Author Topic: For all you students of English grammar. (Read 2731 times)

nickjtc · « **on:** June 28, 2007, 03:21:41 PM »

Here's a little grammatical problem to solve; see if you can do it. (Yes, it's another 'no show' day at the driving test centre and I'm bored!)

Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to create a sentence (in English) which contains the word 'and' five times in a row, which makes sense.

You can put as money words in front of, or after, the 'ands' as is necessary for the sentence to make sense. You may also punctuate between the 'ands' but you may not insert any words or letters between the 'ands'.

Over to you grammatical whiz kids....

Shenanigans · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:12:32 PM »

The manager of a strip club called The "Pole And Postion" asked a handyman to make a brand new neon sign. After the handy man made the sign and gave it to him, he realized it would never fit in the window. He told the poor man that the sign was too wide. He then said "If you want to get paid, put less space between Pole and And and And and Postion".
The handyman then proceeded to shoot and rob the manager. He left for Cuba and was never seen again.

My personal favorite is..

Chris, while Adrianne had had "had had," had had "had."

Now if some one could tell me if Schroeder's cat is alive or dead I would be much obliged.

nickjtc · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:21:11 PM »

Wow. That was quick. Well done. In the version I know it's a pub called the rose and Crown...

Gordon · « **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:39:46 PM »

That's Schroedinger's Cat, and if it's been in that damn box for this long, it's most certainly dead and rotting, and I sure as hell don't want to be the one to open it!

GST-97 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:42:51 PM »

My grandmother and grandfather demanded grandchildren

nickjtc · « **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2007, 09:59:08 PM »

Quote from: GST-97 on June 28, 2007, 04:42:51 PM

My grandmother and grandfather demanded grandchildren

Close, but no cigar. Has to be: and and and and and all together.

canyon750 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2007, 10:14:33 PM »

Does a stutter count?

Never mind...

Klark Kent · « **Reply #7 on:** June 28, 2007, 10:38:32 PM »

and and and and and you can do it with the word 'that' as well...
-KK

GST-97 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 29, 2007, 06:26:27 AM »

oh, I must have read it wrong

I thought it said you could put as many LETTERS in front or after the and's as possible.

I won't even try it this way, as there is no way to not make saying and 5 times sound anything but retarded

-Chris

Klark Kent · « **Reply #9 on:** June 29, 2007, 06:36:16 AM »

Quote from: Klark Kent on June 28, 2007, 10:38:32 PM

and and and and and you can do it with the word 'that' as well...
-KK

the child's parents asked his english grammer teacher why he got an A minus. so the teacher had to tell them that that that that that boy used was incorrect.

-KK

nickjtc · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2007, 07:05:34 AM »

I've created a monster.

Gordon · « **Reply #11 on:** June 29, 2007, 07:11:34 AM »

Quote from: Klark Kent on June 29, 2007, 06:36:16 AM

the child's parents asked his english grammer teacher why he got an A minus. so the teacher had to tell them that that that that that boy used was incorrect.

-KK

Isn't that one too many thats?

Klark Kent · « **Reply #12 on:** June 29, 2007, 07:17:39 AM »

are you trying to say that
that "that"
that that expert, klark kent, used was extraneous?
pre-post-erous
-KK

upperlake04 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2007, 07:34:08 AM »

excellent KK

Gordon · « **Reply #14 on:** June 29, 2007, 07:42:50 AM »

Quote from: Klark Kent on June 29, 2007, 07:17:39 AM

are you trying to say that
that "that"
that that expert, klark kent, used was extraneous?
pre-post-erous
-KK

I bow to your "Thatspertise"!

Klark Kent · « **Reply #15 on:** June 30, 2007, 01:24:13 PM »

bow to the power of a google search. you guys still use your brains? huh.

if you want to bow to someones grasp of the language, bow to weird al. took me half of the first viewing to get it and then i watched it two more times just leting my mind get blown. smart dude.
-KK

Gordon · « **Reply #16 on:** June 30, 2007, 01:32:36 PM »

Quote from: Klark Kent on June 30, 2007, 01:24:13 PM

you guys still use your brains? huh.

As little as possible!

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #17 on:** July 03, 2007, 07:27:36 PM »

It's strange how the English language can Fcuk itself up.

What follows is a sentence that can be spoken but can not be wrote down.

The farmer is in the field sowing seed while his wife is in the farm house sewing his torn shirt, they are both S_ _ ing.

Sam.

nickjtc · « **Reply #18 on:** July 03, 2007, 08:20:46 PM »

Quote from: SamCR750 on July 03, 2007, 07:27:36 PM

The farmer is in the field sowing seed while his wife is in the farm house sewing his torn shirt, they are both S_ _ ing.
Sam.

Shagging?

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #19 on:** July 03, 2007, 09:35:29 PM »

You are rude Nicky.

Sam.

turtle · « **Reply #20 on:** July 05, 2007, 07:51:51 PM »

A complex can be a building with multiple functions (eg shopping complex etc.)
A person with a hang-up about such a building would have a complex complex.
Of course if the building was part of a larger campus with several buildings, all with multiple functions, it would be a complex complex and the person with the hang-up would have a complex complex complex.
If the hang-up went beyond a simple neurosis, it would be a complex complex complex complex.
Let us suppose that the therapist treat this disorder became overwhelmed by the demands of his patients and had a nervous collapse. He would then be suffering from a complex complex complex complex complex.
(Of course, this assumes that the therapist's nervous collapse is a simple one.....................................)

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Author Topic: For all you students of English grammar. (Read 2731 times)

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