Comments on: Shoot the Messenger, not the Lawnmower http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/27/shoot-the-messenger-not-the-lawnmower/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/27/shoot-the-messenger-not-the-lawnmower/#comment-94642 Dave Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:49:39 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=3636#comment-94642 C'mon guys, I thought only Bill Clinton worried about what It's is its, (or was it 'is'...anyway, you get the point) The article was plainly written to illustrate a less than flattering redneckish quality in Americana. I am sure that had they looked hard enough, they would have found someone in the U.K. who had done something equally stupid as the drunken Wisconsonite. At least they would have partially acheived their stated mission, (1. Representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities, and 2. Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK). I personally think the article was written to make people read it and think that America was full of morons. I see the same sort of thing when I am watching BBC America and I see a British host kind of tip his head at an angle and shake it while frowning and saying "Americans..." I have been seeing this sort of thing more and more in the non-American English speaking world. We're not ALL like that, really...I promise. Just my $00.02 Dave C’mon guys, I thought only Bill Clinton worried about what It’s is its, (or was it ‘is’…anyway, you get the point)

The article was plainly written to illustrate a less than flattering redneckish quality in Americana. I am sure that had they looked hard enough, they would have found someone in the U.K. who had done something equally stupid as the drunken Wisconsonite.

At least they would have partially acheived their stated mission, (1. Representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities, and 2. Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK).

I personally think the article was written to make people read it and think that America was full of morons. I see the same sort of thing when I am watching BBC America and I see a British host kind of tip his head at an angle and shake it while frowning and saying “Americans…”

I have been seeing this sort of thing more and more in the non-American English speaking world.

We’re not ALL like that, really…I promise.

Just my $00.02

Dave

]]> By: Chip http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/27/shoot-the-messenger-not-the-lawnmower/#comment-94510 Chip Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:07:09 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=3636#comment-94510 It's a good post, nonetheless. Nice to see you here on [GAS]! It’s a good post, nonetheless. Nice to see you here on [GAS]!

]]> By: US News http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/27/shoot-the-messenger-not-the-lawnmower/#comment-94436 US News Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:25:07 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=3636#comment-94436 The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so. The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

]]> By: Douglas Karr http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/27/shoot-the-messenger-not-the-lawnmower/#comment-94370 Douglas Karr Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:15:50 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=3636#comment-94370 Whew! Thank goodness for friends at GAS! I am embarrassed but always appreciate readers who come forward and are willing to let me know. Thanks Ned! Whew! Thank goodness for friends at GAS! I am embarrassed but always appreciate readers who come forward and are willing to let me know. Thanks Ned!

]]> By: NedBalthus http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/27/shoot-the-messenger-not-the-lawnmower/#comment-94365 NedBalthus Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:25:17 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=3636#comment-94365 It's fixed now, in case anyone is reading it over and over trying to find the typo. It’s fixed now, in case anyone is reading it over and over trying to find the typo.

]]> By: Kiltak http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/27/shoot-the-messenger-not-the-lawnmower/#comment-94364 Kiltak Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:19:58 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=3636#comment-94364 Thanks Ned, and yeah, as you're saying, it's pretty funny considering the context :) Shame on me for not noticing it while proofreading. Thanks Ned, and yeah, as you’re saying, it’s pretty funny considering the context :)

Shame on me for not noticing it while proofreading.

]]> By: NedBalthus http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/27/shoot-the-messenger-not-the-lawnmower/#comment-94361 NedBalthus Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:11:13 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=3636#comment-94361 I love that in an article chastising the BBC for its journalistic standards the writer confuses "it's" and "its". I know it's an innocent typo, but it's funny in its current context. I love that in an article chastising the BBC for its journalistic standards the writer confuses “it’s” and “its”. I know it’s an innocent typo, but it’s funny in its current context.

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