Dave Vader Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Apologies for being mean, but some things deserve a little ridicule, I've stopped laughing at trust rods, but I would like a threat board... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/alvarez-short-threat-board-acoustic-bass-guitar-/320673214850?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa99cf182#ht_500wt_935"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/alvarez-short-threat...82#ht_500wt_935[/url] Quote
daz Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Ah, Short [i]thread[/i] I was wondering what he was on about when i saw it myself. Quote
gary mac Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 I'm amazed at the number of ads telling us to grab a "bargin" Quote
lemmywinks Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 It's got a hole in the back, that's ok though because he "finks" it's so it can be converted into a semi acoustic. Quote
Bassassin Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Just when you think you've seen the lot - fretts, frettles, knecks, knuts, turners, humbuggers (that's right, [i]humbuggers[/i]) - just goes to show there will always be new ways to creatively mutilate the language. Who would of thought it? Jon. Quote
waynepunkdude Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 I hate when people have an item to 'swop'. Quote
Mr H Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1176096' date='Mar 25 2011, 04:11 PM']Just when you think you've seen the lot - fretts, frettles, knecks, knuts, turners, humbuggers (that's right, [i]humbuggers[/i]) - just goes to show there will always be new ways to creatively mutilate the language. Who would of thought it? Jon.[/quote] "Who would [b]HAVE[/b] thought it?" I'll give you "mutilate the language"! Quote
Bassassin Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 [quote name='Mr H' post='1176793' date='Mar 26 2011, 01:10 AM']"Who would [b]HAVE[/b] thought it?" I'll give you "mutilate the language"! [/quote] Irony fail. I give up! J. Quote
paul_5 Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 A small threat board? No good to me, I like LARGE threat boards! My basses have things like " I'm a punch you in the throat and shank ya!" engraved between the frets. I wouldn't play a bass that didn't have the threat of physical violence (or similar) somewhere on it. I'll stop now. Quote
witterth Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 (edited) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Na6z03tW4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Na6z03tW4[/url] DAN!! Edited March 26, 2011 by witterth Quote
Blademan_98 Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 [quote name='paul_5' post='1176840' date='Mar 26 2011, 06:56 AM']A small threat board? No good to me, I like LARGE threat boards! My basses have things like " I'm a punch you in the throat and shank ya!" engraved between the frets. I wouldn't play a bass that didn't have the threat of physical violence (or similar) somewhere on it. I'll stop now. [/quote] Dratttttt you beat me to it Just imagine going to a gig and the bass player only has a small threat of violence. How disappointing....... Quote
Mr H Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1176806' date='Mar 26 2011, 01:43 AM']Irony fail. I give up! J.[/quote] D'oh! I need a bit more time here, don't I? Apologies. Quote
Bassassin Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 [quote name='Mr H' post='1177085' date='Mar 26 2011, 11:53 AM']D'oh! I need a bit more time here, don't I? Apologies.[/quote] No apology necessary! FWIW that particular grammatical cock-up is top of my personal red-mist list, and when eventually it becomes the accepted way of expressing this particular phrase (as it inevitably will) I'll pick up my chainsaw, don my easy-wipe goggles & go out and kill, indiscriminately & relentlessly. That'll make it better. J. Quote
Ou7shined Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1177107' date='Mar 26 2011, 12:07 PM']No apology necessary! FWIW that particular grammatical cock-up is top of my personal red-mist list, and when eventually it becomes the accepted way of expressing this particular phrase (as it inevitably will) I'll pick up my chainsaw, don my easy-wipe goggles & go out and kill, indiscriminately & relentlessly. That'll make it better. J.[/quote] It 's the whole bought/brought thing with me. I can help switching off to people that do it. It's just plain ig'nant. Quote
dougie Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 Obviously a liar too,his grammar suggests he`s never played it and stole the f***er from someones Mondeo. Quote
dannybuoy Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 I'd be interested if it was a threatless. Quote
Bassassin Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1177174' date='Mar 26 2011, 01:09 PM']It 's the whole bought/brought thing with me. I can help switching off to people that do it. It's just plain ig'nant.[/quote] I encountered a new one (to me, at least) yesterday on a different forum - various different people in the thread referring to unemployment as "on the doll". Anyone else seen this? I'm convinced in 20 years' time written/typed English will be 90% phonetic. Or rather, fanetik. J. Quote
Bassassin Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 [quote name='Johnston' post='1177359' date='Mar 26 2011, 04:01 PM']Never on the Doll, just on the Dole or as it is over here the Brew.[/quote] "Doll" is plainly a phoneticisation of dole, I just found it bizarre that so many people had either never seen it spelled correctly or never given a moment's thought to what the phrase actually meant. It gets called the brew in Scotland as well, think it's mostly a west coast thing here. J. Quote
dougie Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 useless ifo,stems from the doles old name"the beurau of employment".....i know that berau is misspelled but tired n last thing i can be arsed looking at is some smartarse spell check. Quote
Bassassin Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 [quote name='dougie' post='1177608' date='Mar 26 2011, 08:24 PM']useless ifo,stems from the doles old name"the beurau of employment".....i know that berau is misspelled but tired n last thing i can be arsed looking at is some smartarse spell check.[/quote] Makes sense - I've seen it written as "the burroo". Always wondered where that came from, cheers D. J. Quote
LawrenceH Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 Good Lord, imagine the shame of buying a bass from someone with poor spelling. Quote
dougie Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 [quote name='LawrenceH' post='1177775' date='Mar 26 2011, 11:29 PM']Good Lord, imagine the shame of buying a bass from someone with poor spelling. [/quote] wiv poor spelling u mean....innit? Quote
Bassassin Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 [quote name='LawrenceH' post='1177775' date='Mar 27 2011, 12:29 AM']Good Lord, imagine the shame of buying a bass from someone with poor spelling. [/quote] It's not shame. It's loathing bordering on homicidal rage. J. Quote
uke Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 My favourite is "Relicing"! A word that many feel exists, if it did wouldn't it mean replacing Lice? Quote
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