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tonyco1:
Yannis - Nitsa knows I would never cast aspersions on the quality of her Jam!

and it looks like old Waspy stung you there!! LOL

Waspy - Me-thinks you spend too much time looking in the mirror chanting - "I like you - I like you - I like you"!! LOL  ;D

Jimbo:
Dear Waspman,

The second comma in your explanation is wrongly placed, and shouldn't be there at all, hence making the "two" in the parenthetical comment inaccurate. The capital N is incorrect inside the parentheses. As you are introducing a list, the first sentence should be terminated with a colon (although that might cause some confusion with the thread concerning SS sewage). The list items are more usually terminated with semicolons.

Those of us who have not yet had the privilege of eating, but are becoming increasingly fascinated by, the Romanza breakfast, with its alleged partiality in portions of Kumquat jam, may feel that more care should be taken by existing and potential representatives of the Romanza PR team to hone their English to the highest possible standards. The Romanza sits like Mount Olympus at the very summit of SS, and it seems that only the most distinguished Gods of this Forum are permitted to dwell there and partake of the ritual morning meal. We mere mortals can merely peer upwards into the mists and wonder at the graciousness of it all. Please do not disillusion us by carelessly tossing off sentences unworthy of these blessed heights.    

don:
Why do so many people keep bringing the Romanza breakfast up?  ::)

YANNIS26:
Hi All
In light of the fiasco that has developed over the Romanza Breakfast postings I thought I would examine them after a good nights sleep.To think it went downhill fast all because when I hit the wrong key and ended up with the word can,t spelt thus.Such a minor error to cause such a furore.
Let us go back to the start and see what went wrong.
Tony posted a tongue in cheek remark regarding the jam.Interpreted as they coudn't get rid of it fast enough.No problem there.
I responded with an equally tongue in cheek responce saying had Waspman and Mikee got what Nitsa thought of them confused.In my opinion no problem there.
Waspman responded with the posting back on the likeability factor and pointing out my error in my spelling of kumquat.A posting in hindsight I believe was a mistake.Sorry Waspman.
I responded with another tongue in cheek response saying I did it to set a test for the spelling police.Once again in my opinion no problem.
For some unknown reason Dons responce could only centre on my misplaced apostrophe.
Waspman for some reason jumped to my defence to give a lecture on grammar.All I can say on that is this again was an error of judgement,I am a big boy and can fight my own battles .
Tony then decides to have a go at Waspman and also decides to deny the comments re Nitsas jam.Tony I know your comments were meant to be a joke and I responded in the same vein.
From then on in it really went downhill with Jimbo getting involved and rightly or wrongly correcting Waspmans grammar.I woudn't have a clue who is correct.This was followed up with comments on the Romanza PR Dept and ther grasp of the English language.I will accept that in the tongue in cheek way I hope it was intended.
Then comes the comment by Don on bringing up the Romanza Breakfast.This in my book was the final straw.
I hope we all  examine our posts and having done so for god sake chill out and see the funny side of things .
Depending on the reaction to this missive depends my continued membership of this forum.
Now is your chance to get rid of me once and for all.If the type of postings I have witnessed lately continue I certainly will not miss it .
Yammas
Yannis

 

Jimbo:
Sorry, Yannis

We were only (mostly) treating the whole thing as a bit of a laugh. I will try not to do it again.

Relax - we love you.

Maybe we should remember that this is the most literal case of a storm in a teacup you're likely to find.

Best wishes

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