Toastmasters or Badminton?

[Diane CBPFC]

That is the question...

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Shuttlecocks or Horse Trials? That is another question...

[Diane CBPFC]

My horse already pled guilty.

[Fyodor]

Tesco or Safeway

One of my friends insists on referring to Tesco as Safeways. "Safeways tonight, is it?" he'll say, only to aware that there is only Tesco in my wee toon.
I used to correct him, but eventually I capitulated and now I respond, "Safeway it is, indeed."
You'll have noticed that my concession goes only as far a singular Safeway. You'll never find me descending to plural depths.

[Bilthehut]

Quite right too. One must have standards.

[Roger Kettle]

You could have used a plural "o" in "only to aware".


Oh, Lord----I've turned into Mince.

[Vulture]

You could have used a plural "o" on "only to aware".


Oh, Lord----I've turned into Mince.

You can stop that right NOW! One Mince is more than enough!

[Diane CBPFC]

By some fluke of the English language - there is no plural of mince.

[Vulture]

By some fluke of the English language - there is no plural of mince.

It's not a fluke, Diane. There's no plural of salmon, sheep, deer, scissors, moose, haddock, etc.

[The Peepmaster]

We had this discussion about fish names being singular and plural at the same time some years ago after I brought it up. I remember that Roger was driven to write a Beau Peep strip about it, in which a fish was called Nigel. (I've got one of the originals somewhere.) :-)

[Fyodor]

250g of mince does me.
Apooloogies foor the ooffending typoo Rooger.

[Mince]

You could have used a plural "o" in "only to aware".

So you've not heard of the verb "to aware", as in "to become aware of"?

[Roger Kettle]

I've heard of the verb "mincing" as in "mincing about".

[Bilthehut]

Is that in order to make hamburgers or mince pies?

[Malc]

I think Mince chose his name as a covert assertion of his individuality.
"Mince pies" is of course Cockney rhyming slang for "eyes".


...and there's no eye in team.