Paring Mr. Jones to the White Courtesy Phone...

**646guy** · 2nd March 06, 06:38 AM

Well...I got confirmation this morning that my tax return will be to me no later than April 4 and whatever annual raise and bonus (if there even is bonus money this year) will be in my account either by March 14 or March 30.

I can feel the credit card shaking in my wallet now....

**Sherry** · 2nd March 06, 02:05 PM

Uh, don't you mean "Paging Mr. Jones"?

I hate to think of you being pared.

**GMan** · 2nd March 06, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by Sherry

Uh, don't you mean "Paging Mr. Jones"?

I hate to think of you being pared.

Pared to a new Kilt if you ask me!

**Sherry** · 2nd March 06, 05:22 PM

That's pair.

Definition of pare (verb forms: pared; pared; paring)
to cut, shave or remove (the outside) from anything

Now you understand my horror.

Oh, the vagaries of the English language!

**UmAnOnion** · 2nd March 06, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by Sherry

That's pair.

Definition of pare (verb forms: pared; pared; paring)
to cut, shave or remove (the outside) from anything

Now you understand my horror.

Oh, the vagaries of the English language!

why am i having high school english class flashback all of a sudden???

And yes i did leave off most of the punctuation just to be annoying...

Did it work??

**GlassMan** · 2nd March 06, 09:25 PM

Hey, the mispelling errors could have been far worse.

I got sent to the Headmasters Office in my private school in 8th grade when I had a series of unfortunate spelling mistakes on my geology test including stating that an explosion of magma through a weak spot in the Earth's crust was a "volcanic erection."

I have no idea of what I was thinking that day, but considering my age it couldn't have been anything good.

**646guy** · 3rd March 06, 07:35 AM

Considering I've had about five hours of sleep in the past three days I feel lucky I can still type and speak somewhat proper English....

**UmAnOnion** · 3rd March 06, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by GlassMan

Hey, the mispelling errors could have been far worse.

I got sent to the Headmasters Office in my private school in 8th grade when I had a series of unfortunate spelling mistakes on my geology test including stating that an explosion of magma through a weak spot in the Earth's crust was a "volcanic erection."

I have no idea of what I was thinking that day, but considering my age it couldn't have been anything good.

As if your thinking is any better these days.... i am still recovering fromyour Sporran remarks!!

**646guy** · 3rd March 06, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by GlassMan

Hey, the mispelling errors could have been far worse.

I got sent to the Headmasters Office in my private school in 8th grade when I had a series of unfortunate spelling mistakes on my geology test including stating that an explosion of magma through a weak spot in the Earth's crust was a "volcanic erection."

I have no idea of what I was thinking that day, but considering my age it couldn't have been anything good.

Volcanic erection.

Ya know....I'm just gonna have to hold onto that one because some verbal flubs like that are too classic....