domenica 5 febbraio 2023

New post coming soon.

 While you wait, here's a bit of advice for my fellow bloggers.

The little temporary shops you have at fairs and market days are called stalls.

S - T - A - L - L - S


STOOL refers to some quite different things:

NOUN

1) A seat without a back or arms, typically resting on three or four legs or on a single pedestal.

2) A piece of faeces.

3) A root or stump of a tree or plant from which shoots spring.

So, if you wrote something like this, which stool would you be talking about?

"Opposite us was a booth selling pretty dresses, a guy selling mechanical things to assemble, another selling outdoor ornaments like the wind features in my front yard... so many stools!"

The worst outcome would be if you were talking about number 2.




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24 commenti:

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

RBBCGASS - yes, that seems appropriate.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

It didn't go through the first time - I'm now repeating myself. It must be down to that RBBCGASS.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Three comments to make one point. I need to sit down on my stall.

Okay, okay, it's a very small stall that fits under my stool - the number 1 sort of stool.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Has Robert sub-contracted you to write comments for him.

THE WINE GUY ha detto...

Maybe you should get him to write this "New post coming soon" which seems to be taking forever.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

We're in negotiations.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

He likes holy pictures if you want to sweeten the deal and throw in a scapula or two.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Have you still got any scapule (Italian plural) that you stole when you were in 5P?

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

No.
I gave up wearing scapule back in about standard three at Marist.
I don't know what became of them.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

11 comments and 8 of them are from me with the other 3 your own.
Not exactly burning up the airwaves are we.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

I think your last post has two comments - both from me.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

It looks like I hit the mark.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

More like a skid mark.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Scato ..... oh why bother.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Nope - nothing to see here.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Yes, St Luke said, "There is no more grievous sin than to compare the virtue of two things. That's like comparing the literate with the illiterate. Get down on your knees, sinner, and pray to seven obscure saints for forgiveness. And clean up your own stools."

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

"It portended to illude to literacy, but sadly declined into obscenity."

Is this some sort of example of illiteracy?
If so - well done.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

"But Master there was nothing virtuous about your original post. It portended to illude to literacy, but sadly declined into obscenity."
Okay, let's take a look. You were talking about stalls at a fair or community gathering. You, when trying to talk about stalls, used the word stools. Basically, you chose a word that didn't represent what you were trying to say. Okay, I know you like to explain things in big words but, when you insert an incorrect word, it makes you look like an idiot. No memorized big words will hide this reality. I explained the meaning of the mistaken word you used but you chose not to understand. This leaves me with only one explanation, "La mamma degli imbecilli è sempre incinta."

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

That Italian mama needs some sort of birth control.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

New post coming soon.
While you wait ....



..... you wouldn't want to be hanging by your neck.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

No, I don't believe that Robert. You'd wish a lifetime of pain and misfortune on a damaged child and struggling family just to satisfy your dodgy religious belief.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

No. I didn't make myself clear in that previous comment.
A foetus in the early stage is not a human being. It is a woman's right to choose whether to have a baby or not. If she chooses to abort, because there is a degree of certainty that the baby will be damaged - what's wrong with that?

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

L.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

You've done something to the settings so that comments on your latest post cannot be sent.
Sheesh!