tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-11-20:/Ceramic penguins and anteaters, photography, recipes, web accessibility and usability, the natural world, rants about the misuse of English. What more do you want - excitement?MokoFeed2009-11-20T23:19:12+01:00tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-11-20:/2009/11/18/yeah-right-7407034/#c11554660LissaT2009-11-20T12:25:24+01:002009-11-20T12:25:24+01:00My father forwards all such things straight to the fraud squad!tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-11-18:/2009/11/18/yeah-right-7407034/#c11534024SeasideMan2009-11-18T14:05:19+01:002009-11-18T14:05:19+01:00The saddest thing is that some people must fall for it, or they wouldn't keep doing it!tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-11-05:/2009/11/05/the-names-fireworks-call-themselves-7313192/#c11415917MrFlighty2009-11-05T19:38:22+01:002009-11-05T19:38:22+01:00Those names are to match the, far too loud, noise that they now make! xxtag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-10-28:/2009/10/28/this-little-doggie-7259879/#c11332776MissyMouse2009-10-28T12:18:35+01:002009-10-28T12:18:35+01:00Aw sweet!<br> <br> xxtag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-05-06:/2007/08/20/the_names_caravans_call_themselves~2839878/#c9834205Shazia2009-05-06T14:01:58+02:002009-05-06T14:01:58+02:00I love stuff like this.tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-02-25:/2009/01/30/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-not-5477375/#c9210601Aristotle Conman2009-02-25T04:46:19+01:002009-02-25T04:46:19+01:00if you're looking for bad grammar, go here: http://thedaylyfaultsoffaristotleconman.blogspot.comtag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-02-06:/2009/01/30/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-not-5477375/#c9028020deleted user2009-02-06T21:36:06+01:002009-02-06T21:36:06+01:00I thought it was meant as a joke when I read the text! :no: I wonder if they are actually getting any clients with this advertisement!tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-02-04:/2009/01/30/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-not-5477375/#c9002418tylluanpenry2009-02-04T12:05:40+01:002009-02-04T12:05:40+01:00Thanks Lois.... the funny thing is that even with all the weight loss I don't really look any different and my health problems are basically still there. I've had a 'part diagnosis' and am just waiting (maybe that should be 'weighting'???? ;))for a few more results.<br> <br> Then they'll say there's nothing they can do! :roll:tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-02-04:/2009/01/30/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-not-5477375/#c9002055loiswakeman2009-02-04T11:22:40+01:002009-02-04T11:22:40+01:00I had to read that twice Mrs P: to the sounds of the signature tune from "Are you being served", I was thinking of you going up from 60 pounds, then I remembered you saying you'd aready gone down 50, so that made sense!<br> <br> I am glad it's still working so well for you - but how are you apart from that, with all the mystery problems you were having?tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-02-02:/2009/01/30/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-not-5477375/#c8980845deleted user2009-02-02T13:27:47+01:002009-02-02T13:27:47+01:00Spose im lucky my weight stayed steady until i got older and now i dont care.lol.tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-30:/2009/01/30/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-not-5477375/#c8956930menhir2009-01-30T19:59:14+01:002009-01-30T19:59:14+01:00Well said Lois. TWATS!! Really, what next.tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-30:/2009/01/30/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-not-5477375/#c8956914tylluanpenry2009-01-30T19:57:43+01:002009-01-30T19:57:43+01:00I'm going to stick with my own diet, thanks! I've just passed the 60pounds mark....tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-30:/2009/01/30/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-not-5477375/#c8956420MissyMouse2009-01-30T19:15:30+01:002009-01-30T19:15:30+01:00I think I'll pass on this diet :))tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-24:/2009/01/19/emanate-and-erm-what-5406503/#c8895789deleted user2009-01-24T14:56:39+01:002009-01-24T14:56:39+01:00me too confussed.tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-19:/2009/01/19/emanate-and-erm-what-5406503/#c8852520MissyMouse2009-01-19T23:43:45+01:002009-01-19T23:43:45+01:00I'm confuddled :))<br> <br> xxtag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-19:/2009/01/19/emanate-and-erm-what-5406503/#c8850130deleted