“Actually, you did. But you didn’t make a big deal of you’re being first, so you’re off the hook.”
It should read as, ‘you didn’t make a big deal of you being first’
You is being used in the context of a second persons viewpoint. Your or you’re are both incorrect, because, if you read it it would say: you didn’t make a big deal of you are being first.
The fact that you are incorrect in multiple ways here suggests to me that the intentional misspelling in your username is intended to communicate to the rest of us that your knowledge of grammar is not complete.
In the sentence in question, the word “your” is correct as originally posted, because (and I am NOT making this up) “being first” is a state which belongs to the person being addressed as “you.” It is very literally and correctly that person’s state of being first.
Your suggestion that “you” be used instead is incorrect for at least one reason: Tense disagreement. The act of being first occurred in the past, so referring to it in the present tense, as the phrase “you being first” would be incorrect. Instead, it would also have been correct to have written “your having been first.” (I said “at least one reason” because I have a sneaky suspicion that there may be more — but I don’t claim to be the greatest authority on English grammar, so I’ll just leave it at the one I can see.)
Before anyone bashes me for getting carried away with this point, I gotta say that if you’re gonna name yourself “grammernazi” and then tell people that their grammar’s wrong when it’s actually right, you should expect to be corrected in turn.
Actually, they were talking about the first you’re, as in “you’re being first” So uhhhh, you’re wrong. But it was kinda funny how you tried calling someone else a fail.
For the love of god (or God if you’re talking about a certain Christian one), the sentence should read:
Actually, you did, but you didn’t make a big deal of your being first, so you’re off the hook.
Don’t start a sentence with “But” when it’s not necessary.
It’s a compound-complex sentence, but I can see how someone such as yourself can mistake that, being one to awkwardly place a comma after a preposition, BUT I suppose I can have mercy and forgive you, seeing as this just might possibly be your first offense, and I have no proof as to whether or not it actually IS your first offense, therefore you, as of now, are released from the grammar’s fury in trust that you may never again speak with such inaccuracy.
WIN!!!!
Ladies and gentleman, may I present to you… HENRY JAMES!!, widely known for his eponymous writing style, characterized by long sentences that wind about with a bunch of subordinate clauses and a confusing habit of placing them randomly mid-sentence!
Really? I just finished “Washington Square” (a long haul) and “The Portrait of a Lady” (which was really, really good…had the best, most insightful characterization of any fiction I’ve ever read), and am currently reading “The Bostonians”…so far I haven’t noticed this sort of sentence structure.
Maybe it’s there, but I’ve just gotten used to it. Or maybe he did this earlier or later (these three were all written pretty close together).
It was a necessary comma placed after a *conjunction* to make it possible to informally begin a sentence. I chose to do it specifically because “BetterGrammarNazi” said not to do it.
The comment I was commenting on was a sentence with 3 independent clauses (“Actually, you did”, “you didn’t make a big deal of your being first”, and “so you’re off the hook”). It lacked the required dependent clause that would make it a complex-compound sentence.
An example:
” * The dog that you gave me barked at me, and it bit my hand off.
This is a compound-complex sentence with two independent clauses (The dog that you gave me barked at me and The dog that you gave me bit my hand) and one dependent clause (that you gave me).”
At best, it was a compound (with “run-on” being a slip at the unneeded chain of thoughts), and was highly unnecessary (almost as much as falsely correcting someone…almost).
Speaking as a former moronspecial person nice lady in the IT dept, I’m here to tell you that not all callers know that much.
Then they either can’t/don’t describe the problem (“I was in e-mail and I got an error.” “What did the error message say?” “Oh, I didn’t read it. I just called you.”) or try to describe it in technological terms they don’t understand (“Yes, I was downloading Word to the internet and my interface keyboard fell on a potato.”)
As a sad sack who is still stuck in IT, that made me lol. The other thing is that nobody has ever done anything to their computer in the history of the world. It just. stops. working. They never touched it.
