Re: U19 World Cup semi-finalists

JohnO wrote:

Allow me to assist you with that reason. It is because you are a
pompous, stuffy old windbag. Right?


Hah, the pot and kettle have been outdone by a back hole!

You are Charles! Am I right? The same absolutely intractable need to be right. The same determined clinging to blind illogic in the face of all common sense. The same obssessive grip on entirely erronoeus points that will soon be declared extremely clever reverse irony. The same overblown delusion of self-importance. God, it's all there.

I mean, pot and kettle? This is why I can't do the rsru FAQ. My first invitation would be for the supply of a list of tired, hackneyed done-to-death cliches that should be banned from rsru in perpuity so cluleness nongs with limited vocabularies would be forced to think for themselves.


And you're not even the original
Johnno, unless you've changed the way you write your name.



What the *** are you talking about Boyd? I have no idea who this
'Johnno' you are referring to is, and don't give a ***.

No, quite. He had quite good manners. And he knew something about grammar. So I wasn't talking to you in the first place, therefore kindly sod off.



And defence has a 'c' unless you're a Seppo.


Yes, we know you like to revert to pedant mode when lacking any other
substance, Boyd.

You mean, you were wrong? Oh tsk tsk.


His
comments were simply accurate and not at all defensive.

Please explain exactly how they were accurate. Was he attempting to
describe the French rugby team as socially polished, do you suppose?. Or
are you unfamiliar with the meaning of savoir faire?.



Sigh. As in 'Know how'. You having a really off day?

Ah, I see. So you are wrong again. It seems the off day is entirely in your court.


It has more than a single meaning, like many phrases.

Indeed, indeed.

But not whatever you want it to mean, unfortunately.

If my esteemed colleague Martyn of the Valleys was attempting to say
that the French team always did the right thing in the right situation,
I feel that the words savoir faire do not communicate this well,
although I am certainly willing to give him credit for understanding the
term correctly. If, however, he meant that they played with typical
French dash and flair and simply used the wrong term, either through
misunderstanding or not giving a *** about a few pithy phrases in
conversational English -- then to try and explain it away with all this
"know to do" nonsense is very defensive, from where I sit.


Or maybe you are plain wrong and a wee bit defensive?

Or maybe YOU were plain wrong and are now valiantly going down with your rapidly sinking ship? I am still waiting for the bit where you show you understand the term properly.

Know-how! S***.

-- rick boyd
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