Stupid Human Tricks

[CiberTHuG]

So, I'm on this art deco kick, and I'm walking through downtown to get lunch. I notice that the county jail is a very nice retro deco building. A little deco light, mostly in brick, with a forced perspective wall. Looks very nice.

I walk past the R J Reynolds building. This building was built in '28 or something, the deco heydays. It has lots of supurflous engraving around the door, and gergous modling over the ground floor windows. It is also the model for the Empire State building. It was designed by the same firm. The R J R building was built first, and isn't as tall, but looks just like the Empire State building.

I notice a mural in the lobby and figure I will just look around. I go in and see that they have an exhibition hall in the lobby. I'm sure it has lots of silly tobacco stuff, but I'm interested in the deco architecture.

The tubby, rent-a-cop at the front desk tells me the hall isn't open to the public since Sept. 11. ***? This is R J Reynolds. A company that won't be around to employ my children. In a building that isn't the best of terrorist targets in Winston-Salem. There is, after all, the Wachovia and BB&T corporate headquarters in much larger buildings just a few blocks away. But this is Winston-Salem, which isn't even the best target in North Carolina (Charlotte is bigger, but we have several military bases and a nuclear reactor). And North Carolina by far is not the best state to target.

Am I carrying a bomb? No. Then let me look at the freaking architecture. The rest of you pansy whimps can go cower in fear just because someone told you to.

[mendhak]

How does Letterman figure in this??

[mendhak]

Originally posted by honeybee


Whoever mentioned Letterman?? :More Confused:

.

"Stupid Human Tricks" duh.

[cafeenman]

Originally posted by honeybee


Whoever mentioned Letterman?? :More Confused:

.

David Letterman. Late night talk show host. Used to have a segment called "Stupid Pet tricks" where he would have stupid people with no lives come onto his show and have them show the inhumane things they taught their pets to do, like walk around with a pie on it's head in public, for example.

[cafeenman]

Originally posted by mendhak


"Stupid Human Tricks" duh.

Stupid American. Not everyone knows who letterman is. You're regressing.

[Tygur]

Originally posted by honeybee
You should avoid using '28 to denote years. The apostrophe is used to denote the current century, which is 20. You must be talking about the last century which was 19. The building must have been built in 1928, but your statement would actually mean it was built in 2028. A small matter, really.

From what I understand, the apostrophe only means that something was dropped. It doesn't really have to mean the current century. It just means that something was dropped, and it should be easy to figure out what it was. In the case of '28, it's obvious that 1928 is the intended meaning. Just like if someone types in 'postrophe somewhere, depending on the context, it probably means apostrophe.

Let me know if I got some of that wrong somewhere..

[cafeenman]

Originally posted by Tygur

From what I understand, the apostrophe only means that something was dropped. It doesn't really have to mean the current century. It just means that something was dropped, and it should be easy to figure out what it was. In the case of '28, it's obvious that 1928 is the intended meaning. Just like if someone types in 'postrophe somewhere, depending on the context, it probably means apostrophe.

Let me know if I got some of that wrong somewhere..

that's the way I understand it too. But maybe it's different with dates. I don't know.

or That is the way.

here's one. what about when something is dropped from both ends?

Bob 'n Otto. Only one apostrophe. I don't think you would write Bob 'n' Otto.

[mendhak]

Honeybee is right:

Bob 'n Otto = Bob 200n Otto.

[cafeenman]

Originally posted by mendhak
Honeybee is right:

Bob 'n Otto = Bob 200n Otto.

and still more regression. I hope your vacation helps.