I have friends who work in IT. Someone once called a friend to say that their computer had shut down and wouldn’t turn back on. My friend took him through all the obvious stuff–plugged in? Connections connected? Nothing. So she asked him to do something on another computer on the LAN that could see the broken computer’s hard drive, and lo and behold IT TOO would not turn on. Suspecting some serious stupidity here, she then asked the client to make a copy of something on the Xerox machine. The client answered, “I can’t…I’ll have to wait until the power in the building comes back on.”
Apparently, some people think that computers run on magic!!
I used to work in IT, and I’m sure I annoyed folks with my antics. Once I was called to help with a copier that refused to do any collating jobs. As I was walking up the hall I could see a small trash can wedged under the output trays. So, when I got to the machine I laid my hands on it, gave out an evangelistic “Heal!” and stepped back. During this, I surreptitiously nudged the trash can away with my foot. I then told the small assembled crowd that it was fixed, and walked away.
My friend’s husband works IT. He was walking a non-savvy person through using the company’s intro-net. He asked the customer to use the mouse to double click on the intro-net icon on the screen. All he heard over the phone was the tapping of glass and the customer saying it didn’t work. Later it was confirmed that the customer was caught using the mouse to literally tap the monitor.
There are a BUNCH of these on that site. Just click the “computer repair” tag, and soon you will be wondering how the human race will possibly survive another generation.
I had a Help Desk colleague who would write in the ticket that she had the customer “rebooth” their computer. But whenever she went out to lunch in a restaurant she asked to be seated in a “boof.”
I once worked on one of my control units and felt a little jolt. I looked and saw the plug was out of the outlet before reaching back in, with one hand firmly grounding me to the frame, and really got zapped. Only then did I check to see if I had unplugged this machine or the one next to it.
And yet, 9 times out of 10, the person on your end of the phone has NOT tried restarting (because it takes more time than calling IT, which I find to be perfectly reasonable logic) , and doing so DOES fix the problem.
I’m going to guess “shool” was probally more likely. But triple fail in not realising that “Bruce” doesn’t have an education problem – in fact, the less Engrish they speak the more authentic and the higher the demand for IT guys.
*sets up “Slater slide”, leading into cuddle puddle*
*puts giant tub of ice at top of slide*
*fills with assorted varieties of beer*
*hangs sign at top:*
*grabs two beers and opens them*
*trips, landing backward on slide*
*slides upside down into Cuddle Puddle, covered in beer*
Uh, happy Friday everyone!
1) You don’t need to get out of elementary school to fix a computer
2) It’s obvious to me that this person’s problem is a lack of education, but that English is clearly not his primary language. Let’s see you go to his home country and use his language perfectly.
Actually, many of my American-born, never been out of the country, English is their ONLY language college students write exactly like this. I’ve found that the international exchange students are often much better at English than native English speakers are.
SERIOUSLY. I don’t have much experience with people from other countries, but there are way too many born-and-raised Americans who can’t write any better than this. It’s aggravating.
You really don’t need to pass any kind of school to be able to fix a computer.
The sad thing though is that there are so many people who thinks that the way to fix any computer problem is to format the harddisk. I hate these people who recommend formatting the harddisk no matter what the problem is.
first of all you don’t need good english writing skills to fix a computer, secondly the smart ass who replied can’t spell so he has nothing to back up his arrogance and finally, the computer tech guy is ‘probally’ from another country
I /think/ my brother was getting paid to fix computers before he finished elementary school.
More importantly, though, there are plenty of people who barely know English but are capable of fixing computers. English, contrary to popular belief, is not the only language spoken by educated people.
Heaven forbid someone whose first language doesn’t appear to be English dare try to fix a computer. I mean, for instance, those Asians never know anything about computers.
This is actually how the Asian woman talks who owns the used computer store here. Until I seen the name on there I was pretty sure this was an advertisement for her store .
This should be in “Engrish” not “Failblog”, and that estimate is completely unfair. The guy who fixes my computer can barely form a coherrent sentence, but he can repair a computer better then the manufacturer.
I still wouldn’t want him to FORMAT my hard drive coz my pc is running slow. There has to be an easier and less destructive way!!! I’ll keep my data thanks anyway.
Wow, ‘texting’ is destroying the english language. Expecting a spelling competency at a third grade level is not being a ‘grammar nazi’. Probably…i.e. probable….probability…. argh.
at least i didnt say first.
