Reasons I Can’t Get/Keep A Boyfriend- #1
Uncategorized February 12th, 2008I freak out when a guy is not capable of figuring out the correct written usage of certain words such as there/they’re/their or your/you’re and the ever confusing to/too/two.
Seriously.
I get this vicious yearning to stab someone’s thigh with one of those little tiny cocktail swords. Maybe I’ll attach a grammar lesson on a piece of paper to the leg…
I’m pathetic.
February 12th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
There’s more to this story than just this post. Come on, fill us in. What happened?
February 13th, 2008 at 12:02 am
…oh great, i’ll be keepin’ an eye out around the finish area of monday’s crit, fer dudes decorated like buddhist prayer flags of grammatical correctness…
February 13th, 2008 at 12:02 am
aahhh crap!!!!guess im out then….:(
February 13th, 2008 at 4:17 am
No you’re not pathetic you simply have not fallen in love yet……..or you’re training hard and need to eat something:)
February 13th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Note to self…spell and grammar check all postings.
You can take the boy out of FL, but you can’t overcome the boy’s crappy FL education.
Maybe you’re just low on animal crackers?
February 13th, 2008 at 6:25 am
I hear you. I mean is it so much to ask? Really it’s just not that hard.
February 13th, 2008 at 7:21 am
spelling and grammar checking won’t catch proper spellings of the wrong word.
Lose Loose Your You’re There Their
February 13th, 2008 at 8:44 am
It’s not pathetic, it’s a great filter for prospective SOs: I’ve found ignorance of basic grammar is highly associated with ignorance of other things.
February 13th, 2008 at 9:21 am
What would be on my cocktail sword: also incorrect, and extremely annoying: ” this is ’so and so’ and myself at (insert location).” it’s “me”, not “myself”.
From another grammer freak.
February 13th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Your crazy!
-Miles
February 13th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Honey, I feel your pain! I have to work with cleve DAILY on this shit. If you need lesson plans…let Miss. Holiday know!
February 13th, 2008 at 11:50 am
“My girl Branda and myself!”
Everyone makes mistakes………..
February 13th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I am sooo with you on that front.
My lovely man does it sometimes and he’s an english major. I usually correct him cuz I can’t stand it. At least he knows, he’s just a busy bee.
Its like scratching a chalk board when I see it
February 13th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Somehow, I believe, that when a certain Tornado blows into town, all those rules and then some will be forgiven …
~
L.V.
February 13th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
If I had a nickel for every time my feelings for a woman went from thumpa-thumpa to dumpa-dumpa as soon as the word “supposebly” left her lips I’d have…five pounds fifty-three pence.
February 13th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
If you want them to look all pretty with a glimmer in their eye and a sparkle in the teeth when they smile…..
well they probably wont get the grammar right even after they hit spell check….
gotta give some to get some…
…dorks need lovin’ too!!!!
February 13th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Weave…
..er… um…
We’ve..
… all got our own unique standards to adhere to. Like ending a sentence with a preposition..
February 13th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Again, the reason I’m pathetic is that this rule DOES NOT apply to myself… Geez.
See my point???
February 13th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
…let’s do lunch…i’ll buy ya a samwich…
February 13th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Lame NOT pathetic……at least hold him to some kind of, any kind of, ethical standard rather than grammatical.
You need to fall in love…the rest is just details.
Or eat a cookie….same difference:)
February 13th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
I’ll take the cookie. Love gives me heartburn…
February 13th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Focus on racing and everything else will fall into place.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
“…But mama said
You cant hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said love dont come easy
Its a game of give and take
You cant hurry love
No, you just have to wait
You got to trust, give it time
No matter how long it takes…”
Give it time & don’t lose heart!
February 15th, 2008 at 11:29 am
…please wwt…stop, in the name of love…while what you offer is sage counsel & a supreme bit of advice…i hear a symphony in liz’s future…
February 15th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
As another grammar-badger, all I can say is that I knew it was love when I got that first email filled with misused words and I still wanted to get a beer with him…
February 15th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Panda is gay……not that there is anything wrong with that…..seriously
February 15th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
think maybe you should add your giant forehead as number 2… just a thought
hahahah kidding!
February 15th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
yeah, my forehead isn’t that cool. nothing i can do about it though! i’ll just have to find some idiot who loves chicks with huge foreheads and freakishly small hands…
February 15th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
I agree – a certain basic level of literacy is a requirment for me too. Being now older and somewhat wiser, I realize I should requested a writing sample before I married the ex. Don’t settle, girl, you’ll regret it.
February 16th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Lizzy-
We wood get along just grate. Plus I don’t right two much.
