Comments on: Do You See? http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/ A collection of ignorance, narcissism, stupidity, hypocrisy and bad grammar. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:27:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tom http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/comment-page-1/#comment-14972 Tom Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:39:00 +0000 http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/#comment-14972 Oli - actually, Dubbs' is incorrect. It should be Dubbs's. Dubbs' would be referring to a group of Dubbs. Oh fuck it, never mind. Oli – actually, Dubbs’ is incorrect. It should be Dubbs’s. Dubbs’ would be referring to a group of Dubbs. Oh fuck it, never mind.

]]> By: Mike http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/comment-page-1/#comment-14471 Mike Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:17:16 +0000 http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/#comment-14471 So just to be clear here.... the dog is a lasoo apso? So just to be clear here…. the dog is a lasoo apso?

]]> By: Evil Robot http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11669 Evil Robot Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:43:27 +0000 http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/#comment-11669 So... Is it OK to go to war with Iran or not? I think we should... Where do they get off staying in their own country with their own traditions and stuff? It's about time we took a flag over there and civilized/civilised them! It's disgraceful that these people think it's OK to prepare a defence/defense/ da-fence against idiots like Ronald Dubbs. So… Is it OK to go to war with Iran or not? I think we should… Where do they get off staying in their own country with their own traditions and stuff? It’s about time we took a flag over there and civilized/civilised them!

It’s disgraceful that these people think it’s OK to prepare a defence/defense/ da-fence against idiots like Ronald Dubbs.

]]> By: Yusef http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11140 Yusef Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:52:19 +0000 http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/#comment-11140 Sorry Rogan that one passed me by. Did you get it from inside a christmas cracker? A second hand one perhaps? Sorry Rogan that one passed me by. Did you get it from inside a christmas cracker? A second hand one perhaps?

]]> By: Rogan Josh http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11124 Rogan Josh Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:01:04 +0000 http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/#comment-11124 A blind man walks into Debenhams and stands there, seeming a little confused. Then he picks up his dog by the tail, causing it to yelp, and starts swinging it round his head like a lasoo. The unimpressed manager walks over and asks the man what on earth he thinks he doing to which the man replies, "having a look around". A blind man walks into Debenhams and stands there, seeming a little confused. Then he picks up his dog by the tail, causing it to yelp, and starts swinging it round his head like a lasoo. The unimpressed manager walks over and asks the man what on earth he thinks he doing to which the man replies, “having a look around”.

]]> By: Nelson http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11121 Nelson Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:21:55 +0000 http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/#comment-11121 There's a few instances of mistakes in posts and then ensuing comments. It usually raises a brief smirk. I'm more interested in whether you take the point about your doublethink above? It's something I see throughout the media and it frames the entire debate on (for example) Iran. The media is (sort of) allowed to talk about having been lied to over Iraq but is required to then take seriously the idea that Iran is actually a threat. It takes real intellectual discipline to pull this off with a straight face. There’s a few instances of mistakes in posts and then ensuing comments. It usually raises a brief smirk.

I’m more interested in whether you take the point about your doublethink above? It’s something I see throughout the media and it frames the entire debate on (for example) Iran. The media is (sort of) allowed to talk about having been lied to over Iraq but is required to then take seriously the idea that Iran is actually a threat. It takes real intellectual discipline to pull this off with a straight face.

]]> By: Oli http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11120 Oli Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:01:18 +0000 http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/#comment-11120 Oh, OK, sorry guys. I just thought it was quite amusing picking people up on proper use of "spelling punctuation and grammar" when their website's raison d'etre is partly to do with picking people up on bad grammar. Come on, doesn't that make you smile just a little? Oh, OK, sorry guys. I just thought it was quite amusing picking people up on proper use of “spelling punctuation and grammar” when their website’s raison d’etre is partly to do with picking people up on bad grammar. Come on, doesn’t that make you smile just a little?

]]> By: Rogan Josh http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11109 Rogan Josh Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:45:33 +0000 http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/#comment-11109 Oli, you should bear in mind that when using quotation marks to indicate nothing remotely amusing, you're on the wrong website. You're turning my joke-sanctuary into some kind of local radio graveyard shift. Maybe you don't understand, i need this, I'm walking the line here. Oli, you should bear in mind that when using quotation marks to indicate nothing remotely amusing, you’re on the wrong website. You’re turning my joke-sanctuary into some kind of local radio graveyard shift. Maybe you don’t understand, i need this, I’m walking the line here.

]]> By: Wellington http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11004 Wellington Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:40:46 +0000 http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/#comment-11004 Oli, you should bear in mind that when using quotation marks to indicate what someone thought or said you should use a comma before the quote. So, “they thought ‘Hmm, Bush is…’” would become “they thought, ‘Hmm, Bush is…’” Also, I believe full stops should be placed within the quotation marks when the quote is at the end of the sentence. Frankly, my grammar and punctuation are pitiful but if we’re going to be dicks about this we should at least do it properly. See if you can spot the deliberate mistakes in this post (I have no idea what they are but knowing my luck, they’re in there somewhere). Oli, you should bear in mind that when using quotation marks to indicate what someone thought or said you should use a comma before the quote. So, “they thought ‘Hmm, Bush is…’” would become “they thought, ‘Hmm, Bush is…’” Also, I believe full stops should be placed within the quotation marks when the quote is at the end of the sentence.

Frankly, my grammar and punctuation are pitiful but if we’re going to be dicks about this we should at least do it properly. See if you can spot the deliberate mistakes in this post (I have no idea what they are but knowing my luck, they’re in there somewhere).

]]> By: Padwick http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11003 Padwick Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:59:43 +0000 http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2007/12/17/do-you-see-2/#comment-11003 Eats shoots and leaves. Eats shoots and leaves.

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