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Re: Disgusted

Post by Noz » Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:05 pm

Grayswandir wrote:He's found a corner in the library where they don't check and he sleeps there.
win

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Armored Wolf » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:52 pm

Freshbite wrote:I like making babies cry. =]
If you can guess what Anime this guy is from, then I will change it, perhaps.

Also, Wil, about the apostrophe. I'm not used to use it in that form.
For me, guy's transcribes into guy is. However, I guess you're right.
Possessives, check 3rd grade grammar book.
Noz wrote:
Grayswandir wrote:He's found a corner in the library where they don't check and he sleeps there.
win
lose

EDIT 1: How the hell do I manage to derail all my thread so epicly? O_o

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Wilbefast » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:52 am

Freshbite wrote:For me, guy's transcribes into guy is. However, I guess you're right.
Shi - yeah, I was a bit hasty there. "Its car" means "the car belonging to it" and "it's car" means "it is car". So yeah, "guys" is correct - my bad :oops:

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Renegade_Turner » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:02 am

Wilbefast wrote:
Freshbite wrote:I'm disgusted by this guys lack of patience.
And I'm disgusted by this guy's "this guys" lack of apostrophe :mrgreen:

Clearly the title is meant to grab your attention - think tabloid journalism. I'm sure Armoured Wolf is more "hang on, what happened to that interview?" and less "this is an OUTRAGE!"
In the same post that you corrected someone else on the point of a grammatical error, you made a spelling error to do with Armored Wolf's name. Note this is not to say that "armoured" is not a spelling of the word, but it is not a spelling of the name. Pedantry is my favourite.
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Freshbite wrote:For me, guy's transcribes into guy is. However, I guess you're right.
Shi - yeah, I was a bit hasty there. "Its car" means "the car belonging to it" and "it's car" means "it is car". So yeah, "guys" is correct - my bad :oops:
No, you were right. "Guy" is different to "it". "Guy" is a noun. "It" is a pronoun. Possessive pronouns and possessive nouns have different rules.

To summarise, it's "its", not "it's", but it's "guy's", not "guys".

That last sentence was intended to confuse.

Armored Wolf wrote:*A load of bollocks.*
Nobody even likes you. Stop pretending to be cocky, you don't have the wits to back it up.

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Wilbefast » Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:13 am

Crap - looks like I fail at failure :cry:

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Sandurz » Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:06 am

Freshbite wrote:guess what Anime this guy is from
...Really dude? It's kind of easy. Well, maybe not for non-otakus, but still. It's one of those overpopular ones.

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Grayswandir » Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:12 pm

Freshbite, if someone guesses what it is, will you let me choose your avatar for you?

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Freshbite » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:01 am

The challenge was kind of directed to Armored alone, since he does not seem like an Anime-watching kind of person.
Grayswandir wrote:Freshbite, if someone guesses what it is, will you let me choose your avatar for you?
I'll probably end up with something humiliating or something that only exists to your benefit. That was a no.

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Assaultman67 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:23 am

Sandurz wrote:
Freshbite wrote:guess what Anime this guy is from
...Really dude? It's kind of easy. Well, maybe not for non-otakus, but still. It's one of those overpopular ones.
I honestly can't tell ... i wanna say bleach but ... im not entirely sure because of the angle ...

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Grayswandir » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:07 pm

Freshbite wrote:
Grayswandir wrote:Freshbite, if someone guesses what it is, will you let me choose your avatar for you?
I'll probably end up with something humiliating or something that only exists to your benefit. That was a no.
Naw, I only do that to people that annoy me. Or myself.

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Armored Wolf » Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:21 pm

Renegade_Turner wrote:
Armored Wolf wrote:*A load of bollocks.*
Nobody even likes you. Stop pretending to be cocky, you don't have the wits to back it up.
Aha! This is a good time to announce my decision to NOT leave the forums! :twisted:

Lol, just kidding, I am now leaving the forums for awhile. I would say permanently but I will just bounce right back if I say that, so instead, an extended leave of absence will suffice. Good day all.

Except Freshbite, he must have a bad day.

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Renegade_Turner » Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:03 am

He's leaving? I'll get the alcohol.

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Freshbite » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:08 am

I must have missed the memo. Cheers.
Assaultman67 wrote:i wanna say bleach but ... im not entirely sure because of the angle ...
You would have been horribly mistaken. =]
Grayswandir, you want to fill the blanks?

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Assaultman67 » Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:44 pm

Freshbite wrote:I must have missed the memo. Cheers.
Assaultman67 wrote:i wanna say bleach but ... im not entirely sure because of the angle ...
You would have been horribly mistaken. =]
Grayswandir, you want to fill the blanks?
Well i kinda knew it wasn't bleach ... the drawing style is different, but i couldn't think of many other yellow haired characters and their respective anime ...

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Re: Disgusted

Post by Armored Wolf » Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:31 pm

Renegade_Turner wrote:He's leaving? I'll get the alcohol.
To clarify: I am switching from overly excessive speed-poster to absentee.

In other words: Less posting, less forum-browsing, more lurking, less of all things Wolfire.

Cheers to the two people who actually tolerate my company.

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