A Biro in one hand and a molotov in the other - Ian Bone

[The Black Hand]

Especially cloth?

Sometimes...

 

[The Black Hand]

So what did he actually achieve (apart from his book deal)?

All the apparatus of state were functioning at full throttle last time I looked.

When are you talking about - he did and does a lot you know...

 

[Donna Ferentes]

What's the plural of apparatus?

 

[belboid]

the word was 'achieve' tho, lots of people 'do' a lot, even me, whether we 'achieve' a lot is another matter.

 

[bristol_citizen]

So what did he actually achieve (apart from his book deal)?

Ah yes. The book deal...
I heard he's spent the money on an Ibizan hideaway. The ideal place for pursuing the more outré libertarian lifestyle.

 

[belboid]

What's the plural of apparatus?

either apparatus or apparatuses apparently. Neither really sound right do they?

 

[kyser_soze]

Ah yes. The book deal...
I heard he's spent the money on an Ibizan hideaway. The ideal place for pursuing the more outré libertarian lifestyle.

What, you mean he's bought somewhere to live, and ABROAD, so not only is he now a property owner but he's also contributing to house price inflation on Evissa? Shocking - even Chumbawumba re-invested most of their record deal post-Tubthumping into activist groups etc.

Shocking behaviour.

 

[The Black Hand]

the word was 'achieve' tho, lots of people 'do' a lot, even me, whether we 'achieve' a lot is another matter.

Hmmm a lot of people 'do' nothing of interest or importance, so it doesn't matter whether they 'do' anything at all really Indeed, if you attempt little your failure will hardly register, if at all... 'only those who do nothing make no mistakes'.

Bone achieves a lot of what he sets out to do, there maybe some spectacular let downs, but you don't get fireworks without having high ambition.

So you can have a plodding life, or something potentially more interesting and significant

 

[Donna Ferentes]

either apparatus or apparatuses apparently. Neither really sound right do they?

I was hoping for apparati. Like octopi. Or kittypi.

 

[belboid]

Bone achieves a lot of what he sets out to do,

such as? Actual real, practical achievements?

 

[belboid]

I was hoping for apparati. Like octopi. Or kittypi.

me too

 

[nwnm]

either apparatus or apparatuses apparently. Neither really sound right do they?

I think technically, it would be - apparatus' <you can use an apostraphe to denote a plural without adding an S. Also reads neater>

 

[Donna Ferentes]

<you can use an apostrophe to denote a plural without adding an S.

??

 

[kyser_soze]

such as? Actual real, practical achievements?

Raising his profile as a hell-raisin', inspirin', copper baitin' member of the counterculture! Seeing windows smashed! Getting someone to write a précis that makes him sound like a true political giant, instead of someone no-one outside of the OB and radical left has ever heard or cared about...

 

[phildwyer]

Ian Bone will be in the House of Lords within a decade. Lord Bone of Mumbles.

 

[nwnm]

??

ok I'll explain it a bit better - if a word ends in 'S' you don't have to put 'ES' on the end to make a plural, just an apostraphe. It is still pronounced the same way

 

[Pigeon]

Heh heh.

"Bone".

 

[Pigeon]

ok I'll explain it a bit better - if a word ends in 'S' you don't have to put 'ES' on the end to make a plural, just an apostraphe. It is still pronounced the same way

Surely an apostrophe only ever denotes a contraction or a possessive.?

 

[Crispy]

Surely an apostrophe only ever denotes a contraction or a possessive.?

You're right. The s' ending is for the possesive when the possessor's name ends in s. eg. James' red box.
Strangely, the London area and also property firm "St. James's" does not follow the rule.

 

[nwnm]

It was the apparatus of state which would suggest a posessive. The st James's example would suggest an older form of English grammar. There were gradual changes to English grammar from the 1960's onwards and American spellings/grammatical rules have gradually overtaken older english versions. <a bit like brown V grey Squirrels>. For example, the US spelling of organization is more commonly used now than the UK english one <organisation>, gaol has been replaced by jail etc. The next big change will be when text dialect makes it into dictionaries.

 

[bristol_citizen]

Raising his profile as a hell-raisin', inspirin', copper baitin' member of the counterculture! Seeing windows smashed! Getting someone to write a précis that makes him sound like a true political giant, instead of someone no-one outside of the OB and radical left has ever heard or cared about...

Does anyone else think he might have been more successful if he'd had a lighter in his other hand rather than a biro?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Surely an apostrophe only ever denotes a contraction or a possessive.?

Quite. Although there should not be a full stop before that question mark.

 

[Crispy]

Quite. Although there should not be a full stop before that question mark.

It's just a splodege. His nib must be bent.

 

[Pigeon]

Quite. Although there should not be a full stop before that question mark.

 

[Pigeon]

His nib must be bent.

HOMOPHONE!!!

 

[The Black Hand]

Ian Bone will be in the House of Lords within a decade. Lord Bone of Mumbles.

Doing a re-run of that 'Guy Fawkes' stunt...

 

[Blagsta]

For example, the US spelling of organization is more commonly used now than the UK english one <organisation>

More commonly used by who exactly?

 

[belboid]

people who don't know how to change the default dictionary language setting in Word I guess

 

[kyser_soze]

Doing a re-run of that 'Guy Fawkes' stunt...

What, failing to blow Parliament up and being hung, drawn and quatered after being grassed up?

Well, I guess the failure part would chime well...

 

[Pigeon]

More commonly used by who exactly?

AmeriKKKans?