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[Louise]

Your underwear does get about Kate:oops:

 

 

I haven't laughed that much in ages - thanks Gina

[Mrs Frugal]

 

the students' were all wearing Kate's big knickers.

 

Sounds like they're all crammed into one pair - they aren't that big !!

 

[Popcorn]

A nice description in the use of punctuation I thought

 

A great image to imagine - Superkate - and I bet you'll never forget how to use an apostophe now

[Mrs Frugal]

Not when applied to knickers anyway !

[Popcorn]

Now, you see Kate, I know it sounds like they were crammed into one pair, and not ever having seen your big knickers I couldn't possibly say otherwise, but in the text, you know they aren't because 'knickers' didn't have an apostophe - which would make them one pair belonging to you.

 

Oh dear - I'll stop now

[Mrs Frugal]

Probably best !

[Lesley]

If you didn't have the apostophe there, it would mean there were a group of kates, all with big knickers.

 

Infact the apostophe would appear at the end of Kates' to indicate a group.

 

A bit like,

 

the students' were all wearing Kate's big knickers.

 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mrs Frugal]

I'm so embarrassed to have my knickers aired in public in such a manner !!

[Popcorn]

It's ok Kate - you're in good company and I'm sure we have all, at one time or another, wore our apple catchers over our tights, even if some of us were only 7 at the time....

[Trish]

Oh please NO , my husband writes a lot of technical documents as part of his Job and is Know at work as "The Apostrophe King". The worst offender around here is

"Open Sunday's" urrrrrgh

[red]

I hate to sound mean and pedantic but there would not be an apostrophe after the word students

 

Placing a preposition at the end of a sentence - that's the other type of pedantry up with which I shall not put

 

..... I'll shut up now!

[Lesley]

Red - I noticed Pongo yesterday and meant to ask?

[red]

Pongo is our Orang-Utan - he was a gift from Mr's sister (Mr was 40 the other day) Pongo is the name that we've given him - he's really called Etin - he lives in Borneo and we have adopted him from the WWF.

 

A great gift don't you think?

[Lesley]

I think it's a brilliant gift.

 

He'll have to be a celebrity Orang-Utan otherwise I'm seriously off-topic again

[Anna 1]

I have an orang-utan too! Her name is Lidia and she lives in Sumatra. I adopted her from the Australian Orangutan Foundation. I think it's a great idea too!

[Popcorn]

I hate to sound mean and pedantic but there would not be an apostrophe after the word students

 

Placing a preposition at the end of a sentence - that's the other type of pedantry up with which I shall not put

 

..... I'll shut up now!

Yes, you're right Red

Lets have a group 'shut up' on this one!

[red]

Excellent - chickens and Orang-Utans - there's no better combination!

 

Just to keep things on topic - I once played skittles with Brian Cant and Brian Glover (RIP)

 

Actually I have quite a few claims to fame/celeb moments because I have a few friends who act and Mr did some work in a theatre once (behind scenes) so I'm not generally star struck but BRIAN CANT was a different story simply because of all those years watching play-away!

[Lesley]

Ooooh Nooooooo! I can't get the tune out of my head now!!!!!

[Mrs Frugal]

I loved Brian Cant - terrific chap. Yes, I too have the Playaway theme running through my head - great days!!

[Jukebox Tim]

Don't know whether I need to get a life but this thread has brightened my day....you ladies are so fickle....how did you get from Johnny Depp to Brian Cant?

[Mrs Frugal]

Women have complex minds, Tim!!

[Crooked Chicken]

OK my claims to fame are:

1) I saw the guy from Eastenders, the one who worked behind the bar (haven't watched Eastenders for about a year - so may be different guy now) in TGI's restaurant. I said "I think you're gorgeous", he gave me a wink, and I was so embarrased I spent the rest of the evening underneath the table pretending I'd dropped my fork.

2) I've kissed Spike Milligan - he's dead now

and

3) I kissed one of the chaps from Robson and Jerome - not sure which one it was. He's still alive I think.

[Mrs Frugal]

!!

[Lesley]

What on earth did you do to poor Spike?

[red]

 

BTW - other claims to fame of mine : -

 

Jimmy Saville asked my mum on a date when she was about 20 (I hasten to add she turned him down )

 

My Dad's second cousin is Mr Howard - he was one of the men who used to sit with Basil Brush - BOOOM BOOOM!!