Actually, you did. But you didn’t make a big deal of you’re being first, so you’re off the hook.
Actually that should say “your”. “You’re” doesn’t make sense in that sentence.
Actually neither “your” nor “you’re” is grammatically correct. Double fail.
This person is correct.
“Actually, you did. But you didn’t make a big deal of you’re being first, so you’re off the hook.”
It should read as, ‘you didn’t make a big deal of you being first’
You is being used in the context of a second persons viewpoint. Your or you’re are both incorrect, because, if you read it it would say: you didn’t make a big deal of you are being first.
For shame.
Not sure if you’re being ironic, but do you know you spelled “grammar” wrong in you name?
You mean in YOUR name? Even more irony!
meen*
Ahhh! When will the abuse of the English language end?!?! Can’t you people see that you’re killing it?!?! English never did anything to any of you!!!
“…your being first” would also be correct.
“your being first” as in “your comment comment being first”
I kind of have a life… sorry.
I swear what you said doesn’t make sense t0m – “”your comment comment”…
What exactly is a “comment comment”? That is unnecessarily redundant.
…so would just “being first”
The fact that you are incorrect in multiple ways here suggests to me that the intentional misspelling in your username is intended to communicate to the rest of us that your knowledge of grammar is not complete.
In the sentence in question, the word “your” is correct as originally posted, because (and I am NOT making this up) “being first” is a state which belongs to the person being addressed as “you.” It is very literally and correctly that person’s state of being first.
Your suggestion that “you” be used instead is incorrect for at least one reason: Tense disagreement. The act of being first occurred in the past, so referring to it in the present tense, as the phrase “you being first” would be incorrect. Instead, it would also have been correct to have written “your having been first.” (I said “at least one reason” because I have a sneaky suspicion that there may be more — but I don’t claim to be the greatest authority on English grammar, so I’ll just leave it at the one I can see.)
Before anyone bashes me for getting carried away with this point, I gotta say that if you’re gonna name yourself “grammernazi” and then tell people that their grammar’s wrong when it’s actually right, you should expect to be corrected in turn.
Good point. Honestly I would just avoid that sentence structure all together. How about:
But, you didn’t make a big deal about being first, so you’re off the hook.
My grammar isn’t perfect, but if something doesn’t sound or look correct then it is probably best to simply rearrange the sentence.
Also, I am surprised that no one has yet to mention “probally.” Or, the fact that the second response doesn’t understand the humor in the first.
I think things would’ve been so much easier if they’d just said, “FIRST!”
rofl amen!
Actually you’re a fail because “You’re” means “you are”, therefore the sentence does make sense.
Actually, they were talking about the first you’re, as in “you’re being first” So uhhhh, you’re wrong. But it was kinda funny how you tried calling someone else a fail.
for the love of god, the sentence should read:
Actually, you did. But you didn’t make a big deal of your being first, so you’re off the hook.
For the love of god (or God if you’re talking about a certain Christian one), the sentence should read:
Actually, you did, but you didn’t make a big deal of your being first, so you’re off the hook.
Don’t start a sentence with “But” when it’s not necessary.
BetterGrammarNazi is correct.
But, it became a run-on sentence. o.O
UR all wrong. “UR” is the correct form in all cases.
It’s a compound-complex sentence, but I can see how someone such as yourself can mistake that, being one to awkwardly place a comma after a preposition, BUT I suppose I can have mercy and forgive you, seeing as this just might possibly be your first offense, and I have no proof as to whether or not it actually IS your first offense, therefore you, as of now, are released from the grammar’s fury in trust that you may never again speak with such inaccuracy.
WIN!!!!
Ladies and gentleman, may I present to you… HENRY JAMES!!, widely known for his eponymous writing style, characterized by long sentences that wind about with a bunch of subordinate clauses and a confusing habit of placing them randomly mid-sentence!
Really? I just finished “Washington Square” (a long haul) and “The Portrait of a Lady” (which was really, really good…had the best, most insightful characterization of any fiction I’ve ever read), and am currently reading “The Bostonians”…so far I haven’t noticed this sort of sentence structure.
