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A Viscous Attack # 3

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Catspace · 09/03/2026 18:28

Ding, ding, round 3 of the highly entertaining collection of misspellings, misuse and general bastardisation of language. The floor is youre’s x

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AgentPidge · 10/07/2026 13:05

Catspace · 09/03/2026 18:28

Ding, ding, round 3 of the highly entertaining collection of misspellings, misuse and general bastardisation of language. The floor is youre’s x

The flaw is youre's, surely?

AgentPidge · 10/07/2026 13:10

grumpygrape · 03/07/2026 16:19

We had a small shop and one of our customers was Mrs Malaprop incarnate.

She told us she and her husband were upset when they went to a particular beach because there was a nudist column there.

She told us her mother in law was always berrupt (abrupt) and as we knew, a leper never changes its spots.

There are other but I can’t remember them at the moment

I had an elderly friend who told me her brother was branching out on his farm to do clamping. It became obvious she was talking about tents rather than cars.

Then she said that while she was away, her neighbour had a restraining order put on the beech tree.

Whosthetabbynow · 10/07/2026 13:23

AgentPidge · 10/07/2026 13:05

The flaw is youre's, surely?

Indeed. Silly me 🤣

Whosthetabbynow · 11/07/2026 11:23

Anglican Water (Sky News app) have imposed a hosepipe ban. Are they run by the church?

Tallisker · 11/07/2026 11:29

Holy water?

LeftBoobGoneRogue · 11/07/2026 11:31

Apparently it’s not a devine right.

Whosthetabbynow · 11/07/2026 11:32

🙏

Whosthetabbynow · Yesterday 14:17

I’ve just read a review of an item of clothing “it looks quite sheak”. Also someone has been “coning the system” for years.

LeftBoobGoneRogue · Yesterday 15:40

Was it a fashionable stile?

SchnizelVonKrumm · Yesterday 17:00

Bet it was really on vogue.

Agoddessonamountaintop · Yesterday 17:58

Seen on a thread yesterday: ‘it was absolutely so destroying.’

Allseeingallknowing · Yesterday 19:06

LeftBoobGoneRogue · Yesterday 15:40

Was it a fashionable stile?

No, just your average rickety wooden one!

Allseeingallknowing · Yesterday 19:07

Agoddessonamountaintop · Yesterday 17:58

Seen on a thread yesterday: ‘it was absolutely so destroying.’

Er..what’s wrong with that?

AlbieJiggered · Yesterday 19:12

Allseeingallknowing · Yesterday 19:07

Er..what’s wrong with that?

‘it was absolutely soul destroying.’

Agoddessonamountaintop · Yesterday 19:37

AlbieJiggered · Yesterday 19:12

‘it was absolutely soul destroying.’

Indeed.

Allseeingallknowing · Yesterday 20:18

AlbieJiggered · Yesterday 19:12

‘it was absolutely soul destroying.’

Absolutely so destroying also can make sense, though!

AlbieJiggered · Yesterday 20:31

Allseeingallknowing · Yesterday 20:18

Absolutely so destroying also can make sense, though!

Not really.

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