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Thread ID: 72257 2006-09-06 01:12:00 Gosh! Youse Guys Are Obvious! SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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482889 2006-09-06 01:12:00 Blind drivers are dangerous, notes BBC :eek:

The BBC can award itself a "department of the bleedin' obvious" commendation for the headline adorning this piece yesterday concerning the case of 31-year-old Omed Aziz who was nicked while driving through Oldbury, West Midlands, while in possession of neither MOT nor licence nor insurance nor those most useful of driving aids - eyes.


www.theregister.co.uk
SurferJoe46 (51)
482890 2006-09-06 02:41:00 Blind drivers are dangerous, notes BBC :eek:

The BBC can award itself a "department of the bleedin' obvious" commendation for the headline adorning this piece yesterday concerning the case of 31-year-old Omed Aziz who was nicked while driving through Oldbury, West Midlands, while in possession of neither MOT nor licence nor insurance nor those most useful of driving aids - eyes .


. theregister . co . uk/2006/09/05/blind_drivers_dangerous_shocker/" target="_blank">www . theregister . co . uk
Shouldn't that be,,youse guys are obvios?
Cicero (40)
482891 2006-09-06 02:52:00 Well, yes, Joe . The BBC, like most news organisations, employs subeditors . An important part of that job is writing headlines . It can be a creative challenge to convey the gist of a story in a short headline which will catch the attention of the reader . They are often people with a well developed sense of humour, and get "points" from their colleagues for a good headline .


A headline like that is not "bleeding obvious" . It's a bleeding JOKE . It's a good 'un . The headline in theregister isn't . Unfortunately there are always people who treat everything they read as seriously as they take themselves . :(
Graham L (2)
482892 2006-09-06 02:54:00 HiJoe. When you say "Youse Guys Are Obvious!" I take that you don't mean us guys. Those guys referred to are 12,000 miles in >> that direction or 12,000 miles in << that direction. Scouse (83)
482893 2006-09-06 03:16:00 Shouldn't that be,,youse guys are obvios?

Yeah . . . well . . . . it's typing in the dark that makes my accuracy so good . . . . . . ahem!

But I think "Youse guys are obvios: . . . er . . . no . . . like this: " . . . obvius" . . . . no . . . fergit it! :p
SurferJoe46 (51)
482894 2006-09-06 04:11:00 Yeah . . . well . . . . it's typing in the dark that makes my accuracy so good . . . . . . ahem!

But I think "Youse guys are obvios: . . . er . . . no . . . like this: " . . . obvius" . . . . no . . . fergit it! :p

Quite enjoy a bit of persiflage at times,but as can be seen there is a tendency to become pedantic,which as we all know, is so boring .
Cicero (40)
482895 2006-09-06 05:21:00 I wuz right!

. google . com/search?hs=SlT&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org . mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&q=define%3A+obvious&btnG=Search" target="_blank">www . google . com

. . . or in Chinese: . google . com/url?sa=X&start=2&oi=define&q=http://www . sinoexam . cn/schoolroom/kaoyanen/2004-10-27/2252 . html" target="_blank">www . google . com
SurferJoe46 (51)
482896 2006-09-06 07:15:00 I wuz right!

. google . com/search?hs=SlT&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org . mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&q=define%3A+obvious&btnG=Search" target="_blank">www . google . com

. . . or in Chinese: . google . com/url?sa=X&start=2&oi=define&q=http://www . sinoexam . cn/schoolroom/kaoyanen/2004-10-27/2252 . html" target="_blank">www . google . com

Well done . you remembered the u . Now that you have that under your belt, you can try spelling colour correctly :thumbs:
Greven (91)
482897 2006-09-06 08:59:00 So who on this forum could possibly be PEDANTIC ????? PJ:rolleyes: :rolleyes: ;) Poppa John (284)
482898 2006-09-06 11:58:00 What about the guy here who was busted for driving... with no arms! :horrified Greg (193)
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