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WCDT strips 4211 to 4215 (2nd to 6th March 2020)
BenRG:
FWIW, the UK English spelling, as far as I was always taught, is 'pouf' but the brain does auto-associate sounds so effectively that this doesn't really matter. The communications centre of our brain jumps to the (wrong) meaning immediately and you're struggling to catch up!
hakko504:
Well, it defenitely reminded me of the Bruces sketch by Monty Python, especially rule 1,3,5&7.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 04 Mar 2020, 04:23 ---FWIW, the UK English spelling, as far as I was always taught, is 'pouf'
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Actually, the OED gives the spelling "pouf" in that sense as a variant of the more usual "poof".
I am also bemused that you say you were taught that spelling (though if it was in regard of the word's other meanings, fine).
Autistic Vulture:
Clinton has no idea just how right he is.
I mean, about four wheels being better than three. Only Veronica and Jim are old enough to remember when three-wheeled ATVs were being sold. (They're not banned?)
Clinton is lightest and thus most likely to be affected by the beers. And could Elliot be more blatant? (Clinton can always be more oblivious.)
Wingy:
--- Quote from: Autistic Vulture on 04 Mar 2020, 06:00 ---Only Veronica and Jim are old enough to remember when three-wheeled ATVs were being sold. (They're not banned?)
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Not banned, because then someone would have to track each one down, pay for it or repossess it, and then haul it away. They are private property after all - you can't just take them. I've got a Jarts game and another toy with ingestible magnets that could hurt children stupid enough eat more than one: that fact that I can't legally sell them to anyone doesn't hurt me in any way. My youngest niece/nephew is way past the age of putting random things in their mouth. The Jarts we play only with unintoxicated adults, so that's not an issue either.
Plus, three wheeled ATVs aren't deadly unless you're driving them stupidly to begin with. (Yes, yes, I understand they are inherently unstable, so are most <4 wheeled vehicles. We put up with motorcycles, and let children drive those...) So, since they aren't an inherent menace to the public at large (poisonous, etc.), and they can't be sold (so the current owners can get their intended use from them), there's no need to round the remainder up. They'll eventually age out of the fleet anyway.
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