A bit of light reading

[Redcap]

You know, the expression annoys me so much that even if they did, I'd be there.

James

I read quite a bit on here, don't know why, I cant help myself...

 

[Moobee]

You know, the expression annoys me so much that even if they did, I'd be there.

James

I used to work with ‘merkins, the expression drove me nuts.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I used to work with ‘merkins, the expression drove me nuts.

what? you made pubic wigs?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

You should lean in to it.

I always find you get a better impact when you lean into a slap

 

[sean-a]

Part of the joy of this site is in the tangential nature of much of the responses

 

[madasafish]

Part of the joy of this site is in the tangential nature of much of the responses

"Tangential" suggests a smallish deviation..
This site specialises in 3D tangents with all three directions varying together.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Which makes it streets ahead of a discord/facebook group.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I used to work with ‘merkins, the expression drove me nuts.

Were you a nine niner?

 

[Moobee]

Were you a nine niner?

What is a nine niner?

 

[madasafish]

What is a nine niner?

It is an IQ measure: 81.

 

[Moobee]

It is an IQ measure: 81.

??

 

[Cuckmere couple]

You could actually argue that today's 'good' grammar that many boast about is in fact bad grammar and spelling that got absorbed and accepted as 'correct' by Samuel Johnson

 

[Gilberdyke John]

What is a nine niner?

A 'Merikan personnel/management tool used in assessing an employee. Draw a pair of axis. Scale each 0 to 9. Vertical axis Attainment. horizontal axis Effort. A nine niner puts in maximum effort and achieves maximum attainment.

 

[Sutty]

I'd rather employ a 3-9er: doesn't try very hard but gets great results - that way you can push them further!

 

[Moobee]

A 'Merikan personnel/management tool used in assessing an employee. Draw a pair of axis. Scale each 0 to 9. Vertical axis Attainment. horizontal axis Effort. A nine niner puts in maximum effort and achieves maximum attainment.

Oh got it! ('merkin is our local slang for a resident of the USA - not many that I worked with were even close to being a nine niner!)