Calling Hitcher! Calling Hitcher! BDOTGNZA emergency alert!

[blackdog]

A sign on the emergency exit at our local states:

"WARNING - This door is alarmed."

Probably at the state of the Hutt skanks at 2am on a Saturday morning.

[Brian d marge]

Seen on a property in rural wellington:

"Warning. This property under constance surveilance"

I know Constance , she watching buildings now ...??

beats her last Job

Stephen

[cave weta]

Spotted this over the holidays the local hoarder at Waihi Beach is having hassles with visitors rummaging through his old outboard motors and rusty wheelbarrows

[PrincessBandit]

I liked the shelf that was displaying "Chordless phones"
.

Hahaha, at least we then know they don't ring in harmony.


I like the idea of Tooted sandwiches.

Liberally and incorrectly sprinkled apostrophes really feel like nails down my eyeballs. (And I have to say my hubby is one of the worst offenders. I haven't been able to train him out of it yet so I realise there is little hope for others).

I was tempted to write "apostrophe's" but just couldn't bring myself to do it! Off to claw my eyeballs out now - self inflicted.

[Brian d marge]

Hahaha, at least we then know they don't ring in harmony.


I like the idea of Tooted sandwiches.

Liberally and incorrectly sprinkled apostrophes really feel like nails down my eyeballs. (And I have to say my hubby is one of the worst offenders. I haven't been able to train him out of it yet so I realise there is little hope for others).

I was tempted to write "apostrophe's" but just couldn't bring myself to do it! Off to claw my eyeballs out now - self inflicted.

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I wandered through each chartered street, Near where the chartered Thames does flow, A mark in every face I meet, Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every man, In every infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forged manacles I hear: How the chimney-sweeper's cry Every blackening church appals, And the hapless soldier's sigh Runs in blood down palace-walls. But most, through midnight streets I hear How the youthful harlot's curse Blasts the new-born infant's tear, And blights with plagues the marriage-hearse.

Those manacles are the rules we create .........weeeee,,,,,,,,,,,,,, or break ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.... dotty dot dot dot ,,,,


Stephen

[Hitcher]

IT guy who didn't check obviously. I guess it is I before E except after C most of the time (unless it's pronounced 'ay' as in weigh/neighbour etc)

Somebody else whose teacher only gave them part of the rhyme:

"I before E
Except after C
And before G".

Feilding (named after a person of that name) and Manfeild (a combination of Manawatu and Feilding) are exceptions to that convention.

[steve_t]

Somebody else whose teacher only gave them part of the rhyme:

"I before E
Except after C
And before G".

Feilding (named after a person of that name) and Manfeild (a combination of Manawatu and Feilding) are exceptions to that convention.

Thanks Hitcher. I knew you'd know

[Mully]

I thought it was Manfeild becuase it was halfway between Feilding and somewhere else??

Feilding (named after a person of that name) and Manfeild (a combination of Manawatu and Feilding) are exceptions to that convention.

I was right!!

Huzzah.

[Usarka]

Somebody else whose teacher only gave them part of the rhyme:

"I before E
Except after C
And before G".

Feilding (named after a person of that name) and Manfeild (a combination of Manawatu and Feilding) are exceptions to that convention.

Help we're under siege from the grammar police!

[steve_t]

Help we're under siege from the grammar police!

Get it right the first time and Hitcher will have no reason to harass you