Larry Pestilence III

Ah! Great to see that the dying art of rant deconstruction is alive and well.

Bravo.

Looks like Diego is moving on to a staple diet!

A stun gun or police tazer (US spelling) might do the trick. Or perhaps an Uzi 9-millimetre.

It's all my fault...

I don't think so. Argh, your power to confuse the living hell out of me is too strong. Don't worry IYG. You are right and LP7 is wrong. Except that in the context above, LP7 was also right. Has that cleared things up? LP3 P.S. Notaspud: The Oxford University Press does have offices in New York, Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Dar es Salaam. I guess mine must have come from New York.

I don't think so.

Tell me Mr. Pestilence, how much did you pay for that dictionary of yours? Some of those cheap Chinese import imitation dictionaries aren't always quite up to the mark, you know. As I'm sure you are aware Mr. Notapotato, O.E.D. = Oxford English Dictionary.

Ditto Koran and Torah. Spot on Harry.

Erm. From my O.E.D.: "Words ending in -ize and -ization (such as realize and realization) may also be spelt with s instead of z. Words given in this dictionary with the spelling -ise (such as advertise and surprise) do not have an alternative spelling with z." emphasis emphasize

And there was I waiting for the pictures to load...

Pity about the spelling though.

My thinking too, but in reverse. We could set up a German ranting thread and then ignore it.

I'm not sure whether I understand you or not. I do.

Apparently Cruz is a girl's name in Spain.

Hmm. Another candidate for thread deletion if you ask me. Or perhaps we need a separate ranters' forum.

I'm bored with this thread. Time to put the kettle on and disappear for a while.

Are you related to Senator McCarthy?

Yep. Clearly the going rate for a Nobel Peace Prize.

For completeness, we ought to add: Jean-Claude Van Damme Justine Henin-Hardenne (tennis) Kim Cleisters (tennis)

You forgot war criminal.

At the risk of offending a nation, I think that will have to be "otherwise".

"I thoroughly endorse this game." IIRC

Appalling use of grammar. Though that probably explains why Zappa is rich and famous and I'm not.

Unless you mean "Am I from a country that knows what a real tea-bag is supposed to look like?".