View Single Post
  #79 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to alt.food.barbecue
Dan Krueger[_1_] Dan Krueger[_1_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 93
Default The Minion Method

Kevin S. Wilson wrote:

> On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:48:25 GMT, Dan Krueger
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:58:40 GMT, Dan Krueger
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Denny Wheeler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:59:59 GMT, Dan Krueger
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>You don't even know who you're talking to anymore, do you, drunken
>>>>>>>>>hillbilly racist?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I'm always interested in discussing the finer points of grammar,
>>>>>>>spelling, punctuation, usage, and syntax, Dank. So go right ahead and
>>>>>>>point out for us all exactly what you're objecting to in the sentence
>>>>>>>"You don't even know who you're talking to anymore, do you, drunken
>>>>>>>hillbilly racist?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ask you boss and get back to me. Here's the hint: the commas, moron.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry, Dan. You're wrong. The comma usage is correct. Granted, it'd
>>>>>also be okay to remove the comma after "anymore"--but the posted
>>>>>version is preferable, IMO. Clarity.
>>>>>
>>>>>Oh, and that should be "your boss" not "you boss"--but that sort of
>>>>>goes with the axiom of "every spelling flame shall contain a spelling
>>>>>error."
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>-denny-
>>>>
>>>>OK, Denny, but that was a typing error not a spelling error. Read this
>>>>sentence again and ignore the part between the commas.
>>>>
>>>>"You don't even know who you're talking to anymore, do you, drunken
>>>>hillbilly racist?"
>>>>
>>>
>>>We're still waiting for you to explain what is grammatically
>>>incorrect, genius.
>>>
>>>Take your time, and be sure to show your work, using both sides of the
>>>paper if necessary.

>>
>>Who is we?

>
>
> Still waiting, genius. BTW, we'll add "editorial 'we'" to the long
> list of things associated with English of which you are appallingly
> pig-ignorant.
>
>
>>You and your boss?

>
>
> You mean my boss who you e-mailed to complain about me posting to
> Usenet, with the intent of getting me censured or fired? That one,
> Dank? You mean the guy who still refers to you by name when the
> subject of Usenet comes up, even though I've never told him your name?
>
> Why do you suppose he knows your name, Dank?
>


"Still" knows my name? You are trying very hard. No fish for you, pro.
I got me a fat one!