"Foot in Mouth" Award

[Maksutov]

And the winner is...Steve McClaren! (http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL117878120071211)

One of my all-time favorites was published by Sony a few years back. What they meant was they were cutting 500 jobs worldwide. The way it came out wasAs part of an ongoing effort to maximize organizational effectiveness, Sony Music Entertainment today confirmed it is redirecting its resources on a worldwide basis to more effectively and efficiently transition the company to meet the new challenges brought about as the industry continues to evolve. :doh:

[sarongsong]

"Foot in Mouth" AwardSerendipitous side story found on above linked page:Related News:
Cyprus culls animals to stop foot and mouth spreading (http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL0623282220071106)That's one possible solution! :)

[Doodler]

And the winner is...Steve McClaren! (http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL117878120071211)

One of my all-time favorites was published by Sony a few years back. What they meant was they were cutting 500 jobs worldwide. The way it came out was :doh:

Trump says it best. "You're fired."

[mike alexander]

"We are in the process of evaluating the current rectocranial inversion status among mid-senior-level obfuscatory personnel with respect to optimal right-sizing of the organizational structure in the face of incremental challenges resulting from globalization requiring creative reintegration of product streams and eventual ajudication of residual ephemera."

[Noclevername]

Translation: "I know I'm keeping my job, suckers."

[Doodler]

"We are in the process of evaluating the current rectocranial inversion status among mid-senior-level obfuscatory personnel with respect to optimal right-sizing of the organizational structure in the face of incremental challenges resulting from globalization requiring creative reintegration of product streams and eventual ajudication of residual ephemera."

Not sure if you play any of SOE's games, Mike, but you nailed the history of Star Wars Galaxies solid.

[mike alexander]

No, me and my wife have worked for several large corporations over time, and some of what I wrote was just channeled from the real thing. I'm sure there are plenty of corpspeak dictionaries out there to help translate. Along the lines of

challenge = opportunity = problem

right-sizing = adjusting to scale = layoff

reevaluation = two out of three?

creative reintegration = layoff

... and so on.

[KaiYeves]

Cotroversial Knowledge = Too crazy for any other part of the book store.

[Celestial Mechanic]

I'm sorry, but Steve McClaren's quote just does not stand up to the might and majesty of George W. Bush's "Childrens is learning." :lol:

[mfumbesi]

I think President Bush was cheated on yet another prize.
Them darn Europeans.....

[Gillianren]

I'm sorry, but Steve McClaren's quote just does not stand up to the might and majesty of George W. Bush's "Childrens is learning." :lol:

Or, properly, "Seldom is the question asked, 'Is our children learning?'"

[Noclevername]

Or, properly, "Seldom is the question asked, 'Is our children learning?'"

More accurate, yes, but there's nothing proper about it.

[torque of the town]

I think President Bush was cheated on yet another prize.
Them darn Europeans.....




:lol::lol::lol:

[SeanF]

Or, properly, "Seldom is the question asked, 'Is our children learning?'"
Even more properly, "Seldom is the question asked, 'Is...are children learning?'"

[mike alexander]

With the ambiguity of accent. I've heard the quote under discussion and am not sure if the word was 'are' or 'our'.

[peteshimmon]

Give the man a break will ya! You try saying
"are our" quickly in various southern accents.

[Noclevername]

McClaren might get one KO, but Bush wins on sheer volume. He might even surpass the all-time grand champion, Dan Quayle.

[Matherly]

Personally, I would have liked it if Michael Behe had won it for his testomony in the Dover ID trial

"Under my definition, scientific theory is a proposed explanation which points to physical data and logical inferences.”- Michael Behe's definition of "Scientific Theory" which he conceeded included astrology

[korjik]

Even more properly, "Seldom is the question asked, 'Is...are children learning?'"

so basically, this is yet again where the pres is getting slammed for being a Texan?

He says more than enough nonsense that poking fun at his accent is kinda childish.

[KaiYeves]

Even more properly, "Seldom is the question asked, 'Is...are children learning?'"
This one is!

[Jim]

No, no... "This one am." After all, you are referring to yourself, so "This one" = "I" and the proper verb form with "I" is "am."

By the same logic, the question, "Is our children learning?" is correct. There is an unstated but obviously intended phrase, "each and every one of," omitted. Obviously intended because we are concerned about every child as an individual and want to leave no child behind; unstated because it is widely used in Texas and therefore understood to be part of the sentence.

Therefore, the correctly worded question becomes, "Is each and every one of our children learning?" And that is grammatically correct.

:p

[Noclevername]

No, no... "This one am." After all, you are referring to yourself, so "This one" = "I" and the proper verb form with "I" is "am."

By the same logic, the question, "Is our children learning?" is correct. There is an unstated but obviously intended phrase, "each and every one of," omitted. Obviously intended because we are concerned about every child as an individual and want to leave no child behind; unstated because it is widely used in Texas and therefore understood to be part of the sentence.

Therefore, the correctly worded question becomes, "Is each and every one of our children learning?" And that is grammatically correct.

:p

I'm getting dizzy from all the spinning! :sick:

[KaiYeves]

I'm getting dizzy from all the spinning!
You are always spinning, so why stand still?

[mike alexander]

If 'This one' referred to the question, then 'is' seems perfectly correct.

But a truly elegant intended truss bridging a poorly understood (and unstated) gap, Jim.

[sarongsong]

..."each and every one of"...1 + 1 = plural
"children" = plural

[Noclevername]

1 + 1 = plural
"children" = plural

You wouldn't say "each and every one of our child", would you?

[SeanF]

1 + 1 = plural
"children" = plural
It's not "(each) and (every one)", it's "(each and every) one". "Each and every" is an intensifier, but the subject of the sentence is still "one," and still singular.

Personally, I like Bush's own explanation (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/04/20010427-4.html):

If you're a stickler, you probably think the singular verb "is" should have been the plural "are." But if you read it closely, you'll see that I'm using the intransitive plural subjective tense. And so the word "is" are correct.
:lol:

[Maksutov]

If you're a stickler, you probably think the singular verb "is" should have been the plural "are." But if you read it closely, you'll see that I'm using the intransitive plural subjective tense. And so the word "is" are correct.That statement obviously marks a major subjunctive point in history.

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[Ilya]

I guess I have to bring this one up:

http://sierraclub.typepad.com/cleanenergywatch/2007/12/cbs-evening-new.html


I consider myself a conservationist. I think we ought to have some cap and trade. It worked with acid rain. I think it could work with Co2 emissions. I think we ought to be out there talking about ways to reduce energy consumption and waste. And we ought to declare that we will be free of energy consumption in this country within a decade, bold as that is.

[sarongsong]

...Personally, I like Bush's own explanation (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/04/20010427-4.html)It never ends; the preceding sentence:...Then there is my famous statement. "Rarely is the questioned asked, is our children learning?" (Laughter.)...

[mike alexander]

And we ought to declare that we will be free of energy consumption in this country within a decade, bold as that is.

Ilya, what you don't understand is that in Arkansas it is widely understood that between 'free of...' and '...energy consumption' one would insert 'each and every one of'. Therefore, the sentence would correctly read:

And we ought to declare that we will be free of each and every one of energy consumption in this country within a decade, bold as that is.

[Noclevername]

Personally, I like Bush's own explanation (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/04/20010427-4.html):


But what does he mean by "is"? Oh, wait, wrong president.

(But if he really did say the above, I'm impressed he managed to memorize the whole sentence and say it without screwing up this time. I wonder how long his handlers had to have him repeat it to get him to do that?)