Is the rule about not using general terms? As in, “etc” " . . . and the like" and kind of indicating other things while not specifying them?
No, Octarine, my rule is defined by a simple 5 word phrase.
Your question above violated the rule. My response does not.
Ah, a show with Anthony Bourdain. Restaurant Confidential, the Chew, Top Chef, Parts Unknown, No Reservation (I’m a fan). Or something I’ve missed. Are one of these part of the phrase?
Professor Pepperwinkle, Your post did not violate the rule. The show that you’re a fan of is the big clue. I apologize for my mistake above regarding “or”. My response does not violate the rule. My phrase contains 5 words.
I’m of a fan of Anthony. No Reservations, eh?
“I’ve No Reservations About SDMB”.
“You Can’t Dine; No Reservations”.
Your post does not violate the rule.
clue: ___ ___ ___ or ___
Keep the questions coming please. No reservations, and don’t hold back!
My first sentence does not violate the rule. My second sentence violates the rule.
___ ___, ___, or ___
You’ve been quiet out there, but I know you’re getting ready to barrage me with questions!
My sentence violated the rule.
__ ___s, ____s, or ___s
Either ass, gas or grass?
No, Calatin, but keep guessing please! No reservations, don’t hold back! It’s a common phrase:
No __s, ___s, or ___s
No ifs, ands or buts?
Yay, Calatin WINS!!!
I’ll pass. My mind is somewhat numb right now, so creativity is not currently my strength. (Hell, I had to be led by the hand to figure that one out)
The first recorded use is from Sir Thomas More’s unfinished work The History of Kyng Richard the Third, which More wrote about 1513.
In a particularly dramatic passage, the mad King Richard pulls up a sleeve to display his withered arm (a birth defect) and claims the deformity is recent – the result of sorcery and treason.
The Lord Chamberlain answers, “Certainly my lorde if they have so heinously done, thei be worthy heinous punishment.”
To which Richard flies into a rage: “Thou servest me, I wene, with iffes and with andes.” (“Wene” is an archaic word meaning something like “believe” or “suspect.”)
(http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/02/no-ifs-ands-or-buts.html)
Congratulations Calatin, and thanks for guessing!