So let me see now......... Beau has neutered Dave?
It's SO hard to keep track sometimes.
Michael Marr wrote:
> I discussed Dave's reply with my dog, Beau, who said that, grammatically
> speaking, the phrase should be "I could NOT give a dog's bollocks about..".
> He also hoped that Dave would not indeed give away any dog's bollocks,
> having been neutered when quite young (Beau, that is), and never having
> quite forgiven me for this...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
> To: TR List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Cc: Brian Johnson <b.johnson@diamond.co.uk>; Phil Smith
> <smith007@mindspring.com>
> Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 1:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Discrimination
>
> >
> >Brian Johnson and Phil Smith write:
> >
> >>Don't worry Phil - to us across the pond the American way of spelling
> >>is all wrong anyway - I'm just getting used to the 'alternative' word
> >>set you guys use as well, I'm even calling a wing a fender sometimes,
> >>and rocker panels really threw me for a start until I realised that they
> >>really are sills.......... just remeber when we say HOOD we really mean
> >>the rag top that fits over your head when its rains and not the bonnet !
> >>
> >>Brian Johnson
> >>
> >>Philip Smith wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I'm tired of being picked on due to my spell check not having a
> >complete
> >>> vocabulary. Some people are too quick to point out, that I made a
> >spelling
> >>> mistake. I think that you should correct your own spelling logs, before
> >>> attacking my spelling splinters.
> >>> God Bless
> >>> Phil Smith
> >>> Orthodox TR6
> >
> >Boys, boys, boys. That's one of the things I like most about this list is
> >the
> >subtle differences in the language. ( You say potato, I say potato) I
> >could
> >give a dog's bollocks about which is right. Truth is both and neither is
> >right.
> >They are just equally valid but different ways of conveying an idea and
> >doing so in a variety of ways retains a freshness that is enlightening and
> >interesting.
> >
> >As the French say "Vive la Différence." (Of course they were refering to
> >something else all together.)
> >
> >Cheers and see ya.
> >
> >Dave Massey
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