All About Chloroform#2

[Lanie]

Vass, Rickenbach, LE...idiots all. Imagine...doing an actual search for virtual chlororform. And a judge with no power of deductive reasoning? That's right. He signed that silly search warrant.

How do they pick 'em?! :doh:

Getting serious for a minute here. I understand that people have differing opinions and I have no problem with that. This place would be quite boring without that element. I believe we're all (most?) on Caylee's side. If the chloroform turns out to be a red herring, or unusable as evidence, I'll have no problem with admitting I was wrong.

P.S. Is the straw shovel still behind bars or has it been returned to the bosom of its family?

Bolded by me.
Same here, and I will even eat crow, but I also reserve the right to say "I told you so.", because I will. I can't help it.
Lanie

 

[Rumpole]

Because, if we give in on that, the next thing you'll want is for us to start driving on the left side of the road.
Lanie

Well spotted Lanie.

It is the old thin end of the wedge trick.

Funny, it worked a treat in the recent election?

 

[fortytwo]

Because, if we give in on that, the next thing you'll want is for us to start driving on the left side of the road.
Lanie

Judging from the nightly traffic reports I had been led to believe that had already happened.

 

[kiki the parrot]

HP, as a daughter and daughter-in-law of Brits, I must inform you that subtlety is lost on Americans. However, the winking smiley is of some use if you wish to telegraph sarcasm. e.g.,

Nor was it lost on this "Yankee" either... but then again, I did live for a time in England as a child lol... Now, if we could further distinguish between dry subtle humor and scathing sarcasm. JMO
:blowkiss:
arrot:

 

[Rumpole]

Bolded by me.
Same here, and I will even eat crow, but I also reserve the right to say "I told you so.", because I will. I can't help it.
Lanie

On the contrary, WHEN the details come out and chloroform is NOT involved, I will not be gloating and saying "I told you so". That would be mean and undignified. However, I will point out that you were wrong once before for evey disagreement we have for ever.

 

[fortytwo]

Nor was it lost on this "Yankee" either... but then again, I did live for a time in England as a child lol... Now, if we could further distinguish between dry subtle humor and scathing sarcasm. JMO
:blowkiss:
arrot:

"Subtle" is when it just leaves a rash.

"Scathing" is when you have to apply direct pressure to stop the bleeding.

 

[kiki the parrot]

I go along with some US spelling. Bill Gates sees to that by defaulting to US dictionary.

I just think Colour, needs the "u" Why don't you americans go along on just that word?

(bold mine) Ahhh, but then a precedent would be set and the next thing we shall also be expected to submissively go along on "favour," "honour," "rigour," "valour," "humour" and before you know it it will be a bloody "moural" majority, a bloomin' "fourest," a crimey "coural" reef... and blimey "Boura Boura..." lol. JMO
arrot:

 

[Rumpole]

(bold mine) Ahhh, but then a precedent would be set and the next thing we shall also be expected to submissively go along on "favour," "honour," "rigour," "valour," "humour" and before you know it it will be a bloody "moural" majority, a bloomin' "fourest," a crimey "coural" reef... and blimey "Boura Boura..." lol. JMO
arrot:

My problem is I am now constantly reminded I can't spell in TWO languages.

 

[kiki the parrot]

"Subtle" is when it just leaves a rash.

"Scathing" is when you have to apply direct pressure to stop the bleeding.

Or tourniquet (torniquet) as needed...
arrot:

 

[kiki the parrot]

My problem is I am now constantly reminded I can't spell in TWO languages.

:boohoo:
Yes I feel your pain HP, but let's look on the bright side shall we? Afterall you're always correct somewhere lol. :blowkiss:

arrot:

 

[Indigo]

On the contrary, WHEN the details come out and chloroform is NOT involved, I will not be gloating and saying "I told you so". That would be mean and undignified. However, I will point out that you were wrong once before for evey disagreement we have for ever.

If chloroform turned out to be involved, I would never even mention it again in this context. I'll just be happy to know the truth one way or the other.

I hope this qualifies my humor as the non-scathing kind.

 

[Rumpole]

:boohoo:
Yes I feel your pain HP, but let's look on the bright side shall we? Afterall you're always correct somewhere lol. :blowkiss:

arrot:

That's a bit like the consolation of knowing a stopped watch is dead accurate twice a day

 

[Lanie]

On the contrary, WHEN the details come out and chloroform is NOT involved, I will not be gloating and saying "I told you so". That would be mean and undignified. However, I will point out that you were wrong once before for evey disagreement we have for ever.

