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February 2, 2006 at 12:36 AM ::
Welcome to Scrine, Counseling One (secret identity preserved). Have fun, but please try to keep in mind the one simple rule - one single sentence per post.
Keith on 02/02/06 at 03:51 AM ::
that one could count as a single sentence, though, if, for instance, the capital letters were removed; as i remember from my schooling in a previous century, question marks are legitimately used as punctuation within sentences on occasion. back when people still said “shall”.
e on 02/02/06 at 07:28 AM ::
So if I post one big runon sentence a la James Joyce, will I be in violation of the rules?
Snow on 02/02/06 at 03:23 PM ::
Snow, I’ve looked over the Official Scrine Rulebook, and the answer to your question is:
Quit being difficult.
Keith on 02/02/06 at 03:25 PM ::
since it does not seem safe to express myself here, or make a mistake I shall not post again.
counseling one on 02/02/06 at 03:51 PM ::
Oh, noooo! We didn’t mean to scare you off, Counseling One. We’re just playing around. Don’t be afraid. We’re really quite nice.
Snow on 02/02/06 at 03:53 PM ::
Yes, don’t go rushing off or I’ll be forced to drive up and give you the what-for. Besides, I’m not sure there’s another place on the entire web so receptive to self-expression. We just ask that it be but one sentence long, is all.
And don’t worry about public scoldings, I dish them out to everyone who breaks the one-sentence rule. Goliard, for example, is a notorious rule breaker and must be constantly put into the timeout corner (no, there really isn’t one).
Plus, I happen to know you’re made of tougher stuff, so no running away.
Keith on 02/02/06 at 04:01 PM ::
It’s true, they are nice. They even allow repeat offender Australians to play in their backyard.
I love your name oh Counselling One.
boot on 02/02/06 at 08:37 PM ::
From personal experience, I’ve found that rather gross violations of semicolon rules and liberal use of dashes will fix what rewording alone cannot conquer.
I really miss the long sentence contest I spawned last year. What was the rule? I think is was “exactly 250 words.” Wanna try 300? Anybody bid 400? 500! Going once… Sold.
'mouse on 02/02/06 at 08:43 PM ::
Sold! Give me a bit. I’m still home sick, so this could be horrendous. Or it could be good. :)
boot on 02/02/06 at 08:46 PM ::
Remember to count those words carefully. 500’s the magic number. I’m going to work up my own entry, but it may be a couple days before I get it done. This is no assignment for for the faint-hearted.
'mouse on 02/02/06 at 08:49 PM ::
Well, I had a big sentence in my head, but it turns out it is only 100 words or so. I may be a day or so as well. 400 words to go.
Faint-headed I am - faint-hearted I ain’t.
boot on 02/02/06 at 08:53 PM ::
I so like the word shall. It’s right up there with wretched and gargantuan and perhaps the word ‘one’ when used to refer to one’s self.
grudknows on 02/03/06 at 05:28 AM ::
i use the word shall. and wretched, gargantuan and, most often, one. and i shall continue to wear my hair in a bun when in wretched circumstances that call for it, which is most of them because it is gargantuan, some three feet long and cherry red, and one doesn’t wish to transgress. repressed?
e on 02/03/06 at 07:54 AM ::