Uneven Bars

[BarcodeZebra]

I'm a little late with this but WTF...

When did we start to refer to the "uneven bars" in gymnastics? Are we now to dim to understand the word asymmetric?

We didn't podium in this event, much less medal....

Can't resist continuing the argument by pointing out the citation for 20th century use of medal as an active verb is American. Not British. So I still think British commentators should stop. Because it is ugly. And American. Even if it is Byronic.

Damn!

Shall have to go off and contemplate ending it all then.

Knives pain you
Rivers are damp
(can't remember the line)
Drugs cause cramp

Gas smells awful
Nooses give
Guns ain't lawful
You might as well live

"acid stains you"

oh, it's 'acids stain you', I think...

lordy - what is it with pedantry and suicidal tendencies on this thread?

oh lordy, i love you lot

Edam

Please stay. I rather hoped (being quite new to it) that Pedants' Corner was like the round table at the Algonquin. And in the inspirational words of Wendy Cope

I used to think all poets were Byronic--
Mad, bad and dangerous to know.
And then I met a few. Yes it's ironic--
I used to think all poets were Byronic.
They're mostly wicked as a ginless tonic
And wild as pension plans. Not long ago
I used to think all poets were Byronic--
Mad, bad and dangerous to know.

i like pedants corner
its a bit like living in Spain when you've only been learning the language for a couple of months (but have a v good ear for that sort of thing, natch)
i can nod along and follow it all and find it all infinitely entertaining. but prob not able to come up with anything particularly in-depth or insightful of my own.
but hey, im smiling and ive got a nice smile. in circs where its visible, its gotten me far up to now.

Oh, I love Wendy Cope!

There's not a Shakespeare sonnet
Or a Beethoven quartet
That's easier to like than you
Or harder to forget.

You think that sounds extravagant?
I haven't finished yet -
I like you more than I would like
To have a cigarette.

She is great - I shall be taking "Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis" to read in bed tonight. I didn't study English literature beyond O level so have always found this a helpful guide ...

Higgledy-piggledy
Emily Dickinson
Liked to use dashes
Instead of full stops.

Nowadays, faced with such
Idiosyncrasy,
Critics and editors
Send for the cops.