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Blame time again Trouble after Jacoby 2NT

Poll: Who's to blame for this mess (33 member(s) have cast votes)

Who's to blame for this mess

  1. South 100% (18 votes [54.55%])

    Percentage of vote: 54.55%

  2. Mostly South (5 votes [15.15%])

    Percentage of vote: 15.15%

  3. About Even (1 votes [3.03%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.03%

  4. Mostly North (5 votes [15.15%])

    Percentage of vote: 15.15%

  5. North 100% (1 votes [3.03%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.03%

  6. West, for doubling before they got to 7 (3 votes [9.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.09%

  7. No one. (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#41 User is offline   hrothgar 

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Posted 2008-May-14, 06:32

jtfanclub, on May 14 2008, 12:35 AM, said:

FrancesHinden, on May 13 2008, 11:46 AM, said:

Maybe you are going to accuse me of being over-pedantic,

In contrast to mere normal pedantitry. Pedantitude? Pedanticness? Pedantination? Pedantosity?

What is the word for the state of being pedantic?

Pederast
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Posted 2008-May-14, 07:13

hrothgar, on May 14 2008, 07:32 AM, said:

jtfanclub, on May 14 2008, 12:35 AM, said:

FrancesHinden, on May 13 2008, 11:46 AM, said:

Maybe you are going to accuse me of being over-pedantic,

In contrast to mere normal pedantitry. Pedantitude? Pedanticness? Pedantination? Pedantosity?

What is the word for the state of being pedantic?

Pederast

you might want to check that LOL

I think the word for the state of being pedantic is, uh, 'pedantic'. A practitioner of pedantry is a 'pedant'.

A pederast is something else completely: http://dictionary.re...browse/pederast
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Posted 2008-May-14, 07:25

Heh, this was an old joke at uni. You accuse someone of "pedanticism" or "pedanticness", and the reply is supposed to be

"It's pedantry, dammit!"
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Posted 2008-May-14, 07:44

david_c, on May 14 2008, 01:25 PM, said:

Heh, this was an old joke at uni. You accuse someone of "pedanticism" or "pedanticness", and the reply is supposed to be

"It's pedantry, dammit!"

lol
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Posted 2008-May-14, 16:45

Pendantical?
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Posted 2008-May-14, 19:26

david_c, on May 14 2008, 05:25 AM, said:

Heh, this was an old joke at uni. You accuse someone of "pedanticism" or "pedanticness", and the reply is supposed to be

"It's pedantry, dammit!"

Yes. I was actually aware that it could have been a setup. What can you do? I figured I would just state the answer simply in case it was a genuine question. Very hard to tell online.

Another good one is to go into a mixed crowd genderwise and yell out "Women always take things so personally!"

You are bound to get at least one woman saying "No we don't!"

Edit: I'm told the gag works equally well on men... :rolleyes:
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Posted 2008-May-14, 20:59

On a related note, in a mixed crowd, challenge your male friends to try to touch their elbows together behind their back.
"Gibberish in, gibberish out. A trial judge, three sets of lawyers, and now three appellate judges cannot agree on what this law means. And we ask police officers, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and citizens to enforce or abide by it? The legislature continues to write unreadable statutes. Gibberish should not be enforced as law."

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