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Title: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: The Peepmaster on June 18, 2008, 09:49:14 PM
It's gone dead quiet on this board, so I reckon it's probably no longer cool to post on the Beau Peep forum. Therefore the next person to post is a big girlie. (My money's on Mince).
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Roger Kettle on June 18, 2008, 10:01:55 PM
I've just got home from a night out and ....DAMMIT!
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Roger Kettle on June 18, 2008, 10:03:19 PM
I had a Tandoori Mixed Grill. With wine.
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Mince on June 18, 2008, 10:04:11 PM
It's gone dead quiet on this board, so I reckon it's probably no longer cool to post on the Beau Peep forum. Therefore the next person to post is a big girlie. (My money's on Mince).

Poopmaster, please put the full stop "inside" the brackets. Only the Americans put it outside.
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Mince on June 18, 2008, 10:04:58 PM
I had a Tandoori Mixed Grill. With wine.

Do you ever get ideas while you're out eating?
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Roger Kettle on June 18, 2008, 10:20:41 PM
No.
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: The Peepmaster on June 18, 2008, 10:21:30 PM
I had a Tandoori Mixed Grill. With wine.

Do you ever get ideas while you're out eating?

Do you ever get an American full-stop up your bracket?
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Mince on June 18, 2008, 10:25:46 PM
No.

Not even ones for Beau Peep?
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Roger Kettle on June 18, 2008, 10:35:17 PM
I agree with The Peepmaster and the American nation. I put my full stop AFTER the brackets. It makes sense. Open your bracket, include your thoughts, close the bracket then finalise everything with a full stop.
As I said earlier , I had an Indian meal tonight (Tandoori Mixed Grill).
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: The Peepmaster on June 18, 2008, 10:42:15 PM
Yep, I think the full-stop comes last. (After everything else, in fact). That's what my old English teacher told me. "The full stop comes after everything else, Sutherland", (that's what he said). To which I responded, "Thanks for that advice, sir".
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Roger Kettle on June 18, 2008, 10:44:49 PM
No.

Not even ones for Beau Peep?
I'm not sure I understand this---do you mean ideas for Egon? Well, unless the chef hits me with a haddock, then it's still "no".
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: The Peepmaster on June 18, 2008, 10:47:16 PM
No.

Not even ones for Beau Peep?
I'm not sure I understand this---do you mean ideas for Egon? Well, unless the chef hits me with a haddock, then it's still "no".

His whacking you with the halibut would have done!
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Mince on June 18, 2008, 10:58:46 PM
No.

Not even ones for Beau Peep?
I'm not sure I understand this---do you mean ideas for Egon? Well, unless the chef hits me with a haddock, then it's still "no".

No, I was implying that no ideas for anything entered your head. Clearly it didn't work. What do I have to do round here to be appreciated - cut my ear off?
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Mince on June 18, 2008, 11:01:08 PM
I agree with The Peepmaster and the American nation. I put my full stop AFTER the brackets. It makes sense. Open your bracket, include your thoughts, close the bracket then finalise everything with a full stop.
As I said earlier , I had an Indian meal tonight (Tandoori Mixed Grill).

Go here and read number 12: http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/fullstops.htm

The point of brackets is that you can remove them and their contents and still leave behind something that makes sense. If you take away yours, there's a full stop floating around doing nothing.
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on June 18, 2008, 11:08:31 PM


The point of brackets is that you can remove them and their contents and still leave behind something that makes sense.

Beau Peep (Mince) Forum.
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Vulture on June 19, 2008, 07:20:35 AM
It's gone dead quiet on this board, so I reckon it's probably no longer cool to post on the Beau Peep forum. Therefore the next person to post is a big girlie. (My money's on Mince).


Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: The Peepmaster on June 19, 2008, 08:30:09 AM
I agree with The Peepmaster and the American nation. I put my full stop AFTER the brackets. It makes sense. Open your bracket, include your thoughts, close the bracket then finalise everything with a full stop.
As I said earlier , I had an Indian meal tonight (Tandoori Mixed Grill).

The point of brackets is that you can remove them and their contents and still leave behind something that makes sense.

Exactly! The full stop after the brackets actually belongs to the rest of the sentence (not including the bracketed section). So, if you take away the bracketed section you are left with a sentence that makes sense. For example:

The full stop after the brackets actually belongs to the rest of the sentence (not including the bracketed section).

The full stop after the brackets actually belongs to the rest of the sentence.
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Mince on June 19, 2008, 08:52:06 AM
I agree with The Peepmaster and the American nation. I put my full stop AFTER the brackets. It makes sense. Open your bracket, include your thoughts, close the bracket then finalise everything with a full stop.
As I said earlier , I had an Indian meal tonight (Tandoori Mixed Grill).

The point of brackets is that you can remove them and their contents and still leave behind something that makes sense.

Exactly! The full stop after the brackets actually belongs to the rest of the sentence (not including the bracketed section). So, if you take away the bracketed section you are left with a sentence that makes sense. For example:

The full stop after the brackets actually belongs to the rest of the sentence (not including the bracketed section).

The full stop after the brackets actually belongs to the rest of the sentence.


Yes, that's okay because the whole sentence is not inside the brackets.

Now try it with:

(This is a sentence inside brackets).

And you will be left with a stray full stop.
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: The Peepmaster on June 19, 2008, 09:23:41 AM
Incidentally, I couldn't get through to your Man Tex Samples website. (Not really sure that I want to actually, but what you do in your spare time's your business).  ..0
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Roger Kettle on June 19, 2008, 09:41:26 AM
I couldn't get through either but I'm in total agreement with Peeps. My brackets will forever remain full stopless.
Now, if you don't mind, I've got some serious work to do---Dennis is discussing Naked Cycling Month in his village.
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Vulture on June 19, 2008, 12:40:09 PM
Incidentally, I couldn't get through to your Man Tex Samples website. (Not really sure that I want to actually, but what you do in your spare time's your business).  ..0

Incidentally, I couldn't get through to your Man Tex Samples website. .    Why is there an extra full stop?


(Not really sure that I want to actually, but what you do in your spare time's your business)
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: peter on June 19, 2008, 03:32:45 PM
see if you do sentences like what I do and leave out the full stop this argument would be irelevant
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Vulture on June 19, 2008, 05:47:31 PM
see if you do sentences like what I do and leave out the full stop this argument would be irelevant

Good point, Peter.
Title: Re: Next person to post is a big girlie.
Post by: Fyodor on June 20, 2008, 09:52:53 AM
Incidentally, I couldn't get through to your Man Tex Samples website. (Not really sure that I want to actually, but what you do in your spare time's your business).  ..0
I could [and did!].(?)