Pedants' Paradise

[oddoneout]

I try not to think of Oasis...


...unless I've been tasked with arranging flowers*

*Which is not a common occurrence!

It's a bad thing environment-wise so even if arranging flowers avoidance is to be preferred.

Actually, thinking abut it, the human version is also environmentally damaging - how many barrels of crude will be needed to keep the show on the road and the merchandise flowing?

[vinteuil]

Yes, you have a point. In fact, what do we think of Oasis?

(Simon Price his usual grumpy self )

( ... I thought Simon Price's rant was excellent )

[Old Grumpy]

Yes, you have a point. In fact, what do we think of Oasis?

(Simon Price his usual grumpy self )

I try not to think of Oasis...


...unless I've been tasked with arranging flowers*

*Which is not a common occurrence!

[french frank]

'Britain' a notorious crux - Great Britain, the United Kingdom, the British Isles (not to be confused with the British Islands) &c - and surely we might have questions concerning 'the' and 'of' ...

Yes, you have a point. In fact, what do we think of Oasis?

(Simon Price his usual grumpy self )

[Serial_Apologist]

'Britain' a notorious crux - Great Britain, the United Kingdom, the British Isles (not to be confused with the British Islands) &c - and surely we might have questions concerning 'the' and 'of' ...

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[vinteuil]

My guess is that you omitted "Britain" and "fans" from the three points.

'Britain' a notorious crux - Great Britain, the United Kingdom, the British Isles (not to be confused with the British Islands) &c - and surely we might have questions concerning 'the' and 'of' ...

.

[Serial_Apologist]

"Literally the entirety of Britain are Oasis fans."

Three points of debate here

My guess is that you omitted "Britain" and "fans" from the three points.

[Serial_Apologist]

I read yesterday that 51% of the entirety - me included - are "not excited at all" about their reunion. YouGov

The same % that voted for Brexit, more-or-less. Major political change must be in the offing.

[gurnemanz]

"Literally the entirety of Britain are Oasis fans.

Three points of debate here

I read yesterday that 51% of the entirety - me included - are "not excited at all" about their reunion. YouGov

[LMcD]

"Literally the entirety of Britain are Oasis fans."

Three points of debate here

Literally 100% of me has (or should that be have?) never heard any of their songs in its (or should that be their?) entirety.

[french frank]

"Literally the entirety of Britain are Oasis fans."

Three points of debate here

[oddoneout]

I see from BBC Sounds that benefit recipients now get a special means of communication with Jazz Record Requests:

But only if they're claiming Pension Credit?

[Old Grumpy]

I see from BBC Sounds that benefit recipients now get a special means of communication with Jazz Record Requests:

Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

[LMcD]

As opposed to being open longer than any other day of the week...

I shall still shop at Iceland on a Tuesday, as the lure of the Over-60s' 10% discount outweighs the temptation to shop at a more leisurely pace on a Sunday.

[oddoneout]

Large sign in the window of our local Iceland store: 'We're Open Longer On Sundays'. Which is, I suppose, one way of announcing that on Sundays you can now browse from 9.30 a.m. onwards before shopping between 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. as usual.

As opposed to being open longer than any other day of the week...