I have an Inner Stickler. Poor spelling, punctuation and grammar really irk me.
Many folk tell me to lighten up, saying that accurate spelling is no longer important and that it's the meaning of the words that really matters...
I rest my case.
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French letters
Recipe for Disaster
Ingredients:
- 3 x Science
- 2 or 3 x Maths
- 2 x English
- 2 x Humanities
- 1 x language
- 1 x sprinkling of Computing
Method:
- Take one meddling politician who won't listen to reason
- Give that politician the authority to tinker and meddle with the ingredients
- Ensure that the politician gets everything really mixed up
- Half-bake the mix until it all goes tits-up
- Give the creation a fancy French name that many kids won't be able to spell anyway
- Feed it to many thousands of schoolkids
- Wash your hands of all responsibility
- Reassign the politician at the next Cabinet reshuffle
- Let the next Government clear up the mess
Well done, you've just concocted the EBC, an inbred version of the EBacc.
It doesn't look very good, does it? I imagine it'll taste bitter with a hint of merde.
Where's the landlord when you need him? He wouldn't stand for all that foreign-sounding rubbish.
If he ever stood for election to Parliament, he'd get my vote 
What does “incompetent” mean? What does “baffled” mean?
Yeah, sorry about the post-title. No doubt you all know where it's from.
Anyway, it's clear that at least one Tesco employee is both incompetent and baffled when it comes to using our official language:
Maybe a little education would help?
They may have been playing it fast and loose in the changing-rooms but they were hedging their bets in the Seasonal Goods aisle. Who can blame them for catering for a little latitude in the long-range weather forecast for the run-up to Christmas?
Up the aisle
For good days
For bad days
For Christmas Days
We didn't find the Easter eggs but I'm sure they must be hidden away somewhere at the back.
Some things are worth more than gold
Saw this live on the box earlier, I'm glad somebody managed to record it.
You'll need to turn up the volume:
Priceless
Home and Away
Had a few days pottering around Eskdale.
It'll take me a while to sort the pics and the report.
In the meantime, I'll leave you to ponder the logic of this:
Regression
Back on the painkillers and the soft cushion here so I needed something to lift my spirits.
This hilarious Rich Hall stuff hit the spot.
Mind the language...
He’s not The Messiah…
No doubt you've seen it before...
Blunders of the Universe (HD) from darren jonusas on Vimeo.
Best viewed in full-screen with the volume at 11 on the dial, IMHO.
Not enough? Try the extended version. Poor full-screen option though.
Seconds in… Round Two!
At long last I've got me a follow-up consultation:
Maybe I should send a reply?
I was thinking of something along the lines of:
"The patient will not always see the consultant (or his proxy) personally, the patient may send one of his mates from down the pub."