Undignified meanie, that's me. And while it would be so PAINFUL to constantly be reminded I was once wrong, it's not going to happen. So dream while you can, lol.
Lanie

 

[kiki the parrot]

That's a bit like the consolation of knowing a stopped watch is dead accurate twice a day

Precisely! See, you are catching on already... lol!
arrot:

 

[Rumpole]

Undignified meanie, that's me. And while it would be so PAINFUL to constantly be reminded I was once wrong, it's not going to happen. So dream while you can, lol.
Lanie

Run that past my Babel fish again.

Translates as: you know you are in for a power of hurt when you are proved wrong!

 

[Lanie]

Run that past my Babel fish again.

Translates as: you know you are in for a power of hurt when you are proved wrong!

I'm never wrong. Ask my husband, he'll tell you, lol.
Lanie

 

[fortytwo]

(bold mine) Ahhh, but then a precedent would be set and the next thing we shall also be expected to submissively go along on "favour," "honour," "rigour," "valour," "humour" and before you know it it will be a bloody "moural" majority, a bloomin' "fourest," a crimey "coural" reef... and blimey "Boura Boura..." lol. JMO
arrot:

I have a theory about this.

In early times the English were quite casual about the entire concept of spelling. This is clearly evidenced by the example of the 666 variations of the name "Shakspar" ("Scheckspere"?). After all, if they couldn't be bothered with an agreed on spelling of the name of the foremost deity in their literary pantheon then why worry about mere words.

After the Irish invented the printing press literacy and the penny dreadful were very slowly introduced into what has come to be known as "British Culture".

Somewhere in the process attentive printers on the island noticed that they were plagued with a surfeit of the letter "u" in their type drawers. Concerned about unsightly dents in their ink pads from uneven type wear they cleverly decided to hide the extra "u"s where they would not be noticed.

There really wasn't much danger of their being caught. The Scots hadn't invented the dictionary yet, so the Tories would never be able to tell the difference, and the Whigs wouldn't care since the "u" was silent and involved no extra work.

The colonists on the other hand were suffering an acute lead shortage at the time, as so much of it was being used to send small (approx. 3/4 oz.) love notes to uninvited strangers in red. As a result all their surplus "u"s were melted down and used to make "French" letters, also known as "Minie balls".

And so we come to modern times.

In case you thought this might be off topic, I wanted to share with you so that we could be grateful that we are not discussing "chlouroufourm".

 

[Rumpole]

I have a theory about this.

In early times the English were quite casual about the entire concept of spelling. This is clearly evidenced by the example of the 666 variations of the name "Shakspar" ("Scheckspere"?). After all, if they couldn't be bothered with an agreed on spelling of the name of the foremost deity in their literary pantheon then why worry about mere words.

After the Irish invented the printing press literacy and the penny dreadful were very slowly introduced into what has come to be known as "British Culture".

Somewhere in the process attentive printers on the island noticed that they were plagued with a surfeit of the letter "u" in their type drawers. Concerned about unsightly dents in their ink pads from uneven type wear they cleverly decided to hide the extra "u"s where they would not be noticed.

There really wasn't much danger of their being caught. The Scots hadn't invented the dictionary yet, so the Tories would never be able to tell the difference, and the Whigs wouldn't care since the "u" was silent and involved no extra work.

The colonists on the other hand were suffering an acute lead shortage at the time, as so much of it was being used to send small (approx. 3/4 oz.) love notes to uninvited strangers in red. As a result all their surplus "u"s were melted down and used to make "French" letters, also known as "Minie balls".

And so we come to modern times.

In case you thought this might be off topic, I wanted to share with you so that we could be grateful that we are not discussing "chlouroufourm".

One has to look at the English language (the proper version) as a Gestalt:

Art, as much as science. Worked and reworked down through the centuries to be a thing of beauty!
It is barbarity to mess with a work of art, just for streamlining.
Faced with shipping weight restrictions would you lop the left gonad, off Michelangelo's David?

 

[Verité]

Originally posted by Poirot . . .Geshtalt. . . .

Gestalt.

 

[Rumpole]

Gestalt.

Ok make that I can't spell in 3 languages, and counting!