Kettle in Nude Sex Romp

[Mince]

How many times do you have to read this to get its meaning?

Obesity rates among young people in the North East are so alarming doctors here think we should be operating on extremely overweight teenagers.

[Roger Kettle]

"Kettle in nude sex romp".
What's not to understand?
As for the sentence you quote, a comma after the word "alarming" would probably sort it out.

[Mince]

As for the sentence you quote, a comma after the word "alarming" would probably sort it out.

The word "that" would work better. The first time I read it I thought "so" was similar to my students' use of it in "He's so not going to be in my good books."

[Tom]

How about...
Obesity rates among young people in the North East are so alarming doctors here think we should be operating on extremely overweight teenagers innit.

[Roger Kettle]

 

[Bilthehut]

Should there be a comma or full stop after 'teenagers'?

[Vulture]

Should there be a comma or full stop after 'teenagers'?

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[Diane CBPFC]

I think it should be "A Dr. Who Scarf Wearing Kettle in Sex Romp"

[Mince]

Another headline:

> UK teen jailed after student protests

I wonder what the student protested about.

[Diamond Lil]

Another headline:

> UK teen jailed after student protests

I wonder what the student protested about.

...being classed as an adjective?

[Mince]

Another headline:

> UK teen jailed after student protests

I wonder what the student protested about.

...being classed as an adjective?

 

[Malc]

I just imagined a nude sex romp with tea-brewing apparatus involved.

You know, someone with their knob stuck in the spout, that sort of thing.

[Fyodor]

Some spouts are worse than others, ahem,  I'm told.

[Joan]

I just imagined a nude sex romp with tea-brewing apparatus involved.

You know, someone with their knob stuck in the spout, that sort of thing.