March 2008
My hands were literally bleeding
I love The Apprentice. This series has got off to a great start. Skip to 2:50 to hear the posh git get his comeuppance. I thought it was brilliant to hear someone say, "I literally left with my hands bleeding" ...
Cartoon time
Apologies for the lack of posts recently; we've all been terribly busy. In the absence of a well written and humorous post, I hope you will enjoy these grammar-based cartoons. From savagechickens.com. ...
New’s Paper’s
This is just great. I'm not suggesting that this mail box should be targeted by local youths for firework and/or urine attacks; I'm just saying I couldn't condemn them for doing so. This photo was ...
A fishy tale
The improbably named Jeff the fish got in touch a while back to share the following bit of tasty bait. Jeff writes, ...
You’ll be humming this song all day.
All together now: "Mr Morten is the subject of the sentence and what the predicate says, he does".
If you’re having grammar problems I feel bad for you, son
Only 17 typos, originally uploaded by Dunstan Orchard. This is ...
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