Happy Birthday dshans!

[tadman95]

Do you want an honest answer or do you want me to pretend to be a Southern Gentleman or some such thing?

Yea, let's move on. Nothing to see here.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

The following article made me think of our own resident Grammar Hammer:

I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here's Why.

 

[dshans]

The following article made me think of our own resident Grammar Hammer:

I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here's Why.

Bless you. My "forgive them for they know not what they do" internet filter is on the verge of grinding to a halt as a result of overuse and insufficient lubrication. Clarity is a worthy, admirable and necessary goal. Accurate grammar is an autobahn to that end.

 

[BGIF]

And, for better or worse, people judge you if you can't tell the difference between their, there, and they're.

So they're!

 

[Old Man Mike]

From the article:

"Good grammar is credibility, especially on the internet. In blog posts, on Facebook statuses, in e-mails, and on company websites, your words are all you have. They are a projection of you in your physical absence."

"I hire people who care about those details. Applicants who don't think writing is important are likely to think lots of other (important) things also aren't important. And I guarantee that even if other companies aren't issuing grammar tests, they pay attention to sloppy mistakes on résumés".

"Even" on IE, the density of slop in the writing sometimes makes the posts unclear if not actually uninterpretable. Someone the other day wrote that "VY" had beaten USC sometime in the past. Vanderbilt?? Typo for WYoming? SYracuse? BYU? It wasn't obvious that this was supposed to be "Vince Young". Sometimes even valuable posters are so "in their own heads" that you can't easily tell exactly what they're talking about.

Bad grammar and lousy care in communication of all kinds is simply laziness. That is also what the writer is talking about and why neither he nor I would hire such a person.

 

[dshans]

YAHOO! YIPPIE SKIPPY! HOT DIGGITY DANG!

Since I'm bent on not starting a thread – ever, I thought I'd toss this in here:

I just noticed that I'm now a vBillionaire!!!



Let the begging begin ...

 

[BobD]

YAHOO! YIPPIE SKIPPY! HOT DIGGITY DANG!

Since I'm bent on not starting a thread – ever, I thought I'd toss this in here:

I just noticed that I'm now a vBillionaire!!!


Let the begging begin ...

Congratulations! How did you do it? vPonzi scheme? Bonds?

 

[dshans]

Congratulations! How did you do it? vPonzi scheme? Bonds?

Extortion ... and the exorbitant fee I charged as executor of NeuteredDoomer's vEstate.

 

[Irish YJ]

beer all around!

 

[BGIF]

YAHOO! YIPPIE SKIPPY! HOT DIGGITY DANG!

Since I'm bent on not starting a thread – ever, I thought I'd toss this in here:

I just noticed that I'm now a vBillionaire!!!


Let the begging begin ...

Just like a Kennedy!

 

[dshans]

Just like a Kennedy!

Yew gots a problem wid dat, Mitt-Man?



PSST: I can get you a deal on Jameson, Guinness, Canadian Club, Molson Canadian Ale ... whatever suits your fancy.

 

[NDTH91]

Happy Birthday and congratulations on becoming a vBillionaire, dshans! Your insightful posts and hammer of grammar make each of my days just a little bit brighter. Have a wonderful day!

 

[BGIF]

Yew gots a problem wid dat, Mitt-Man?



PSST: I can get you a deal on Jameson, Guinness, Canadian Club, Molson Canadian Ale ... whatever suits your fancy.

You silver spooned libs with your vbuck trust fund and money in Fiji.


Psst: I'll take a truckload of Jameson, thank you. You can keep the Reformation Whiskey.

 

[BGIF]

Happy Birthday and congratulations on becoming a vBillionaire, dshans! Your insightful posts and hammer of grammar make each of my days just a little bit brighter. Have a wonderful day!

"hammer of grammar"

I like that but shouldn't it be, "Da Hammer of Grammar" or more simply, "Da Gramma Hamma".

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Happy Birthday, Young Sir... We Are ND. Slainte.

 

[dshans]

Happy Birthday, Young Sir... We Are ND. Slainte.

Thank you, Sir Mullet The Younger, even though you're a tad over a month late ...

Go Irish! Up The British Army!

 

[dshans]

... shouldn't it be, "Da Hammer of Grammar" or more simply, "Da Gramma Hamma".

Kinda like "Da Gramma Hamma" but worry that "Gramma" is most commonly a "cutified" form of grandmother.

Don't worry, nothing but non-reformation "holy water" for you. A truckload of vPoteen is on its way as I type.

 

[dshans]

You silver spooned libs with your vbuck trust fund and money in Fiji.

Hell, a few vBillion more and I'll be able to vRetire with my vTrust Fund (plus my "hard earned" vBucks) in vFiji. A few crooked vBets should do it – I've got some vDirt on Señor McGibblets.

 

[dshans]

In keeping with my intention to never start a thread, I will place this here – especially since I'm purported to be old enough to have been one of the founding fathers:

Git yer azzes in gear and vote tomorrow. I don't give a sh¡t which way you vote (not entirely true, but beside the point) just exercise your most fundamental right and "duty" as an American citizen.

Local issues matter as much as national issues. Stand up and be counted! ND nation and IE comrades, make me proud!

 

[JadeBrecks]

Happy B-Day

 

[AdmiralBackhand]

I voted for Sorin..

 

[dshans]

I voted for Sorin..

Merci beaucoup.

 

[BGIF]

I voted for Sorin..

Sacre Bleu!

Another one without a U.S. birth certificate.

 

[johnnykillz]

Sacre Bleu!

Another one without a U.S. birth certificate.

Lol.

Reps.

 

[BobD]

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