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Good grief....
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 10:17 am
by jj the Gent
Just looked at the Miscellany page, for BGAFD3 info........
Isn't that a lovely commentary on humnaity, that the mods felt it necessary to tell us how to behave?
Like those 'Love is....' posters on the Tube, exhorting people not to behave like animals: one would have hoped they were otiose............
Re: Good grief....
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:00 pm
by steve56
will you be buying any raffle tickets sat week,ihope i feel ok by then i nearly passed out in the heat today had to have a cuppa tea.
Re: Good grief....
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:39 pm
by Hugh again..
The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
otiose
SYLLABICATION: o?ti?ose
PRONUNCIATION: sh-s, t-
ADJECTIVE: 1. Lazy; indolent. 2. Of no use. 3. Ineffective; futile. See synonyms at vain.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin tisus, idle, from tium, leisure.
OTHER FORMS: oti?osely ?ADVERB
oti?osi?ty (-s-t) ?NOUN
Re: Good grief....
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 5:57 pm
by George
"The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language"
By the same publisher as the Mugabe Guide to Democaracy. See also the Haitian Guide to Wealth Creation, the Victoria Beckham Guide to Good Taste and the Tony Blair Guide to Integrity.
Re: Good grief....
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 6:03 pm
by jj greatly amazed
!!!!
Re: Good grief....
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 6:04 pm
by jj greatly gutted...
Look, all I meant was that it shouldn't have been necessary to ask people to behave like decent human beans.
Thassall..........
Re: Good grief....
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 6:13 pm
by Lizard
And you quite rightly entitled to your opinion youngster, when we give it to you, ours is not to reason/question the authority of the bgafd hierachy(sp) just listen and learn and behave yourself, or Carol will be round to discipline you, and you dont want that, I can tell you...
Re: Good grief....
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 7:33 pm
by F Off, esq.,,,,,,,,
Oh, yes I do.....
[This one could run and run........]
Re: Good grief....
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 8:23 pm
by magoo
Well why didnt you say that in the first place instead of using a word such as "otiose" that nobody understands.
If you insist on using such language then please dont be suprised when nobody understands what yer on about. If I didnt know you I would make the mistake of thinking you were a right posh person which of course you are not even though you do carry your fish and chips home in a violin case.
Its not big and its not clever. And it encourages people to take the piss.
But seriously I wonder if there have been some incidents of bad behaviour that have prompted the mods guide. Or do we come across as a bunch of hooligans?
Re: Good grief....
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 8:26 pm
by D Irvine
Great.....a Legal Beagle telling ME about verbosity........
It's just TOO good.