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rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 0:00)
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The day to celebrate fathers (21st June)'noon all! I've been Made To Work. Sucks. Anyway...
The fella and I have been having a disagreement about this. We spotted a sign saying "Dad's go free" (and a little bit of me died again). It also said "Father's Day" somewhere on it.
Obviously I was in tears with the whole grammatical debacle. But then the disagreement... I think both are wrong, including the ol' "father's day". I think it is the day to celebrate fathers, not just your personal father, so I think it should read "Fathers' Day".
The fella disagrees. He reckons you should only have one dad, ergo father's day.
Tell me I'm right.
And if I'm wrong I may not be around for a while because I'll be undergoing a brain transplant with a monkey.
/edit - apologies for the plethora of disagreeage in there.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:16, Reply)
You sound like just the sort of couple I'd like to have round for a dinner partyIN OPPOSITE LAND
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:17, Reply)
And we'd love you to come round for dinner too!Nothing like a transsexual dwarf to liven a party up
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:18, Reply)
Well, we only argued for a short whilebefore reverting to looking at the walls in silence.
But there is no argument. I'm right. I just need reassurance because I'm dependent, neurotic, needy and insecure.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:21, Reply)
add violent to that listand you'll become the perfect party guest.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:22, Reply)
Oh yep that tooAnd premenstrual. Always. You know how that feels.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:26, Reply)
Ah, I just noticed somethingPsyche is a girl.
PsychoChomp is not.
Could this be where the confusion is from? For some reason, I had them the other way round.
The apostrophe question's difficult though.
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K2k6 is having Christmas issues, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:41,
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Do you knowI'd never thought of that.
I think I was a bloke before PsychoChomp was a girl though.
*mefirst mefirst mefirst*
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:46, Reply)
Just let me check...My GOD it's gone! Gone I tell you!
That was NOT part of the bargain. I understood I would retain the willy but gain breastacles. Where is he? The swine....
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:55, Reply)
I'll just know I'm superior.Is all.
No need for the monkey brain transplant.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:24, Reply)
Not superior.Just right. This time. We need much more of this before we can agree empirical evidence confirms superiority. This of course will require copious input from other half as a control set.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:27, Reply)
POIDH?I'm not sure if I have photographic evidence of me being right, but... We're moving in together in a couple of months. Is that not evidence enough of him being pussywhipped into submission?
(I didn't really pussywhip him - honest)
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:40, Reply)
Sadly......my auld fella died about three years ago, but I still observe the tradition of the day by having a quiet half-hour in the study with a decent scotch and a few of my favourite photos of him.
So in answer, for me it's about my Dad.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:32, Reply)
I doubt......my recipe would be legal to serve, even the toned-down version :)
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:38, Reply)
Do tell...Nowt quite like a tasty hot toddy on a cold JUNE day. Urgh.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:38, Reply)
I posted it yesterday in...... www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post444125
You may want to omit the actual medicinal component if you aren't drowning in snot as I was at the time. It would prob be even more pleasant on the tastebuds without it too.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:46, Reply)
HmmmI'd have thought the lemsip might make it lemsippy?
Yup I'll omit those and go for the rest. Anything with ginger in it gets my vote.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:48, Reply)
Good that you have good memories of him.Much better than having a father you don't care for.
I have one I'm not much fussed about, and the biological one died a couple of years ago. TBH, it was a relief. So I'm not the greatest fan of the day. Has always been about pretenses for me.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:35, Reply)
Can't say it's a day I'm looking forward to this yearso fail to give a crap.
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Mary's sexbox explosion makes me The Jesus, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:53,
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It's not one I look forward to either.The grammar still bugs me tho.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:57, Reply)
Why?If my dad was still alive, I still wouldn't give a shit. There are better things to be concerned with...like why are dragonflies called dragonflies when they're clearly not part dragon.
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Mary's sexbox explosion makes me The Jesus, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 14:01,
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Why?Biological dad died 2yrs ago. He was a crap dad. Step-dad had an affair with a 16yr old girl. Almost destroyed the rest of my family. Urgh the pretense of buying cards just to avoid awkwardness.
I completely agree with the dragonflies. You expect more from the name than a big flying stick.
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Mary's sexbox explosion makes me The Jesus, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 14:08,
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Just does.Like "no job to small" etc.
And can't find much to support me being the most right on the internet. Except that in the states it is "Father's Day" - and that's American, so it must be wrong, and my way is right.
The distraction kitty is here tho now, so I guess I'll never know! ... Come here kitty!!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 14:15, Reply)
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