As usual, Camilla has made a spelling error. I suggest the traditional punishment.
Tom Send a noteboard - 08/06/2010 02:54:36 PM
I know it dates back to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II at the very least. We chop off her thumbs.
She wrote:
"Faster! Faster! Faster would be better! Mal to Zoey, followed by Reevers"
First, it's Zoe, not Zoey. Perhaps Camilla has confused Zoe with Zooey Deschanel? I'd like to give her the benefit of the doubt here, seeing as one of her thumbs is on the line. Unfortunately, I've never heard her mention Ms. Deschanel. Second, the proper spelling is reaver, not reever. These are not people who help in establishing administrative officers below the rank of ealdorman or earl (reeves), but rather, space-faring cannibals who plunder and rob (reave), much like Camilla's ancestors did when they helped encourage that verb's use in the written chronicles of Anglo-Saxon England.
So, Rebekah, will you chop off her thumbs or shall I?
She wrote:
"Faster! Faster! Faster would be better! Mal to Zoey, followed by Reevers"
First, it's Zoe, not Zoey. Perhaps Camilla has confused Zoe with Zooey Deschanel? I'd like to give her the benefit of the doubt here, seeing as one of her thumbs is on the line. Unfortunately, I've never heard her mention Ms. Deschanel. Second, the proper spelling is reaver, not reever. These are not people who help in establishing administrative officers below the rank of ealdorman or earl (reeves), but rather, space-faring cannibals who plunder and rob (reave), much like Camilla's ancestors did when they helped encourage that verb's use in the written chronicles of Anglo-Saxon England.
So, Rebekah, will you chop off her thumbs or shall I?
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
This message last edited by Tom on 08/06/2010 at 02:56:52 PM
Quote of the Moment: I've gone through the suggested quotes and added rather a lot of them.
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I've thought for a good while now that the Hobbit quote should be expanded.
- 08/06/2010 02:30:37 PM
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What if we just left if off after "world"?
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*shrugs* I prefer the long version, but that's just me. *NM*
- 08/06/2010 05:23:30 PM
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Agreed.
- 08/06/2010 05:47:02 PM
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OK. I will amend the quote to the one Legolas (appropriately) gave. 
*NM*
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- 08/06/2010 11:08:20 PM
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As usual, Camilla has made a spelling error. I suggest the traditional punishment.
- 08/06/2010 02:54:36 PM
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Thank you.
- 08/06/2010 02:56:44 PM
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I could get a knife through Customs just fine as long as it's in my checked luggage.
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Also: you made me choke on my tea. I am pretty sure that's a criminal offence. *NM*
- 08/06/2010 02:58:38 PM
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Oh, and on my Battleship commercial quote:
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Heh. Didn't think those would show, for some bizarre reason. *NM*
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This one
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Quote suggestions:
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As much as the letter H may hate it, it forms a part of Sarah Palin's name. *NM*
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I've never actually bothered to check up on the spelling of her name, oddly...
- 08/06/2010 04:27:40 PM
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Okay, what's with the House of Leaves one?
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The problem I have with that is that the "black goop" extends too far to the right, obscuring posts.
- 08/06/2010 04:46:48 PM
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Interesting. There is a quote that I don't recognize, from a source I don't recognize...
- 08/06/2010 05:53:15 PM
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Yay, mine finally got added!
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