All the news surrounding pirates got me thinking about my great great auntie Penn, back in the 1870's she reportedly had a bakery on the cornish coast and she was a mean businesss woman who everyone respected. It was the days when you would barter for everything but was a little confusing! "what did i get for those eggs" anyway she decided to draw up a list and being a baker related it to her business.
it was known locally as the pie rates of penns aunt
Which if you haven't guessed already was turned into an opera
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates Of Penzance.

.....and "they" say I'm tweaked???
Cav, you are....are.err.....................I'm at a loss for words!!!
Cathi :D

Yup, I've gone off the deep end.  I actually got that one. [smiley=gocrazy.gif]

You're a weird guy, but you're OUR weird guy. ;)

Stick around. I can't speak for everyone, but I'm likin' you being here.

You and Yorky must be brothers.

           Potter

 

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but I'm likin' you being here.

I'm liking you being here too.   ;)

wrote on Apr 9^th, 2009 at 6:19pm:

All the news surrounding pirates got me thinking about my great great auntie Penn .... it was known locally as the pie rates of penns aunt

Wait! There is a structural issue with the grammar in your construct.  Is the Aunt named Penn?  Then we should speak of the pie rates of aunt Penn.  If you (or a third party) were named Penn, only then would it make sense to speak of Penn's aunt.

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monty wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 9:21am:

wrote on Apr 9th, 2009 at 6:19pm: All the news surrounding pirates got me thinking about my great great auntie Penn .... it was known locally as the pie rates of penns aunt Wait! There is a structural issue with the grammar in your construct.  Is the Aunt named Penn?  Then we should speak of the pie rates of aunt Penn.  If you (or a third party) were named Penn, only then would it make sense to speak of Penn's aunt. START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGESTART PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE

I am sensing at least 8 years of parochial school education...probably supervised by nuns in habits! I SOOO remember diagraming sentences!

Joe

The paradoxical odyssey of a mind in abandonment may yield a modicum of grammatical mistakes..........
Oh bugger it what the hell,
Nobody's perfect
Colin.

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I am sensing at least 8 years of parochial school education...probably supervised by nuns in habits! I SOOO remember diagraming sentences!

YUP.  You hit the nail right on the head Joe.

They had rulers too when you didn't  'get it'  and mean eyes.  And they always smelled like starched linen.  Oh, man you just brought back so many memories.  If that weren't bad enough I went on to send my kids to Catholic school.   I wanted them to have memories too, ya know.   ;)

Well, I went to plubbick skool, and my cypherin is perfekt.......course my speeelin ain't so grand.......

BUT......

for those of you who enjoy a good swashbuckler, guess who came for dinner at MY house?????

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Who????? come on you can't leave me like this
Jasper carrot!
Dixon of dock green!
The postman.

Looks like Pink Pirates came.....and did lots of damage.  :)

Colin! You ARE a nutter!
I thinks I LURRVS ya!

Now, say sorry to Cap'n  Jack Sparrow, or ye'll be walking the plank me'boy!

Cathi :D