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[Kyra]

(bows) Fellow older sibling here! Edward, the materials you listed would be an excellent way to aggravate Al... unless she has two fishing rods, twelve meters of electrical wire, and a firecracker close at hand. In which case, Hanzle's going to have a lot more difficulty with that C4. XD

[Kyra]

Treasure Ducky wrote: "Hanzleberry wrote: "Lol. I love Al. I give her a hard time to show my love for her."

Oh, I do that all the time to my friends."

(snort) Don't I know it.

[Edward]

Kyra wrote: "(bows) Fellow older sibling here! Edward, the materials you listed would be an excellent way to aggravate Al... unless she has two fishing rods, twelve meters of electrical wire, and a firecracker ..."

Fair point. Going to need an extra roll of duct tape, just in case.

[Kyra]

XD

[Christa VG]

It's my birthday today! Ya me :D

[Edward]

Happy birthday, Christa.

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

..... Happy Birthday to Christa. Happy Birthday to you!!!! :D

[Kyra]

Happy Birthday, Christa!!! How old are you turning?

[[deleted user]]

Happy birthday Christa :)

[Christa VG]

Thank you everyone :D I am 20 today! Yay

[Guy]

Happy Birthday, Christa! Congratulations on making it this far! Well done!

[Edward]

Alex, soon to be allowed to drink in public.

[Christa VG]

Congrates Al, and happy early birthday!

[Kyra]

Happy Birthday to you as well, then, Cap'n!

Okay, yesterday I said this on the popcorn thread, but that was kind of a joke. I really am leaving for camp now. So... bye!

[Guy]

Have fun @ camp. I figured you were serious in popcorn. We expect a full report on the juicy bits when you get back!

[Christa VG]

Bye Kyra, have fun!

[[deleted user]]

It's 16 here so, happy birthday captain! :)

[Caitlan]

Wow, that was a lot of happy birthdays. LOL.

[Cheyenne]

*stumbles on deck from the bunks after a deep sleep*

Hello everyone!! Where are those cookies?!

[Edward]

We ate them. Mostly Guy and Al did.

[Zack]

...someone say cookies?!? I think M's mice have been hoarding them all to trade for "favors."

[Cheyenne]

Ah, that's okay I've found three dozen in my kitchen >:)

[M]

Among the ponderous posts in the “What is poetry?” thread in the Poetry group is a suave remark by Ajay: “Poetry is what Roger Federer does (or rather used to do) on the tennis court.” I thoroughly enjoyed it!

[Christa VG]

How does this sound for the inside of a birthday card.

"Happy happy birthday,
All my rhymes sound lame,
But a birthday card should have words,
So here they freaking are!"

[[deleted user]]

hahahaha I'd love to receive something like that for my birthday :))

[Jocelyn]

Oh, I'd love that. I would laugh so darn hard, no one would ever get me to stop.

I tend to laugh at a lot of things... Easily amused, I suppose...

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

My dad (who turned... let's say a big number with an 0 on the end!) received this card:


On your birthday, just a note to say I can't tell how valuable you are.

(Inside)
... but the Antiques Roadshow is coming to town- they'll be able to give you an estimate.

Happy Birthday

[Guy]

Christa, I'd laugh at a birthday card with that text.


@ M. There have been ponderous posts? Where? I want to know what places to avoid.

Ajay's comment is excellent. But I imagine it fell into the group like a naked sumo wrestler doing a cannonball dive at someone's back yard cotillion.

[Jocelyn]

Haha, Awesome CJ.

[Paulina]

Hi everyone, I hope I'm posting in the right section lol. I wasn't sure where to post this so I figured a general discussion might be ok. If there's a better place where I should post this please let me know. I just have a few quick grammar/punctuation questions about writing dialogue. I tried looking this up online but I haven't really found any really specific answers. owl.english.purdue.edu did manage to help a lot. Anyway, I know when something like "he/she said" is put after dialogue it would look like this,
"Okay," he said.
but what about when the word after the dialogue is a verb that doesn't essentially mean "said?" Out of these two, which one would be the correct one?
"Okay," he smiled.
"Okay." He smiled.
Also does anything change when the dialogue ends with a question? Out of these two, which one would be the correct one?
"Okay?" he said.
"Okay?" He said.
Thanks for any help.

[Guy]

Hello, Paulina. These are excellent questions, and point to just how subtle is English.

The WSS has a section for this type of question.

Go to Composition and Grammar.

I have copied your text into it.

[Paulina]

Thank you! Someone sent me a grammar website to check out too.

[Guy]

I have been on the verge of responding to your questions, but my wife keeps interrupting me. And M is one of the most articulate people I have ever read when it comes to grammar. I look forward to his reply.

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

Hey guys. I just wanted to know if anyone watches MasterChef. Who wants to chat about that show? (I know I did this last year too but though only one person chatted with me it has been more successful than when I ask on Facebook).

Does anyone have any predictions about who will win?

[Guy]

Hello, CJ.
Jessie has my nod. But I'm not watching it as diligently as I have in the past, so I probably will be an anemic chatterer about it.

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

I am hoping for Bri!
I thought I was going to be wrong about her winning the title after she was voted off but now my hopes have been started again when this week she was brought back to the show! I wonder if she will win...

I was somehow right in predicting Christine was going to win last year.

I think that Bri is phenomenal that she makes great dishes that have to contain meat while she herself is a vegetarian. I find that so admirable!

[Edward]

Add to the list of words Microsoft Word doesn't have: grifter.

[Paulina]

Guy wrote: "I have been on the verge of responding to your questions, but my wife keeps interrupting me. And M is one of the most articulate people I have ever read when it comes to grammar. I look forward to ..."

Thanks again for all the help though, and to everyone else who responded.

Edward and Belly, Word has quite a bit of words missing last time I used it, mostly some science words (I'm a Biology major) like words having to do with genus and species name. This also happens with some general well-known proper Nouns, like the names of places for example(while it has other well-known ones). I guess it's understandable that Word is missing some rarely used words, but I'm sure there's some people out there who actually use Word that will need to use those words.

[Zack]

Anyone staying up late tonight to watch the meteor showers?

[Zack]

Whaaat? Perseid meteor shower, it's annual, so if you don't catch it this year, there's always 2014. It's the "old faithful" of meteor showers.

[Zack]

Was pretty good last night, I'm hoping tonight will be as well.

[[deleted user]]

Lol! At least you've figured out how to get to WSS :)

[Zack]

Just look up. There going to be everywhere. Small groups averaging 60 per minute. Late night early morning.

[Zack]

I'm not even going to touch the bit about living with a goat in a cave, that's just too easy.

[[deleted user]]

haha, get out of your cave, Belly and smell the flowers :P

[Nate]

Caves could cool...I wanna live in a cave and have a pet dragon.

[[deleted user]]

Belly, do I need to take a deep breath before reading this? :D

[[deleted user]]

Lol! Okay, I'll just read 99 again :P

[[deleted user]]

Hmm, that's a relief, I guess? I can't find it in Amazon.

[[deleted user]]

Flood everywhere because of the typhoon.