Tea and Books, etc.

I know what you mean T.

 

Maths! Chemistry!

Surely this is a prank of vast proportions?

 

Social worker perplexed me.

 

It means you're a do-gooder, Fuff! :-D

Chocolate mint patties for you! oooooooo (of course, those could be biscuits, too, but we won't mention that, right?)

 

Rooftop sniper. Dosen't pay anything, but oh the job satisfaction!!

 

LOL. In this country, one can take offence at being called a do-gooder!

 

Gracious! Have I committed yet another faux pas?! >:-P

Well, I'll let you decide what is the most fitting punishment, dear Fuff.

(Be gentle, please! :o) )


Phosgene Kid: I worry about you! Maybe you and I can take some anger management classes together? ;-)

 

It's ok T, you carry on, it's funny.

 

Princess Fuff, thou art most gracious and kind!

*curtsey*

 

Now now, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, don't you know?

 

I am mostly harmless.

 

Hey, T&B, thanks for the link. I tok the test and learned that I shoulda coulda been a PAROLE OFFICER. Or a dental hygienist. Or a librarian.

I didn't realize you were such hot scientific investigative talent, T&B. Now I know who to call next time I've got a puzzling problem on my hands! :-)

 

*giving Princess Fuff a very wounded look*

But I meant that sincerely, Princess Fuff! :'-( I was very happy you were letting me off the hook, as it were. And now you're attributing sarcasm and wit to me?! I never! ;-)

Phosgene Kid: Now you've got me wondering about that mostly harmless... lol. But as you've got that mask on, you'll forgive me if I have my doubts, yes? ;-)

Suz: Lol. Well, parole officer is law-related, you must comb through libraries often for just the right precedents don't you?, and surely whenever someone speaking with you has halitosis, you toss a handful of mints in their direction and spritz some breath spray?

No? Oh, that last must just be me, then. ;-)

As for my results, I did say it was frightening, didn't I? Me! T&B as a scientist or related whatnot! I correct myself: it's not frightening, it's downright horrifying!

Think of what state the world would be in if I were allowed to muck about attempting to build things, mess with petri dishes, mix chemicals, yank out teeth, work on wiring, posit logarithms, predict the weather, dole out pharmaceuticals, lay hands on people, evaluate land, or approach animals. :-O

*shudder*

Please, Suz! I've nightmares about this already! ;-)

And this is why I'm a wielder of the evil red pen. :-D

 

OMG, T&B! You used the word "POSIT" in a sentence.

Whoo-ha! Hallelujah! Here's prooff that lteracy has not totally disappeared from the face of the earth.

*cranky old lady goes off to lie down for a rest*

 

...make that a nice long nap, after failing to proofread my prior post which misspelled "proof" and is therefore proof that I'm not as smart as all that after all...

 

Can't complain because Blogger is free, but a spell check would be nice. Not that my spelling is that bad, but my typing is atrocious and I am too lazy to type stuff into Word and then play the cut and paste game.

 

LOL, Suz!

Firstly, you are not by any means old. Secondly, I didn't use the word 'posit'. Nope, nuh uh, not only is it still quite early in your neck of the woods, you must have read my post with the lights off. Really. Which would also handsomely explain that very teesny typo. :-D

Phosgene Kid: Are you actually implying that I, I, cut and paste? *hand fluttering to chest* Moi? *batting eyelashes*

Not even I am that colonic, although I do admit to previewing my posts most of the time to catch typos and, boy, have I caught a few this morning. >:-O

I'm the same way with typing, PK. Truth to tell, it has gotten worse with the advent of the Internet and Web. I used to type around 82 words per minute -- accurately -- on an electric typewriter, then once everything went to tech land, my typing has steadily disintegrated. :-P

Spell check is of limited use, I find, and I never use it. It will catch some dodgy type things, but is useless for homonyms used in the wrong spots, like 'hear' for 'here' or 'it's', 'its', etc. Basically, inappropriate word choices that aren't misspelled because they're words in their own right aren't going to be caught. And anyone who doesn't know the difference isn't going to catch those mistakes even after spell check.

Oh, dear! Look what you did! Got me back onto my hobby horse and lecturing mode! Bad, PK! Bad! lol.

 

The limits of a spell check program were recently demonstrated - see article at http://tinyurl.com/ljs2a

A lawyer in California ran spell check on a brief and filed it without realizing that the program had failed ot recognize the phrase "sua sponte" and had replaced the legal phrase with "sea sponge" in each place where it occurred.

Ouch.

 

BWA HAHAHAHAHA! Oh, how funny! 'The sea sponge duty to instruct'?! That's priceless!

I hereby call said lawyer, 'Barrister Sea Sponge'. ('Barrister' has a superior ring compared with 'lawyer' and 'attorney', doesn't it?)

I wonder if his client, the ex-judge, was amused or livid. I'm almost certain the court judges must have laughed themselves silly. Tee hee!

 

Oh my. I got the same thing.

And I can't add up for beans (or 4 beans depending on your perspective.

Have you done the IQ test thingie that tickle.com have. That too is a laugh.

 

Hi, Mummified!

I have, yes, back when it was still e-Mode and when it changed over to Tickle.

It was a solid guffaw, all right. I scored 131, which would make me a Mensa candidate. I can't begin to tell you how that made me laugh and laugh. :-D

 

Oops! Forgot to mention re the career quiz -- I knew we had more than one thing in common, Mummified. ;-)