Is it just me, or is betting on the SDMB just pointless? Let’s review:
Phaedrus . . . 'nuff said.
Bets on what name CD Milk would use next . . .
Bets on when a thread gets closed/moved . . .
Bets on when JDT would get banned . . .
The current bet, which I doubt fnord’s gonna win.
And now I am going to attempt to correct fnord’s post:
Bolding is where, I hold, fnord erred. Things in parentheses are, I hold, unnecessary or being corrected by the bolded text that follows them. Things in brackets are my comments.
"Hey there**,[sup]1[/sup] Chieff**[sup]2[/sup]ie, sur[sup]3[/sup]prise! No smilies!
"I bet you thought that there would be another assload of '[sup]4[/sup]em. [No space needed after period][sup]5[/sup]
Well**,[sup]6[/sup] I was just thinking(,)—[sup]7[/sup]a while back you bet me two dollars that I would not be able to use correct (capitization)capitalization[sup]8[/sup] for (2)two[sup]9[/sup] weeks(,).[sup]10[/sup] [Space needed for new sentence] (w)W[sup]11[/sup]ell, it’**[sup]12[/sup]s been about (6)six[sup]13[/sup] months.
"I don**’[sup]14[/sup]t know why, but I just started taking the time to mak**[sup]15[/sup]e sure everything was capitalized correctly. Looks like you owe me (2)two[sup]16[/sup] bucks. But in (the)[sup]17[/sup] light of the fact that (now)[sup]18[/sup] I am now a more productive poster,[space needed after comma][sup]19[/sup] and a better typist, forget about it. [no space needed after period][sup]20[/sup]
[One line in-between paragraphs][sup]21[/sup]
“Just a thank[no space needed]-[sup]22[/sup]you from that young man (that)who[sup]23[/sup] had the audacity to giggle at you whilst peeing on your shoes.”
I count 23 errors. I was going to get really picky, but I have to wake up today at some point. That means I have to go to sleep.