Joke thread

[Prufrock]

Aye, it's defo Pedants' Corner.

[thebish]

Isn't. Is acceptable, if uncommon, to use an apostrophe before the 's' when forming the plural of an acronym. So ner.

maybe - but NOT in pedant's corner!

*cough* Pedants' corner, please.

nahhh... "Pedant's Corner" uses "Pedant" as a category of people not a group of individual pedants, hence, singular... (not unlike "the man on the Clapham Omnibus" - this refers to a plural (ordinary people) but is expressed as a singular...)

ner!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Now, now. Me, you, Prufrock, we all be pedants, therefore, because this particular corner for pedantry is located hereabouts, it must be Pedants' Corner. And Pru agrees; which means you are out-argued two pedants to one.

[thebish]

Now, now. Me, you, Prufrock, we all be pedants, therefore, because this particular corner for pedantry is located hereabouts, it must be Pedants' Corner. And Pru agrees; which means you are out-argued two pedants to one.

nahhh - cos you two's are speaking bollock's.. (also - once pedants start appealing to the majority view, they are lost!)

anyway - as I was typing it, it was a general, worldwide corner for the aspiring pedant... hence, "pedant's corner" (in the same way that Speaker's Corner is Speaker's Corner and not Speakers' Corner.)

[Prufrock]

But it's Speakers' Corner, which is the point given that's surely where the name for Pedants' Corner comes from!

Edited coz I can't type!

[Prufrock]

Also your man on the clapham omnibus is very much singular! He's supposed to represent a general 'average' sort of bloke. We aren't supposed to consider a corner populated by one every-man pedant!

We need a punch-line soon!

[thebish]

But it's Speaker's Corner, which is the point given that's surely where the name for Pedants' Pedant's Corner comes from!

fixed that for you - you'll thank me one day!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I don't get it.

{directly nicked from Annoyed Grunts' Book of Punchlines}

[thebish]

Also your man on the clapham omnibus is very much singular! He's supposed to represent a general 'average' sort of bloke. We aren't supposed to consider a corner populated by one every-man pedant!

Yes we are! The pedant currently occupying Pedant's Corner represents a legion of fellow pedants on whose behalf he (not often she, funnily enough) takes up this daily struggle without flinching! No true pedant speaks merely for himself - he is a clarion spokesbugle for the whole pedantic diaspora...

[bobo the clown]

Was it Watt Tyler who led the Pedants Revolt ?

I always felt it should have been Which Tyler, to be absolutely honest.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Was it Watt Tyler who led the Pedants Revolt ?

I always felt it should have been Which Tyler, to be absolutely honest.

[TANGODANCER]

Was it Watt Tyler who led the Pedants Revolt ?

I always felt it should have been Which Tyler, to be absolutely honest.

Awfully sorry to be pedantic Bobo, but Bish beat you to that one, some time back.

[Raven]

Bad jokes of the day

A mate of mine just admitted to being a mime artist, he kept that quiet.

http://www.conjunctivitus.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - There's a site for sore eyes

I have my coat

[bobo the clown]

Was it Watt Tyler who led the Pedants Revolt ?

I always felt it should have been Which Tyler, to be absolutely honest.

Awfully sorry to be pedantic Bobo, but Bish beat you to that one, some time back.

Nope .... you'll find that was me. I'm on a repeat cycle now.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Both Bish and Bobo have been in repeat cycle with this joke over the years - each coming up with it several times. However, on May 10, 2007 (10.27 am EDT) Bobo was the first to use it.

Good word "pedant". It's got a certain ring to it. Mind you, it can be overused.

By the way trotter58, I agree with you on this one.

Re the word "pedant". Did you know it was Which Tyler who led the Pedant's revolt !

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Some of these had me laughing out loud...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/ ... ggles-ever

[bobo the clown]

Both Bish and Bobo have been in repeat cycle with this joke over the years - each coming up with it several times. However, on May 10, 2007 (10.27 am EDT) Bobo was the first to use it.

Good word "pedant". It's got a certain ring to it. Mind you, it can be overused.

By the way trotter58, I agree with you on this one.

Re the word "pedant". Did you know it was Which Tyler who led the Pedant's revolt !

[Montreal Wanderer]

Both Bish and Bobo have been in repeat cycle with this joke over the years - each coming up with it several times. However, on May 10, 2007 (10.27 am EDT) Bobo was the first to use it.

Good word "pedant". It's got a certain ring to it. Mind you, it can be overused.

By the way trotter58, I agree with you on this one.

Re the word "pedant". Did you know it was Which Tyler who led the Pedant's revolt !

Well, you said you were first so I just confirmed it for you. Back in the old Trotter58 days - I still get emails from Marseilles.

[clapton is god]

Similar theme to LLS last post:

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[TANGODANCER]

Freddie Starr scaring the crap out of Mohamed Ali.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=c7n ... =endscreen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;