Mr Bairn Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 What an utterly bizarre meltdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 The simpleton is you. You said that I put a question mark, but used a quote with no question mark to illustrate your point. Well done you. No, it shows your lack of understanding of punctuation. The question mark was because I was thinking of going, and this was more than adequately shown by the use of words like, "Might just make some plans to head up that direction?" Hardly the construct of someone seeking permission to do so, least of all yours. It was a rhetorical question so the question mark is perfectly justifiable in this context. Wanting you to fcuk off is not, "throwing a fit", as you melodramatically put it, it is more not wanting to be bothered with someone who, until this point, had shown no interest in this thread and only came on to make a snide comment. Haven't you got groups of people you want to burn in a building to attend to? Jog on. Bold statement. Well kinda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 That'll be a question mark, but I took it that he was referring to the other quote, you know, the one he quoted? Australian or New Age twats who go up at the end of a statement to make it sound like a question or are doubting that you can comprehend the complexity of what they're saying thread for this pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I don't think you quite understand how question marks work. I think I do. You can't be being serious here? You genuinely thought I wasn't talking about the post where you put a question mark? Given that you used a different quote entirely, no. Please explain why you used a different quote? Ps, is that question mark okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Well this is going well. If only? Another question mark to be pounced upon by people who have previously contributed nothing to a thread about Orkney, but all of a sudden want to point score.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I think I do. Please explain why you used a different quote? Clearly not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Given that you used a different quote entirely, no. Please explain why you used a different quote? Ps, is that question mark okay? Can't believe you actually need this explained. You posted a nonsense question in a quote, got called up on it and said you hadn't asked a question. I replied to the post where you demanded you hadn't been asked a question and explained that you had used a question mark. How on earth could anyone struggle with this concept? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 It's time to leave AFJ alone? It's not his fault he's an angry, angry man with very little grasp of the language of the mainland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Fitzgerald Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Shetland and Orkney rugby teams both play in mainland leagues. Shetland sometimes struggle to get a full 15 off the island and often have to rely on players from other teams who don't have a game or University students from the isles to make up the numbers. I think the SRU are a bit more lenient with player registrations than the SFA would be in this aspect. Rugby is a lot more popular in Orkney and I think they even have an internal league there, so I'm not sure if they suffer from the same problems. Ignoring AFJ's posse of anti-Ulster stalkers, I can't remember ever seeing a rugby field in Shetland, but maybe there's one tucked away somewhere in Lerwick. Football is definitely very much dominant there and all the outlying parishes and larger islands have a pitch of some description. Not surprised a Shetland rugby team might struggle for numbers, doubt it would be an issue with football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Can't believe you actually need this explained. You posted a nonsense question in a quote, got called up on it and said you hadn't asked a question. I replied to the post where you demanded you hadn't been asked a question and explained that you had used a question mark. How on earth could anyone struggle with this concept? A question would read along the lines of, "Do you think I should I head up there", I posted a rhetorical statement. You fcuked your quote up. See ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 A question would read along the lines of, "Do you think I should I head up there", I posted a rhetorical statement. You fcuked your quote up. See ya. Yep that's what happened here, absolutely. Hint for the future: When literally everyone else is saying that you are a moron who's got it badly wrong, there's a high chance that you are and have, and should exit with your tail firmly between your legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Everyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Everyone? I'm assuming that's a question this time. Yes, everyone who commented was on the point and laugh (hint: that would be at you) side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 From grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/question.htm "Rhetorical questions (asked when an answer is not really expected), by the way, are questions and deserve to end with a question mark:" Hope this helps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Please don't use questions marks when they're not necessary. Div only has a limited supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Can I buy ten for future misappropriation please? Note to all - that was not in any way rhetorical, it was an actual question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Everyone? From grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/question.htm "Rhetorical questions (asked when an answer is not really expected), by the way, are questions and deserve to end with a question mark:" Hope this helps? In what way was that a rhetorical question? Unless you knew that everyone had clearly noticed you were a simpleton anyway, but then why say anything at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Can I buy ten for future misappropriation please? Note to all - that was not in any way rhetorical, it was an actual question. Not in that kind of bulk. It'd drive the price of apostrophes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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