Maybe it’s there, but I’ve just gotten used to it. Or maybe he did this earlier or later (these three were all written pretty close together).
It was a necessary comma placed after a *conjunction* to make it possible to informally begin a sentence. I chose to do it specifically because “BetterGrammarNazi” said not to do it.
The comment I was commenting on was a sentence with 3 independent clauses (“Actually, you did”, “you didn’t make a big deal of your being first”, and “so you’re off the hook”). It lacked the required dependent clause that would make it a complex-compound sentence.
An example:
” * The dog that you gave me barked at me, and it bit my hand off.
This is a compound-complex sentence with two independent clauses (The dog that you gave me barked at me and The dog that you gave me bit my hand) and one dependent clause (that you gave me).”
At best, it was a compound (with “run-on” being a slip at the unneeded chain of thoughts), and was highly unnecessary (almost as much as falsely correcting someone…almost).
run-on sentences are only run-on if the punctuation is wrong
WHO. F*CKING. CAAAAAAAARES
Hi UGH. I really liked the line up there that went “…for the love of god, the sentence should read…”.
Ohhhh the passion! I love me some passion…and while I don’t have it for grammar, I can appreciate their emotions.
you’re wrong “you’re” is correct because it means you are as in you are off fthe hook FAIL!
“fthe hook”? There is no such word as fthe. FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you just leave out the ‘you’re’ that is spelled incorrectly, it works much better.
“But, you didn’t make a big deal out of being first, so you’re off the hook.”
And yes, you absolutley can start a sentence with “but”.
Anyone going to point out that the critic misspelled “probably”???
To eays.
Way to eays!
and that he almost spelled “school” like “shcool”.
Almost? “Skhool” is wrong, too, you know.
hilarious
Haha, That was my first thought.
ha i was wondering the same
I had assumed that that’s why it’s a “total” note fail.
I are edumakated. I swares!
*pulls Ms B aside*
Shhh! Mama said not to sware – evah!
I’M TELLING!!
*gives DW noggie* No snitchin’!
fail
That’s the idea
really?
… well this was a miscalculation…
realy?
you are a genius!!
It’s a double fail. He spelled probably as “probally”.
… and school as “skhool”. That handwriting is feminine, though, so I’d've said “she”.
Ooooh Bruce, no-one installs my parts like you do!
And his fees are so reasonable.
Does he have any of the parts I might be missing?
Careful…he might make them all lower. That would be…unfortunate.
Bruce Gravity, the bastard.
Personally, I prefer someone a little more…uplifting.
Allow me to introduce myself…
…are you a man of wealth and taste?
Pleased to meet you!
*fleeswithaverygreatquickness!*
He didn’t say “Pleased to meat you” or was that inferred?
Ah, the devil is in the details.
Aw, Leila has sympathy for the devil’s food.
Hey, have some courtesy! Have a (some) taste!
That’s the nature of her game.
What in the devil are you two talking about?
Obviously I am missing some kind of reference here…so…I will just be on my way, k?
*squeeze*
*squeeze*
*flees*
Tis but a silly musical reference, Leila.
C’mon down here ↓↓ The puddle’s open!
Nuh Uh!!! You’ve seen what happened when I dived for the cuddle puddle last fail. It’s probably just a mirage.
Leila, Leila, Leila.
*shakes head sadly*
How can you not know that song?
You’d think it was the theme song of Star Wars or something!
I think she’s taking the Mick out of us.
I don’t do musicals!
*hides*
*collapses into peals of undignified *SNORK*-ing*
Leila, a musical?! How do you NOT know this song!?!?!?!
Um…will you help Dragon?
*flees again*
*pulls self together.
Okay, Leila. Now, once upon a time there was a rock band called The Rolling Stones who wrote and sang this song. It rawks…you should listen to it.
I converted my laptop to a tower.
Wow! All I could convert it into is a toaster for bagels.
I converted mine to a paperweight. But not on purpose.
I converted mine into a night light for my son. 7 colors!
I converted mine into a laptop with a real mouse, not the little rectangle thingy. It was really easy.
I resemble that remark!
Did you mean to say that you are similar to that remark? Or were you trying to say that you resent that remark?
