Written by Rook Friday, 16 October 2009 14:53
I threw this Quotefest Blogpost together to celebrate the return of my website from some extensive downtime. Real blog to come within the next few days!
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Alrighty, exchange number one comes from last year, just before Christmas. My parents send greeting cards (like decent human being should, and like I do not) to their family who do not live close, and exchange cards over the holidays with people they are close with. Apparently, one day, my dad was having a little trouble with an easy-to-make grammatical error. Here's basically how it went:
Dad: *sticks his head in from the kitchen* HEY...How do you spell "Yours"?
Me: Like "This book is mine, that book is yours?"
Dad: Yeah.
Me: Y-O-U-R-S
Dad: Okay, good. That's what I thought. But then I thought "Oh, crap, maybe there is an E in it." Why would I think that.
Me: Because "you're" as is "You're writing a card!" is "Y-o-u-apostrophe-r-e."
Dad: Oh...Yeah, I guess that's right. Thanks. *wanders back into the kitchen*
Me: Glad I could help.
Dad: "Wishing yours family a happy holiday season." HEY. WAIT. Why is there an S in there?!
Me: *facepalm* Because you asked me to spell "yours."
Dad: Well, it doesn't sound right at all.
Sadly, this is a normal conversation with him.
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The rest of the quote-fest today is basically a collection of conversations I'd had with friends, either in our IRC chat room, or over IM. This is basically the norm.








My name is Rook, and I'm the sole writer for A Fork in the Socket (aFitS) - my personal blog. I'm a pretend writer, I'm a full-fledged twitter addict, and above all I'm a die-hard geek. You can find out more about me