M61A1 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 How many pedants does it take to change a lightbulb? The correct term is 'replace', actually. __________________________________________ I had grown sick of watching my wife get fatter and fatter over the years, so decided it was time I murdered her. I hid behind the kitchen door, ready to stab her to death when she waddled in for yet more food, and I didn't have to wait too long. Within minutes the fat bitch came through the door, only to be confronted by me with a massive knife in my hand. "Oh my god!!" She screamed, "Are we having cake?" ______________________________________ The US Military has cancelled its multi billion dollar research and development program into the next generation of stealth aircraft as they discover simply turning off the transponder has the same effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Did you mean "pedantics"? How many pedantics does it take to change a lightbulb?The correct term is 'replace', actually. The correct term would be "renew" actually, replace would leave you in the same situation. Regards, Cheapy, Qld Pedantics Association. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Did you mean "pedantics"? The correct term would be "renew" actually, replace would leave you in the same situation. Regards, Cheapy, Qld Pedantics Association. Sorry Cheapy, better break out your dictionary....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Sorry Cheapy, better break out your dictionary....... We currently have a membership position open, I can send you an application form? Regards, Cheapy, Qld Pedantics Association. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 We currently have a membership position open, I can send you an application form?Regards, Cheapy, Qld Pedantics Association. Sure.....you don't have one for the Sarcasm Association as well do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Sure.....you don't have one for the Sarcasm Association as well do you? Affiliates, get on well with our common goals and we share the same club rooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Affiliates, get on well with our common goals and we share the same club rooms. I must confess, I' m not a true pedant, it's just habit, from having to be very specific when dealing with my wife, who finds it amusing for example, to claps her hands when asked "could give me a hand please". That is the most basic of examples she will always find a way to turn any request around, if one is not very specific. The sarcasm was learned also, as a way of dealing with such behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 my wife, who finds it amusing for example, to claps her hands when asked "could give me a hand please". . Sounds like she might have grown up in my family household, not that we really grew up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Pedants 1. the character or practices of a pedant, as excessive display of learning. 2. a slavish attention to rules, details, etc; pedantry. — pedant, n. — pedantic, adj. Looked it up! & seems rather like an "air training facility" spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 No doubt you can send me an application form, but if you had asked "may I send you a form? The answer would be no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Did you mean "pedantics"? The correct term would be "renew" actually, replace would leave you in the same situation. Regards, Cheapy, Qld Pedantics Association. No Cheapy, Actually it would not, in this instance, I feel, be unreasonable point out that it possibly isn't,. . . . ."Pedantics" without going into semantics. . . would more accurately describe the plural of "Pedantic", which in itself is the active Verb descriptive past participle of the singular "PEDANT" and in this particular case, it might not be too outrageous to suggest that to "Replace" the item could reasonably confer the suggestion that the subject replacement component could well be a working facsimilie of the subject item first hereinbefore written, AND correspondingly Could, arguably be employed successfully and therefore quite possibly correctly within the confines of the original subjective syntax ? Regards, Evan Cheaper, Staffordshire and more or less Central England Gobbledyspeak college. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I can't imagine how one would "renew" a light bulb. They are not responsive to being "renewed" (as a subscription is). Replace ( the stuffed one) with a NEW one would surely be what is inferred.. There has to be a certain amount of logic involved. My wife hates this (amongst other things I do). Q.. Do you know where a good pair of socks are? Reply. I wouldn't have a clue. OK... But do you know where the socks are? Nev. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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