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M&S rage bait

21 replies

Powershowerinhalfanhour · 14/05/2026 08:55

Image incoming…

M&S rage bait
OP posts:
SwatTheTwit · 14/05/2026 08:55

… I don’t get it

ManyAardvarks · 14/05/2026 08:56

It's

argh

didgeridid · 14/05/2026 08:56

Here for the answer....
ETA - I see it now 🤣

CelticSilver · 14/05/2026 08:58

I am raging.

Salome61 · 14/05/2026 08:59

Oh dear

ManyAardvarks · 14/05/2026 09:00

Grocer's apostrophe? Perhaps as former grocers they have a dispensation?

PashaMinaMio · 14/05/2026 09:02

There are more than one “Magic Times”blooms in the bunch.

So Magic Times Roses (plural) sounds ok to me.
Not sure what you’re trying to highlight. Enlighten us.

(Edited)
Oh! Got it. Zoomed in …, saw the apostrophe!

InveterateBigot · 14/05/2026 09:12

That's not just any apostrophe ...

Twatterati · 14/05/2026 09:13

InveterateBigot · 14/05/2026 09:12

That's not just any apostrophe ...

🤣 beat me to it!!

GenialHarrietGrouty · 14/05/2026 09:15

That should be a criminal offence.

PickAChew · 14/05/2026 09:16

You always get that added extra from M&S.

Thingcanonlygetbetter · 14/05/2026 09:20

Oh I don’t know people. Could the rose bush singular have been bred specifically for M&S. Then the Roses plural are in the bouquet.

By answering this I really am doing anything to avoid doing something productive this day😆

GenialHarrietGrouty · 14/05/2026 09:22

Thingcanonlygetbetter · 14/05/2026 09:20

Oh I don’t know people. Could the rose bush singular have been bred specifically for M&S. Then the Roses plural are in the bouquet.

By answering this I really am doing anything to avoid doing something productive this day😆

That still wouldn't justify the rogue apostrophe.

TheGander · 14/05/2026 09:25

😱

MagpiePi · 14/05/2026 09:25

That's not just an apostrophe...it's an M&S apostrophe....

Or should it be "...its an M&S apostrophe..." ?

MagpiePi · 14/05/2026 09:27

PashaMinaMio · 14/05/2026 09:02

There are more than one “Magic Times”blooms in the bunch.

So Magic Times Roses (plural) sounds ok to me.
Not sure what you’re trying to highlight. Enlighten us.

(Edited)
Oh! Got it. Zoomed in …, saw the apostrophe!

Edited

In my head I am hearing it as a mathematical equation,

Magic x Roses

grumpygrape · 14/05/2026 13:25

ManyAardvarks · 14/05/2026 09:00

Grocer's apostrophe? Perhaps as former grocers they have a dispensation?

I thought the Grocer's, apostrophe was with regard to plurals.

ManyAardvarks · 14/05/2026 13:48

@grumpygrape oh I thought it was just random apostrophies, but you are likely right as that makes sense - 1lb of banana's

grumpygrape · 14/05/2026 14:18

That's definitely my understanding and grocers wouldn't be likely to use the other apostrophe options, correctly or incorrectly.

Allseeingallknowing · 14/05/2026 14:20

MagpiePi · 14/05/2026 09:25

That's not just an apostrophe...it's an M&S apostrophe....

Or should it be "...its an M&S apostrophe..." ?

No!

PleasantPedant · 14/05/2026 14:22

apostrophies?

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