*facepalm*
That gibberish translator seems to have borked this note.
♪ Start spreading the blame! ♫
*blames*
Wirrr Wirrr BEEP!
Does not compute.
I got my parts but I don’t know what I’ve done to my bits.
Hmm, they’re all RAMmed in there.
If memory serves me right, you owe me some serious cache.
May I cable you the money?
No, I think you should take the bus and bring it to me personally.
Better than taking my own car. That would be a hard drive.
Clock is ticking.
That depends on the router.
Is your motherboard?
She didn’t want to go for a drive, her Gigahertz.
She’ll have to monitor her condition carefully, then.
Did she have screening?
They said it was a slipped disc.
that seems bad, is it floppy?
Is it sending you to pieces? Let’s go grab a byte.
*nibbles*
Ooooh! Cookies!!!
*shakes head*
Sad, sad, sad.
Probally should have kept their opinion to themselves.
Mabee, babee!
Prolly should of.
AAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
*squeeze?*
Bloggy ate my reply. *squeeze*
Whew! For a minute there I thought I might have been responsible for an exploded brain!
It’s kind have funny, in a way.
I won’t type that one, even in jest!
and (besides the grammar mistakes) he thinks that formating a computer will fix all the problems?
(facepalm to his face)
NO! He’ll also turn it off and on, a lot. Then look confused.
If formatting it doesn’t work, a hammer finishes the job.
Um, how many computers have you gone through in your life?
*looks sadly into the horizon as music swells*
More than you will ever know. More than you will ever know.
“Have you tried restarting it?”
This is my LEAST favorite question from the
moronsspecial peoplenice fellows in our IT dept. I know enough to at least try that nawt second.Please tell me you have seen the IT crowd….pleeeeeaaaasssee!
No, but I will run to Netflix and add to my list.
I warn you….my life is like theirs!
…..and they have FAIL….on a computer…in 8 bit graphics in the titles!
My favorite ep is the one with the answering machine that just asks two questions: “Is it plugged in? Did you turn it off and then back on again?”
Aw, give ‘em a break. They actually have to deal with
morons special peoplefolks who would not think to do this. *squeeeeeeeeeeeeze*Oh, if this was the only thing, I wouldn’t call them
moronsspecial peoplenice fellows in our IT dept. But I get what you’re saying. *squeezeback*What about the suggestion to turn it off for 30 seconds instead of 25?
Speaking as a former
moronspecial personnice lady in the IT dept, I’m here to tell you that not all callers know that much.Then they either can’t/don’t describe the problem (“I was in e-mail and I got an error.” “What did the error message say?” “Oh, I didn’t read it. I just called you.”) or try to describe it in technological terms they don’t understand (“Yes, I was downloading Word to the internet and my interface keyboard fell on a potato.”)
I get it. I really do. But this appears to be all they know how to do. Tell me to restart. Then when that doesn’t fix the problem, they’re stumped.
As a sad sack who is still stuck in IT, that made me lol. The other thing is that nobody has ever done anything to their computer in the history of the world. It just. stops. working. They never touched it.
I have friends who work in IT. Someone once called a friend to say that their computer had shut down and wouldn’t turn back on. My friend took him through all the obvious stuff–plugged in? Connections connected? Nothing. So she asked him to do something on another computer on the LAN that could see the broken computer’s hard drive, and lo and behold IT TOO would not turn on. Suspecting some serious stupidity here, she then asked the client to make a copy of something on the Xerox machine. The client answered, “I can’t…I’ll have to wait until the power in the building comes back on.”
Apparently, some people think that computers run on magic!!
Dear LORD, that’s some stupidity!!
♪ Oh, oh, oh! It’s tragic, you know. Never believe it’s not so. ♪
….Aaaaaaaannnnnd thanks for the earworm!
Now I feel like a bit of a jerk.
*goes to hide in cuddle puddle*
You’re not a jerk!! Silly B. IT folks can be
morons special peoplecomplete idiots too. *squeeeeeeeeeeze!*Yes, the stupid and rude find their way into every profession!
This guy’s computer fixing is a sign he runs on sentences.
