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Posted by: Kettle of Fish (---.eburwd6.vic.optusnet.com.au)
Date: October 21, 2004 03:00PM
In fact, why don't we just buy some sharks.
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The inimical is often more instructive than the benign.
So between screams, try to pay attention.
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That would only work if the pedants were in the water.
Now I do know that about 0.75 of the Earth's surface Is
(IS) water, but I also believe that the common pedant [And most (of) the less common varieties] is a land-based creature.
So, sharks no good!
Perhaps we might try Jets?
I'm thinking a large sign saying "Saint Michaels Lake" with a boardwalk going out towards it, and a paintbrush & paint nearby. They walk over to add the apostrophe, the plank tips up drops them into the water, and the sharks eat them.
Needs work, but it's a start.
Wow, that is impressive! The problem is, will it keep working if the pendants figure out the plank? And what would one do if he isn't near a lake named after a saint?
(Put up a sign saying Everyone must contribute to the best of their ability outside a collection box and have the word "their" touch sensitive to activate a trap door? In case the lake fails.)
Better plan, I was trying to get them near the lake so the sharks could get them. Unfortunately, the apostrophe on Michael's (any name would do, but it needs to blatantly be genitive singular) was all I can think of that you can easily adjust to be correct. But using the "there, their, they're" method will work wonders, I suppose.
Do we actually want to kill them. I'm sure that a large number of pedants may be an asset somehow. Maybe if you get them all to correct you in the same direction, you could use it to power a turbine.
Posted by: Kettle of Fish (---.eburwd6.vic.optusnet.com.au)
Date: October 29, 2004 09:13AM
There could be a gagged tied up person behind you.
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The inimical is often more instructive than the benign.
So between screams, try to pay attention.
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