Comments on: The Write Kind http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/ My new sci-fi thriller, TimeSplash, available now! Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Graham Storrs http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-1334 Graham Storrs Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:24:48 +0000 http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/?p=744#comment-1334 Terry, would you mind not being on topic, please? Besides, you would admire people who spend their lives helping people for little reward, wouldn't you? You're a teacher! ;-) Terry, would you mind not being on topic, please?

Besides, you would admire people who spend their lives helping people for little reward, wouldn’t you? You’re a teacher! ;-)

]]> By: Graham Storrs http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Graham Storrs Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:22:32 +0000 http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/?p=744#comment-1333 Or maybe the real measure of joke obscurity is the comment-to-retweet ratio. When it goes above ten you know there's a serious problem with what you said. Or maybe the real measure of joke obscurity is the comment-to-retweet ratio. When it goes above ten you know there’s a serious problem with what you said.

]]> By: Graham Storrs http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 Graham Storrs Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:20:00 +0000 http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/?p=744#comment-1332 Oops, missed. Oops, missed.

]]> By: Graham Storrs http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-1331 Graham Storrs Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:18:48 +0000 http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/?p=744#comment-1331 It was a pretty obscure joke. I should have known it would take 8 comments to sort it out. (Maybe that's a good measure of joke obscurity. People could say, "I don't get it. That sounds like a ten-comment joke to me." Or, of their favourite nerd, "He's an eight-comment joke type.") It was a pretty obscure joke. I should have known it would take 8 comments to sort it out. (Maybe that’s a good measure of joke obscurity. People could say, “I don’t get it. That sounds like a ten-comment joke to me.” Or, of their favourite nerd, “He’s an eight-comment joke type.”)

]]> By: terry http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-1330 terry Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:13:55 +0000 http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/?p=744#comment-1330 There is an inner decency inside most people, it is just tragic that it sometimes takes a catastrophe of gigantic proportions to bring it out. I am in constant awe over people who devote not just a few minutes but their entire lives to helping others. As the big guy said, "What's in a name?" terry There is an inner decency inside most people, it is just tragic that it sometimes takes a catastrophe of gigantic proportions to bring it out.

I am in constant awe over people who devote not just a few minutes but their entire lives to helping others.

As the big guy said, “What’s in a name?”

terry

]]> By: Merrilee http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-1328 Merrilee Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:57:29 +0000 http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/?p=744#comment-1328 Er, :-) smiley missing from the last statement. Please insert at appropriate position. Er, :-) smiley missing from the last statement. Please insert at appropriate position.

]]> By: Merrilee http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 Merrilee Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:56:50 +0000 http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/?p=744#comment-1327 Okay, I looked up Medici, and NOW I get why it's funny. Okay, I looked up Medici, and NOW I get why it’s funny.

]]> By: Merrilee http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Merrilee Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:54:04 +0000 http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/?p=744#comment-1326 While I admit to being a grammar bore in English, when it comes to other languages, it's every letter for themselves. :D While I admit to being a grammar bore in English, when it comes to other languages, it’s every letter for themselves. :D

]]> By: Graham Storrs http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 Graham Storrs Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:04:05 +0000 http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/?p=744#comment-1324 Oh wait! This post was about how nice writers are. I shouldn't really be making jokes about commenters' spelling mistakes should I? I should save that for a 'Writers Are All Up Themselves' post. ;-) Oh wait! This post was about how nice writers are. I shouldn’t really be making jokes about commenters’ spelling mistakes should I? I should save that for a ‘Writers Are All Up Themselves’ post.

;-)

]]> By: Graham Storrs http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/17/01/2010/the-write-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 Graham Storrs Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:51:53 +0000 http://grahamstorrs.cantalibre.com/?p=744#comment-1323 Well I hate to be a pedant (who am I kidding?) but it's "Medecins Sans Frontieres" (with a couple of accents I can't type.) It translates as "Doctors Without Borders" - but I like your version too ("Evil, Renaissance, Power-Crazed, Murdering Rich Bastards Without Borders") :-) Well I hate to be a pedant (who am I kidding?) but it’s “Medecins Sans Frontieres” (with a couple of accents I can’t type.) It translates as “Doctors Without Borders” – but I like your version too (“Evil, Renaissance, Power-Crazed, Murdering Rich Bastards Without Borders”) :-)

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