♪ Oh, oh it’s magic
You know ♫
*facepalm*
*bukkits*
*nods to Marius*
*wanders off*
I used to work in IT, and I’m sure I annoyed folks with my antics. Once I was called to help with a copier that refused to do any collating jobs. As I was walking up the hall I could see a small trash can wedged under the output trays. So, when I got to the machine I laid my hands on it, gave out an evangelistic “Heal!” and stepped back. During this, I surreptitiously nudged the trash can away with my foot. I then told the small assembled crowd that it was fixed, and walked away.
Snorkity!
*hands the wee snore kitty a Breathe-Rite strip*
Also: BWUAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!
There are idiots on both sides. I have one good costumer story, but several “reboot” stories.
OO! Was it at a costumer party??
My friend’s husband works IT. He was walking a non-savvy person through using the company’s intro-net. He asked the customer to use the mouse to double click on the intro-net icon on the screen. All he heard over the phone was the tapping of glass and the customer saying it didn’t work. Later it was confirmed that the customer was caught using the mouse to literally tap the monitor.
Ooo…clickie! Clickie! Totally SFW, I promise.
ht tp://notalwaysright.com/good-examples-gone-bad/2088
There are a BUNCH of these on that site. Just click the “computer repair” tag, and soon you will be wondering how the human race will possibly survive another generation.
I love that site.
Me tooooooooooooooooooo.
You owe me a new screen.
I had a Help Desk colleague who would write in the ticket that she had the customer “rebooth” their computer. But whenever she went out to lunch in a restaurant she asked to be seated in a “boof.”
More grammar problems?
Sounds like she’s got some kind of ellipse.
I once worked on one of my control units and felt a little jolt. I looked and saw the plug was out of the outlet before reaching back in, with one hand firmly grounding me to the frame, and really got zapped. Only then did I check to see if I had unplugged this machine or the one next to it.
So, I’m one of those
moron special peoplenice people.*squeeze*
We lubs you anyway.
*Specialsqueezes*
And yet, 9 times out of 10, the person on your end of the phone has NOT tried restarting (because it takes more time than calling IT, which I find to be perfectly reasonable logic) , and doing so DOES fix the problem.
Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only!
*blink(enlights)*
Double FAIL!! *Probably not Probally*!!!!!
… to pass elementary school like a pro baller = probally.
probally-
like a a pro Bally total fitness goer…
… maybe it’s the fundamental stance someone would take if they were against the neutering of dogs and cats (Pro-bally)
or how about someone who is your friend or accomplice in orifice spelunking with a tool? (probe-ally [yeah' I was really reachin' on that one])
…oh that was good Arthur, I lolz in my pants all teh day long
As long as there’s pictures of computers with happy faces on them, I don’t care about the language.
The art is a lie?
What’s that stick on the c of “school”? Second guy was about to write “shcool” before he remembered how to spell it?
Not to mention “probally” – I’m not sure either of them passed elementary school
At least the OP’s note was phonetically correct!
exactly
I think the responder was about to write, “skool”.
Look closer… does it seem like the person who wrote at the bottom was starting to spell school, sKhool, but realized their mistake?
Not only this, but they didn’t even spell probably correctly…
I’m going to guess “shool” was probally more likely. But triple fail in not realising that “Bruce” doesn’t have an education problem – in fact, the less Engrish they speak the more authentic and the higher the demand for IT guys.
did he died?
Probally.
probably????
O noes! Did he diagram his sentence?
No, he never leaned to be punctuational, since his parents were always running late.
Then he got hit on the head and spent six months in a comma.
And he still gets regular colon cancer screenings.
Noun again, he still gets all twingy.
And, for some strange reason, he now believes in Santa Clause.
And magic, too, which is odd for a profession predicated on the demystification of computers.
What a sad period of his life.
They had to remove some of his bits, so now he only has a semi-colon.
I fear his computer fixing = to write a wrong syntax.
Um…too many big words you use.
More like forever; he’s caught in an infinite loop.
Your guy and mine went to the same kinder grammar school.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49405310@N00/1055758282/
Sharp Elementary?
In Soviet Russia, Computer installs you!