February 16th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
looking forward to episode 2!
(how many episodes are there, anyway?)
February 16th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
apart from that, how do you americans pronounce ‘campagnolo’?
pretty ugly i guess .. kæmp-in-jó-loo?
February 17th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Totally agree (though it’s “girlfriend” in my case). It’s not just basic literacy, it’s also evidence of not reading, lack of care and (using the AP style of serial commas here) a lack of interest in well-formed thoughts and expression.
Liz, some day I’ll tell you how I used to try to drill the it’s/its difference into my college students. It never took. Maybe I didn’t explain it well enough, or maybe I didn’t threaten them enough. Still — never took. Made the baby jeebus cry.
February 17th, 2008 at 11:48 am
“Focus on racing and everything else will fall into place.” Coaches corner…..Do it and let them see you do it:) Drama in the races……you’re being paid!
February 17th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
It is true that it can give you and idea of how much the person reads. I rarely ever read, i just dont enjoy it. So as a result, i dont know many big words, always have to ask what a word means if someone uses a big word, and the funny part is all too often someone doesnt know the meaning of the word they just used. But you shouldnt hold that against someone, I dont have good grammar or spelling, cuz i just dont really care, what i do doesnt require it to be good, if i was to ever do anything where it would count i would pay someone to edit it. You probably arent good at working on your car, but if youwere my girlfirend i wouldnt hold it against you if you paid someone to fix it that obviously has interest in fixing cars whether if be genuine or driven by money. Bottom line is, i have bad grammar, bad spelling and I dont care one bit. But also that doesnt mean i am not smart, my brother may have 8 more years of school than I have and have a some nice acronyms after and before his name, but that doesnt mean he is smarter than me. I really dont know my point now, but dont judge just cuz someone doesnt or cant spell.
i forgot what i was talking about.
February 17th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
PS: i own the above comment, sorry apparently I dont know how to spell my name.
Mike Jonse
February 18th, 2008 at 12:09 am
yo liz.. that’s a good way to filter out the meatheads.
February 20th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Here’s a challenge for you Miss Liz…
What is the proper way to gramatically write this perfecly sensible statement (notice I didn’t say sentence, b/c I don’t know the answer)
STATMENT:
There are three (to, two, too)’s in the english language.
Hah !
Got ya !
MSPDTX
February 20th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Okay Liz
I got one for you…
How do you ‘gramatically’ write the following statement? This statement makes complete sense (when spoken) but how do you write the sentence?
STATEMENT:
There are three (to, two, too)’s in the english language.
HAH !
GOT YA !
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
The simple solution is to not e-mail boyfriends. Limit conversation to face-to-face contact or telephone.
This has worked for me very well for the last four years.
My last boyfriend wrote grammatically perfect sentences, and he was a sociopath.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Holla !
February 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
http://www.brycemead.missingsaddle.com/ I had to read this several times and I still don’t know if its a joke. Is it? I hope so.
February 27th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Matt,
Not sure what “joke” you are referring to…
a) My lame excuses as to why I can’t stay with a guy (actually that should read- why they can’t stay with me but my ego won’t allow that).
or
b) Something on Bryce Mead’s blog…
I won’t comment on his blog for a few reasons.
1) I’ve never won Farmer Hank’s Road Race, he has.
2) He knows Mike Jones. Mike Jones is my hero.
3) Who the hell am I? He’s like 7 foot 4 and he knows Mike Jones.
Please clarify.
Thanks a million.
February 27th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
“Like Who are next President should be, I’ve own it 4 years now”
Just trying to humorously point out weird grammar mistakes.Not trying to chop down you or a friend of your hero. Here in Indiana the hot words seem to be ain’t and the phrase i like is “i done did” thats pure class…. You forgot #4 The dude motorpaces behind race cars at daytona
February 27th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
NASCAR or Chevy Silverados???
Cause if he motorpaces behind the trucks I’m less impressed, more draft.
At his height drafting behind a NASCAR is something special though. It’s like a watermelon hiding behind a lemon.
February 27th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
i saw a picture a while back from a team slipstream training camp and thats what big magnus looked like behind a smaller teammate.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:35 am
E-mails ? Never heard of body language ? Far better than e-mails.
BTW : Next time you’re racing in Belgium, let me know. I’ll come cheer for you. I’ ll even buy you a Westmalle Triple after the race.
March 9th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Forget spelling, confront your own narcissim
March 9th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Yeah, I would but the spelling thing is easier…
February 12th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Lizzz,
I just wunted two tail u houw mooch I admere u. Your’ so butiferl and smard. Ur bigst fan.
Rickie
March 6th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
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