user2009-01-19T20:10:59+01:002009-01-19T20:10:59+01:00Um... could "emanating off" in American mean "reflecting" or "bouncing off"... just guessing. <br> tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-19:/2009/01/19/emanate-and-erm-what-5406503/#c8848671EllieGant2009-01-19T18:26:22+01:002009-01-19T18:26:22+01:00It's defeated me too. I think I prefer your cheesy version!tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-19:/2009/01/16/flout-and-flaunt-5389076/#c8848255loiswakeman2009-01-19T17:50:00+01:002009-01-19T17:50:00+01:00Nicely put...tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-19:/2009/01/16/flout-and-flaunt-5389076/#c8848156Bushka2009-01-19T17:39:38+01:002009-01-19T17:39:38+01:00Hear! Hear! Foxwriter, some of them can be totally illiterate...when it comes to speaking English! However, let's not flaunt our superior linguistic skills! :)):))tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-17:/2009/01/16/flout-and-flaunt-5389076/#c8828958LissaT2009-01-17T16:08:04+01:002009-01-17T16:08:04+01:00I wonder if he believes that justice should be administered impartially or indifferently, or whether he believes the former has something to do with dislike while the latter means not very well?tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-16:/2009/01/16/flout-and-flaunt-5389076/#c8822175Foxwriter2009-01-16T17:46:24+01:002009-01-16T17:46:24+01:00I think the problem is that it is (incorrectly) assumed all lawyers are well educated people.tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-16:/2009/01/16/flout-and-flaunt-5389076/#c8821351Usksider2009-01-16T16:02:20+01:002009-01-16T16:02:20+01:00Mmmmm... but he does work for Eversheds and they're a bit of a joke. ;)tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-16:/2009/01/16/flout-and-flaunt-5389076/#c8821265MrFlighty2009-01-16T15:48:45+01:002009-01-16T15:48:45+01:00Perhaps he was a bit flustered being on the radio! xxtag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-08:/2007/05/03/an_upmarket_charabanc~2203331/#c8744005loiswakeman2009-01-08T13:02:26+01:002009-01-08T13:02:26+01:00Thanks for taking it so well!<br> <br> I am sure the process itself is fine - but I have an irresistible urge to poke fun at unneccessary jargon.tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-07:/2007/05/03/an_upmarket_charabanc~2203331/#c8739951Blaire Palmer2009-01-07T22:23:27+01:002009-01-07T22:23:27+01:00Hi there. It is the quaintly named Blaire Palmer here. I am delighted you enjoyed the colourful use of language on my website. But I am sorry to hear you have all had such a bad experience of professional development. When it is done well it really improves the way businesses are run and the lives of the people working there. When it is done badly it does more harm than good. Anyway, I am glad I sparked some interesting debate!tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-05:/2008/12/29/adults-only-5294455/#c8716139loiswakeman2009-01-05T17:40:08+01:002009-01-05T17:40:08+01:00Positively stratospheric, old bean. Actually, I doubt I'd understand it myself any longer - all the brain cells I used at the time have problably gone west since!tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2009-01-05:/2008/12/29/adults-only-5294455/#c8714756Foxwriter2009-01-05T15:13:39+01:002009-01-05T15:13:39+01:00!! Stands back in admiration. !!<br> <br> Ah well, if you are writing for people like that, then you are on a higher plane than me. :)<br> tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2008-12-31:/2008/12/29/adults-only-5294455/#c8674409loiswakeman2008-12-31T17:20:59+01:002008-12-31T17:20:59+01:00My Dad used that too. He was raised on the Wirral.tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2008-12-31:/2008/12/29/adults-only-5294455/#c8672654LissaT2008-12-31T14:37:11+01:002008-12-31T14:37:11+01:00I didn't mention 'Hell's bells and buckets of blood', a useful expression of extreme irritation. I recently heard Rob Bryden use this expression so it may actually be common useage is south Wales, but in Lincolnshire it seems to be unique to my sister and myself.tag:i4info.blog.co.uk,2008-12-31:/2008/12/29/adults-only-5294455/#c8672584LissaT2008-12-31T14:31:47+01:002008-12-31T14:31:47+01:00When I was a child a dressing-gown was a duff, and a poo was 'hardwork'. The latter is now obselete, but both derivations are easy enough. People who are a bit too 'up front' about their good works are 'uprighteous'. <br> <br> 'See amid the winter's snow' is the 'school dinner carol': "See the tender lamb appears / Promised from eternal years".