Dang. Something tells me I have to start flattering this mysterious entity known as @old-guy-photos who apparently has a vendetta against the innocent apostrophe... how to appease the "old guy," if he's so xenophobic with punctuation... next, he'll accuse me of too many ellipses and maybe threaten to impose Carl Kane's Law: all writers should be alloted only six exclamation points per lifetime - not per page, not per book -- squuueeeee!!! (Yes, my name is Carol Kean, pronounced Kane, but I never met Carl, and he has since died, but I loved his "Write Right" newspaper column on correct usage of English, the abused language.)
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its(ok I guess I have to play along "it's") more a question of being lazy rather than xenophobic. Being a moderately slow typistcantcan't we just leave off the precious ' ??? I mean after all, we all know what the word means without it. Just think of all the electronic storage wasted on ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' lol.BTW, I have it on good authority, flattery will get you everywhere ;)
ItsIt's kind of an inside joke, but still rings true!@old-guy-photos & @carolkean,
Carol ... Old Guy. Old Guy ... Carol.
Carol, don't let him fool you. About a week ago ... the Old Guy wrote a poem!!! (There's half my lifetime allotment so you know it's a big deal.) We'll make him one us whether he likes it or not.
Quill
'Tis true, there's nothin' like flattery to get our needs met. Go on, tell me more about my good authority. Oh wait. You ain't said nuthin yet about my erudition and authority. I've a good mind to .... follow ya anyhoo!
@carolkean,
WOMAN ... I gave you co-creatorship of an entire genre of poetry. Your erudition is implied:
Quill
Poetry? Me not poet. You are Sole Authority there, Mr. Quill on Fire! What dreaded punishment is it, accusing me of collaborating on Ambiguous Contraction Poetry (good Lord, after laboring and delivering three offspring, "contraction" is a dirty word) -- ohhhh. Contractions necessitate APOSTRPOPHES. What if @old-guy-photos is actually a woman who's endured CONTRACTIONS?
@carolkean,
Well, Carol, you've got a point there that, to be perfectly honest, I hadn't considered. Perhaps @old-guy-photos is actually a woman. You should, we're told, "never assume anyone's gender."
And, it would explain some "anomalous behavior" I've noticed from time to time.
As a woman, "she" would not be, perhaps, the shiniest of diamonds. But, then again, perhaps, I'm being superficial. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right?
So, what do you think? Here's "Old Gal" looking ... a bit butch. But ... butch, like beauty, is subjective.
Belle of the Ball?
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What do you think @dswigle ... you two have been girlfriends forever?
Quill
OMG!
My internet connection kicked in and suddenly, I can see the photo!!
YOU ARE KILLING ME
But ... butch, like beauty, is subjective.
I hope my upvote is close to 100% by now. This photo is worthy of a wallet transfer!
@carolkean,
My photo-shopping skills leave something to be desired but, for the record: Old Gal The Bounty Hunter.
The Old Gal's my Steemit mentor so she gets to be the subject of more than her fair share of my ... creative exploits.
Quill
The old guy takes gorgeous photos, to be sure - e.g. https://steemit.com/photography/@old-guy-photos/a-time-for-seeds - but is that "selfie" really him/her, or just a rouse...rooze... ruse! (Newly ordained priest Father Jacob Rouse is messing with my spelling, never mind that he pronounces it rowz, like arouse). A clever ruse! That should've been my Steemit handle. @ cleverooze...
@carolkean,
@old-gal-photos (aka @old-guy-photos) ... that's her.
Quill
Oh man, I need to scroll DOWN, I been missin' stuff!