English Teacher:  Those two stories are hysterical!  Nothing like a clued in principle  LOL       I remember from both high school and university classes that English can be the funniest of all.  There is so much room for interpretation, never mind the tongue-twisters!

Now I know why so many of us still have trouble with those particular words.  I always wondered about that, seriously!   Lay or lie.

Gosh,  between the various threads,  you guys continually pique my curiosity.  I'm going to have to start making a list of all the things I've decided to research. 

                    English:  I think I am laying in the pavement and, afterwards, I think I will need to lie down.   LOL

Well AugustLeo..you have to back up a few pages to see mine.   Right there at Number 2!  Ya see!  I used to be QUITE the entertainer!

 

Texoma

 

 

English Teacher:  Don't worry about me correcting you or vice versa.  I have only been on the internet for a short period of time.   Believe it or not, I actually had a job more than four years ago where I worked for a major internet company.  I knew the basics of using a computer but all of a sudden I was faced with operating two pc's while taking calls in my ear with people yelling at me and asking me for advice!!!!!!  OK, it was AT&T. 

The worst of it was that we were asked to LIE about where our call centre was located.  Have they not heard of Free Trade, yada, yada?  The regulars that used to call would specifically ask if they had reached the Winnipeg call centre b/c they would only talk to a Winnipeg techie.  We have long winters, so our techies have lots of time to refine their skills.  I just never understood why a company such as AT&T would spend so much money building call centres here in Winnipeg and Halifax and then ask us to lie.

As far as students using pc's......well.....there is no way to get around it now but I still think the best way to write is with pen and paper.  Old-fashioned!!!

 Thought I would resurrect this thread to tell you about something that happened to me.  I was reminded of it this weekend when a coworker felt the need to tell it to a new employee.  I guess she thought it was her duty to prevent the new employee from "pulling an Ozzie".

  Our supervisor announced that he wanted to have a meeting at 12:30.  We tried to get everyone to lunch early so we would all be back in time.  Since we only get a half hour for lunch, the last people were going at 12:00.  I wasn't quite ready yet.  My friend, Spud, kept bugging me "Ozzie, you gotta get going, you're gonna be late!"   I told her it would take less time for me to finish what I was working on than to try to explain it to someone else to finish.  She was really persistent and every couple of minutes would say "Ozzie,Ozzie, you better hurry up" or something similar, always being overly dramatic.  I finally finished what I was doing and I thought I would answer her being equally dramatic.  We wear lab coats that have snaps down the front and are very easy to tear open.  I shouted "O.K.! I'M GOING!!!" as I tore my lab coat off with a flourish.  Unfortunately, the uniform top I was wearing also had snaps down the front and my hands caught both layers of fabric.  I ended up flashing everyone in the room.  A male coworker was sitting a few feet away;  his jaw dropped.  I realized what had happened and tried to put myself together again but we all started laughing so hard, it took several minutes before I could compose myself and get snapped up again.

  Since then, I always check what type of top I'm wearing before I tear my coat off.

                                                            

 

Good One, Ozzie.  Moral of the story:  go to lunch.

I can hear your male co-workers chanting now "O z z i e, O z z i e, O z z i e"!

Of course when I shouted "I'm going",  everyone looked at me and everyone got to witness it. They thought it was particularly funny because I'm the "quiet" one in the group.

Oz, that is priceless!

 

                        

lol oz,glad im not the only one with a boob story!!