' - but he surely cannot be blamed for Hello!'s decision to reproduce his mistake when typing out the acronym in print.
Jeeves Worcester, Pelham
Who ever can explain the above to me will be rewarded by way of one night with Stretchie, redeemable at AR08. No alternative offered.
Thanks in advance.
However there is one question and answer I just don't get and put it out to the mighty org to explain it to me. I recommend the following link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/0751540412/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-page) to get a feel for the book before attempting the question thus...
Is correct spelling and grammar really that important?
M. Ismail Khogyani, Samoa
Orthography, grammar, and syntax are tremendously important, a fact borne out by a tragic misreading on my part. In response to an advert in the shop window of my local butcher's, I took my prized Pomeranian poodle, Ralph, along to an address in the next village, glad for the help. I am just a poor old woman, and have long since stopped giving Ralph the exercise she deserves. The advert itself - it transpired - was entirely honest in it intentions; the fault was entirely in my misreading of a single letter: 'I will walk your dog. Call *******'. Poor Ralph!
Mrs Lenard Beacham, Somerset
If it is of any help I include the follow up answer (which I do get)...
I can sympathise entirely with Mrs Beecham and her ordeal with Ralph the dog. Readers may remember a certain Tory shadow minister's notorious interview with Hello! magazine earlier this year, for which he was immediately sacked by David Cameron. The tirade as it appeared in the audio tape of the interview is as follows:
They're parasites these 'Wives or Girlfriends', make no mistake about that. They do nothing to contribute to our economy, strolling around naked in hot countries like savages before returning to Britain, strolling around with their smug, garishly painted 'Wife or Girlfriend' faces, relying on handouts rather than working for a living. They make me sick.
The honourable gentleman's mistake was a small one - it is, of course, Wives AND Girlfriends, or 'WAGS' - but he surely cannot be blamed for Hello!'s decision to reproduce his mistake when typing out the acronym in print.
Jeeves Worcester, Pelham
Who ever can explain the above to me will be rewarded by way of one night with Stretchie, redeemable at AR08. No alternative offered.
Thanks in advance.