"do you know the Bishop of Norwich" port has TPF at #4.
As does "apostrophe crimes".
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- 18:34 Fri 06 Jul 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: We're on Google!
- Replies: 118
- Views: 77033
- 14:47 Fri 06 Jul 2007
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: 1991 Morgan's After effects
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17932
Good move (to MD).
Good move (to MD).
- 14:01 Fri 06 Jul 2007
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Apostrophe crimes
- Replies: 2072
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this "will-to-live" sapping thread A difficult case. ‟Will to live” needs to be joined together, which can be done with hyphens. But then this compound thing needs to be joined with ‟sapping”. Possibilities include will-to-live-sapping (which fails to capture the two-level hierarchy); w...
- 11:51 Fri 06 Jul 2007
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Very old fino
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6693
Uncle Tom: thank you.
Uncle Tom: thank you.
- 01:31 Fri 06 Jul 2007
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Apostrophe crimes
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Re: Derek T.’s “who's”
Well, not literally. Try Alt-0133 on a PC, or option-semicolon on a Mac to get “…”.Luc wrote:People who are epileptic have more than 3 dots
Metaphorically, well, anything could happen.
- 20:37 Thu 05 Jul 2007
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Welcome Lady Roots
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Lady Roots: welcome.
Lady Roots: welcome.
This thread has won Derek T., from whom you shall be hearing much, yet another entry into that which passes for the TPF Hall of Shame.
This thread has won Derek T., from whom you shall be hearing much, yet another entry into that which passes for the TPF Hall of Shame.
- 20:35 Thu 05 Jul 2007
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Apostrophe crimes
- Replies: 2072
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Derek T.’s “who's”
The punishment should be harsher for not knowing that an ellipsis contains exactly three dots.[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1434#1434]Here[/url] Derek T. wrote:....and I have a rule that says "never hit on a girl who's husband is on the same forum"
- 20:32 Thu 05 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Cheeky Vimtos!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3990
Port and lemonade, eh love?
Port and lemonade, eh love?
Classic woman’s drink until, I believe, the 1960s.
Classic woman’s drink until, I believe, the 1960s.
- 20:31 Thu 05 Jul 2007
- Forum: Other Wines
- Topic: Very old fino
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6693
The dryness sounds fantastic.
The dryness sounds fantastic.
- 15:53 Thu 05 Jul 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Tasting Notes Section
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- Views: 82000
Title = YYYY House
Title = YYYY House
Score represented as one of
Score represented as one of
- UncleTomScore = 8/9
- ParkerScore = 99
- 15:25 Thu 05 Jul 2007
- Forum: Beer, Spirits, Cigars, and Pork Pies
- Topic: Cigars and Port.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16800
I find port too sticky for cigars. Whisky better.
I find port too sticky for cigars. Whisky better.
- 03:15 Thu 05 Jul 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Give us a graphic
- Replies: 45
- Views: 28579
- 03:15 Thu 05 Jul 2007
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Apostrophe crimes
- Replies: 2072
- Views: 716369
Conky’s apostrophe crime
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1472#1472]Here[/url] Conky wrote:Could be genetic, as in, in your familys jeans.!
- 19:29 Wed 04 Jul 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Early Warning!!! OffLine at Conkys Quinta.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25133
£
Transporting bottles would be a nightmare for me. But I do insist on contributing a fair proportion of the pictures of Her Majesty.
- 19:09 Wed 04 Jul 2007
- Forum: Meaningless Drivel
- Topic: Apostrophe crimes
- Replies: 2072
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antidisestablishmentarianist
Oh, I forgot to say. I am an antidisestablishmentarianist. Into which corner should I go?
- 16:57 Wed 04 Jul 2007
- Forum: Site Stuff
- Topic: Taking Pictures of Port
- Replies: 26
- Views: 21230
A bottle or a woman?
A bottle or a woman? They aren’t mutually exclusive, and the former can help attract and encourage the latter. A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. — Rudyard Kipling. Meanwhile, please be encouraged by this self-appointed moral policeman to be strictly family-friendly in one’s phra...
- 16:11 Tue 03 Jul 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Early Warning!!! OffLine at Conkys Quinta.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25133
Please PM me your email address
Conky: please PM me your email address so that I can cc you on flight-plan emails (which will have to go to family as well).
- 15:21 Tue 03 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Best Bargain???
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12231
- 14:36 Tue 03 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Best Bargain???
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12231
Googling the wrong spelling finds your wine collection!
Googling the wrong spelling finds your wine collection!
- 13:38 Tue 03 Jul 2007
- Forum: Port Conversations
- Topic: Best Bargain???
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12231
Manoel D. Poças Júnior
You surely mean Manoel D. Poças Júnior?RonnieRoots wrote:Full name Manuel D. Poças Jr.
- 13:09 Tue 03 Jul 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Early Warning!!! OffLine at Conkys Quinta.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25133
the importance of grabbing somewhere to sleep
OK. Clearly I’m failing to understand the importance of grabbing somewhere to sleep. My previous night will have been spent in an economy-class seat next to a wailing brat. How do I ensure that I get somewhere to sleep.
- 00:31 Tue 03 Jul 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Early Warning!!! OffLine at Conkys Quinta.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25133
Saturday 1st September 2007
OK, Her Indoors has spoken, and if it’s the weekend of Saturday 1st September, plans could be fitted. Gentlemen: don’t suffer major life rearrangement just for me, but if it’s all the same to you, it wouldn’t be for me. † This is making various assumptions about flights, not yet tested. And having ...
- 23:35 Mon 02 Jul 2007
- Forum: Organising Tastings and Get-togethers
- Topic: Early Warning!!! OffLine at Conkys Quinta.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 25133
Placemat request
jdaw1 - we need placemats sometime soon - wines t.b.c. Derek ...and get looking for cheap flights to blighty 88) Hmmm. If the date is exactly right in early September, I might be in the UK anyway. Whatever, when things are decided I will of course oblige in my usual manner. In the list of people in...
- 16:22 Mon 02 Jul 2007
- Forum: Beer, Spirits, Cigars, and Pork Pies
- Topic: When beer has filled you up...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11104
We both failed (to be polite).
We both failed.
- 05:30 Sun 01 Jul 2007
- Forum: Beer, Spirits, Cigars, and Pork Pies
- Topic: When beer has filled you up...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11104
Glayva: I was trying to be polite
jdaw1 wrote:I usually assume that these things are a teenager’s version of a real drink.
I was trying to be polite, but really, I wasn’t disagreeing with Derek T.’s more forthright version.Derek T. wrote:Glayva (and Drambuie) is only consumed by women and tourists, mainly Americans with tartan (plaid) trousers on