In Soviet Russia, Computer formats you!
aw thats sad
*sets up “Slater slide”, leading into cuddle puddle*
*puts giant tub of ice at top of slide*
*fills with assorted varieties of beer*
*hangs sign at top:*
“Take two and jump”
Puddle’s open, kiddies!
*stuffs a beer under each wing and hits the slide*
WHEEEEEEEE!
*poof!*
*lands in a flurry of orange feathers*
Woooo hooooo
*divebombs*
*dives into a shot of 151, then the pool*
WOO!
*grabs a couple of beers*
*leaps onto slide*
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
*poof!*
*lands on top of Avis in another flurry of orange feathers*
OOOF!
*sputters, spitting feathers out*
Don’t get feathers in my beer!!!
*squeeze*
Cow-a-bun-ga!!!!!!
*straps on bungee cord*
*bungees into cuddle puddle*
*drags in hot tub*
*sinks in up to eyes*
Don’t bother me, I’m relaxin’.
*puts on gorilla suit*
*puts on string bikini over gorilla suit*
*grabs two pale ales*
*slides into puddle*
*hits a pole*
Ow.
*wonders who’s poll it was*
95% of people don’t care.
You mean 99?
That’s a matter of opinion.
That’s still more than half!
This is no place for statistics!
So half the people don’t care?
*has a sad*
*walks away in gorilla suit, with head down*
*hits the pole*
*is too sad to say “ow.”*
Eeeeeeeek! A GORILLA!!!!!!
If you keep hitting Szymon like that he’s going to get angry.
… and that’s more than half.
*is too busy soaking to notice*
*snork*
Who asked for the gorilla pole dancer??
Wheee!
*grabs laptop, continues to do work in quiet corner of cuddle puddle*
Oh, take a break, Admiral! It’s Cuddle Puddle time!
*splashes AA, being careful not to get the laptop wet*
*closes laptop*
*plays cricket with Jucy*
*grabs two beers and opens them*
*trips, landing backward on slide*
*slides upside down into Cuddle Puddle, covered in beer*
Uh, happy Friday everyone!
You, too Scotty!
*open umbrella towards our soaked little friend*
*looks up from licking fur*
Making other guys jealous?
*closes umbrella*
*eyes narrow on Scotty*
*hands him replacement beers*
Ah, if only my doggie smelled like beer!
*makes a note to make an appointment with the groomer*
It gives my coat a wonderful sheen.
Charlie or Martin?
You’re not going to say whose, are you?
OoooOooooh!!! Doggie on Mouse type pictures. We sure can use something like that.
*readies camera*
I’m sure you can find it on the Internet already.
*stands mostly behind a tree and stares at everyone in the cuddle puddle*
I well goes to skhool
It’s “goed” to skhool.
Well you “probally” need to learn to spell simple words like “probably” before making snarky comments about someone else’s English skills.
That’s four now…let’s start lining up the shots!
*fills up shot glasses*
We can start with the next one.
Take a shot, then slide.
Sign me up…it could make the afternoon an interesting one.
Bang!
Screeeeeee. . .scree, scree, scree, plunk!
They should both work on their English skills.
*runs away*
This fail is like the buy one, get one free sale at McD. It’s like it’s already a fail, and it’s double fail.
make install, not war.
I got a PC-ful, uneasy feeling.
Why does the person write Skhool?
*takes a shot*
*slides*
Is this the slide zone?
*makes with the steppin’ in*
[announcer]There is no unloading in the slide zone. The slide zone is for getting loaded only.[/announcer]
You just want me to have an abort().
Look out below! No seriously, look a few posts down.
*does a shot*
*takes two more shots*
Looks to me like they just made a mistake and wrote the c over that other line to correct it. Pen and paper don’t exactly have backspace.
He got severed
fail with a chance of win!
He spelled probably wrong.
1) You don’t need to get out of elementary school to fix a computer
2) It’s obvious to me that this person’s problem is a lack of education, but that English is clearly not his primary language. Let’s see you go to his home country and use his language perfectly.
Where is his home country?
Actually, many of my American-born, never been out of the country, English is their ONLY language college students write exactly like this. I’ve found that the international exchange students are often much better at English than native English speakers are.
