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I have just telephoned a shop for the sole purpose of -

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MamaVonG · 18/01/2008 15:02

telling them they had a spelling mistake on their website

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onebatmother · 20/01/2008 20:03

always WILL. Not shall, not be. Damn.

onebatmother · 20/01/2008 20:10

the 'ie' has verve - the 'y' is workaday. And butch. Which is fine, of course.

Thready · 20/01/2008 22:29

Yikes! ave butch nickname. Must change it to nicola-name.

Threadie · 20/01/2008 22:32

Alright, you win.

Now change your name to wombatmother, which for some reason comes to my mind whenever I read onebadmother. Or change it to the Pulp Fictionesque onebatmotherfucker

FluffyMummy123 · 20/01/2008 22:44

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WendyWeber · 20/01/2008 22:49

Not the court of anything - just the court where the magistrates sit, as opposed to anybody else

Like a Farmers Market - the market where the farmers sell stuff.

(ROFL at that link actually - it says Farmers Market, Farmer's Market and Farmers' Market in the space of 3 lines!)

FluffyMummy123 · 20/01/2008 22:52

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WendyWeber · 20/01/2008 22:56

If the dog doesn't eat it then it's nobody's breakfast (unless you fancied it yourself of course, then it'd be cod's breakfast )

onebatmother · 20/01/2008 23:19

threadie!
I was originally onebadmother which was supposed to be wryly comic: 'that is one baaad mutha'. But was probably too far off for anyone to get.

then came halloween. I liked the bat thing.

And now some other ghastlie is called wombat something.

onebatmother · 20/01/2008 23:21

devAstated!

you have noticed I am onebat not onebad, haven't you Threadie?

Threadie · 21/01/2008 09:32

Yes had noiced bat. Was typo in my earlier post.

Since we are in pedants' corner may I point out my possibly wrong belief that the feminie form is in fact the -y ending, as in Lesley. I may revert to Thready.

Re Magistrates Court, why does it have to be the court of anything? If it is, then so is Crown Court? which should therefore be Crown's Court?

onebatmother · 21/01/2008 09:41

you're just not comfy with it, are you Thr. Go on then, change it back.
(btw I didn't think threadworm was too.. wormy.

v true re Madges

Threadie · 21/01/2008 09:43

Was on the point of going back to threadworm then read post about said parasites, which are truly disgusting. Will probably revert to the worm eventually anyway.

Have to go now as have meeting with bank. Could just skip meeting and change my name to threadbare.

onebatmother · 21/01/2008 09:45

did you ever see the vegan/threadworm thread? Oh, my dear!

onebatmother · 21/01/2008 13:05

here

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