French Run Food Faddies

From elsewhere on that site:

"Less versus Fewer

Less means “not as great a quantityâ€, and fewer means “not so great a
numberâ€. So, you might choose to have “less†wine poured into your
glass, because wine can be poured into a glass in varying quantities.
You would not choose to have “less†people coming to your party,
because numbers, not quantities, of people turn up to parties. You
don’t invite people by weight. You would not say, “Eighty-eight
stones, three pounds, four ounces of people came to my party last
year, but I had to tell two stone six to leave.â€

Now, on being informed of this, people have said to me “Oh for
goodness sake, Lloyd, I can’t when I’m talking stop before choosing a
word and think to myself, ‘is this an infinitely divisible quantity or
a matter quantifiable only in integers?’ - I just say ‘less’. It
doesn’t matter anyway.†It is true that the first couple of times
after learning the rule, you may find yourself having to stop to
think, but it soon becomes second nature. No one I know has any
trouble choosing between much and many, and yet the distinction is the
same. None of my friends ever says to me, “How many wine would you
like me to pour you?†or, “How much people do you think will come this
year?â€

As for whether it matters, well, it certainly matters to me. Here is
the test: I want you to start getting much and many confused from now
on. Whenever you can, get it wrong. Then see how people react to you,
and see what you sound like to yourself. That’s how you sound to me
when you say “less†when you mean fewer."

 

I see M&S are maintaining standards, with the express checkout marked as
5 items or fewer.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Higgins

Oh yes. Morrisons are probably "5 fings or less, innit".

 

Aldi just has extra store detectives watching those checkouts because
the pikeys are bound to be hiding something under their shell suits.

 

AOL. But only the following morning.

 

"One of the major problems of the woman body is the anatomical situation of
her genitourinary system"

A work of unforced genius.

 

Pick the scabs, and get it nice and slippery for starters.

 

<Nods in approval>

 

You're dead, Corfield.

 

I'm doing what I did last year: keeping schtum until they dump a fish course
in front of me.

"Je suis désolé, je ne mange pas de poisson."

"Oh non! Mangez-vous steak?"

"Ouai."

"Une minute, s'il vous plaît. Bien cuit?"

"Saignant."

"Tout à fait."

Very shortly after, a wonderful slab of steak appears. Fucking lovely it
was.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

****.

I was chowing down on horse-piddle shepherd's pie. Made with real
shepherd. And he'd been dead a while.

 

With respect, my personal experiences would suggest sthat those
characteristics have no connection with her choice of diet.
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

 

Just for me! Thanks. Mwah!
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

 

Same here. I've managed to avoid being put at risk so far though.

One day I won't be able to dodge the bullet.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

Not just for you. There are much people on here who are as lazy.

Not that you'll take many notice.

 

Shock effect aside, it was actually a fairly well done documentary.
The chap who made it has a very small willy (apparently 3.5"), and had
'come to terms' with it.

One of the more amusing bits was when he got 4 women to model their
ideal penis in clay. They all came up with 7~8" monsters, but then
immediately went on to say that it wasn't women that gave mean anxiety
about their cock size.

Perhaps you could use something else?
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

 

*ding* *ding* fucking *ding*

I'd much rather let someone else take the risk and eventually pay me
off; hopefully in seven or so years time when I can legally take early
retirement (should I wish to) and then do a bit of consulting.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
typed

I've been made redundant three times.

Every time I've walked into a better job within a month.

The major lesson I take from this is that I'm a lazy **** who gets comfy
and stops looking.

 

One day you'll throw yourself in front of it, you mean.
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

 

You may well have a point.

I'm still mostly enjoying what I do though.