I second that.
SERIOUSLY. I don’t have much experience with people from other countries, but there are way too many born-and-raised Americans who can’t write any better than this. It’s aggravating.
Looks like it was written by someone who hasn’t passed elementary school them selves since they misspelled ‘probably’ and almost ‘skhool’
Looks to me like they just spaced out for a second and were about to write the h, leaving out the C. We’ve all done stuff like that.
By the way, “them selves” should be one word.
Clearly this is just a case of English as a second language. Moving on, nothing to see here but someone trying to make it in America.
Seriously, give the guy a break. He knows more than one language!
Love how probably isn’t spelt correctly
Shouldnt this be on engrish funny? It is engrish after all.
You really don’t need to pass any kind of school to be able to fix a computer.
The sad thing though is that there are so many people who thinks that the way to fix any computer problem is to format the harddisk. I hate these people who recommend formatting the harddisk no matter what the problem is.
first of all you don’t need good english writing skills to fix a computer, secondly the smart ass who replied can’t spell so he has nothing to back up his arrogance and finally, the computer tech guy is ‘probally’ from another country
In the Venn Diagram of smarts, Mad IT Skillz and good grammar skills don’t have a large overlap area.
Another stupid fail…oh my…
I /think/ my brother was getting paid to fix computers before he finished elementary school.
More importantly, though, there are plenty of people who barely know English but are capable of fixing computers. English, contrary to popular belief, is not the only language spoken by educated people.
the person who wrote that down almost spelt school shcool.
*takes a shot*
*slides off chair*
Heaven forbid someone whose first language doesn’t appear to be English dare try to fix a computer. I mean, for instance, those Asians never know anything about computers.
He’s probably just an immigrant trying to make a living, and once again people are assuming that poor English means he’s stupid and uneducated.
On the other hand you’d think being good with computers would include the ability to use MS Word’s grammar check or something…
DOES NOONE REALIZE THEY SPELT PROBULY WRONG?
ITS PROBABLY ……………………………
I BET NOONE REALIZED IT BECAUSE IT HAS ONLY BEEN MENTIONED TEN TIMES SO FAR: BESIDES; I WONDER WHY THIS FAIL IS CALLED “TOTAL NOTE FAIL”??!!1one
just imagine the note being read out loud with an indian accent. it makes all perfect sense.
RACIST!!!
probably ^_^
I fixed computers In elementary school..
I dunno, this guy writes like the forein asian guy in my class. I bet he does a bang up job.
Gee!
“PROBALLY”?? ARE YOU SERIOUS??
Double FAIL, or purposely mis-spelled to mock?
Ah, bite me.
It’s a joke.
It’s just that, how could someone barely speaking english, fix a computer setup in english?
This is actually how the Asian woman talks who owns the used computer store here. Until I seen the name on there I was pretty sure this was an advertisement for her store
.
the guy spelt “probally” wrong…
This should be in “Engrish” not “Failblog”, and that estimate is completely unfair. The guy who fixes my computer can barely form a coherrent sentence, but he can repair a computer better then the manufacturer.
The guy who wrote that out has cerebral palsy of some sort. Or dyslexia.
DOUBLE FAIL! He misspelled “probably” as “probally” :/
Yeah, that guy “probably” needs to go back to school himself.
…
“probably” doesn’t even SOUND like “probally.”
that person needs to go die.
You probably need to pass elementary school to know how to spell “PROBABLY”!
I still wouldn’t want him to FORMAT my hard drive coz my pc is running slow. There has to be an easier and less destructive way!!! I’ll keep my data thanks anyway.
Wow, ‘texting’ is destroying the english language. Expecting a spelling competency at a third grade level is not being a ‘grammar nazi’. Probably…i.e. probable….probability…. argh.
That is rather a win, i guess!
“You probably need to pass elementary SKHOOL first to fix a computer.”
Lol double fail.
This is a double fail because the person calling him out has spelled “probably” incorrectly.
This looks like my cat typed it.
@50 first posts: you ALL have no live, got that?!
tbh the guy underneath also fails, ‘probally’
The critic also almost wrote skool instead of school. You can tell by the little arm coming up from the c.