Comments on: Well, Natasha Pray has this to be thankful for, at least http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/ Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, etc. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: GideonFountain http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/#comment-25042 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:34:43 +0000 http://christopherfountain.com/?p=20756#comment-25042 Good point, “Greenwich Gal”! And yes, in truth, the old “pimples on her but” joke is really a play on spelling, NOT punctuation.
Interestingly, the same word-play cannot be made for the masculine possessive pronoun, viz. “He had pimples on HIM but….” or “He had pimples on his but…”. In neither case will the joke work. Odd thing, this English language.

]]> By: Greenwich Gal http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/#comment-25025 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:52:52 +0000 http://christopherfountain.com/?p=20756#comment-25025 Or consider the other puctuation alternatives.
“She had pimples on her but(t). She was nice.”
My God, I do need to get a life here and get off this blog! But I can’t help myself…where else can one dish about alcoholic, art stealing, insurance frauding socialites and punctuation all in the same column?

]]> By: GideonFountain http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/#comment-25017 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:27:38 +0000 http://christopherfountain.com/?p=20756#comment-25017 Punctuation Maven, consider this fine example of the importance of the comma: (Sung to the tune of..er…some tune)

She had pimples on her, BUT she was nice. She had pimples on her, BUT she was pretty….

]]> By: Jane http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/#comment-24997 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:51:13 +0000 http://christopherfountain.com/?p=20756#comment-24997 As sad a sack as she seems right now, much of this she brought on herself. It is hard to tread lightly here.

]]> By: Walt http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/#comment-24995 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:24:12 +0000 http://christopherfountain.com/?p=20756#comment-24995 Dude -
Need to weigh in with my horse sense. I don’t know this Bill Clark, but anyone who refers to themself as “your scribe” is lower on the literary food scale than you. If that is possible.
And Greenwich Girl talks of all the abuse you take, in good spirits. Where, your pundit asks? WE take the abuse!! WE read the crap you post. At least I do. I think you make the 2 other people who come here up under a pen name.
Anyway, tell your scribe to go to the Ginger Bread House, have a drink, and pull that bug out of his ass.
Your Pal,
Walt

]]> By: The Duke of Deceptiom http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/#comment-24994 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:19:55 +0000 http://christopherfountain.com/?p=20756#comment-24994 Don’t, know, Bill, Clark, but perhaps he would accept this title: Thin Skinned Official Curmudgeon.

]]> By: kidding really!! http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/#comment-24983 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:28:56 +0000 http://christopherfountain.com/?p=20756#comment-24983 Dogwalker nails it here.

]]> By: pulled up in OG http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/#comment-24982 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:14:36 +0000 http://christopherfountain.com/?p=20756#comment-24982 . . . or the library.

]]> By: dogwalker http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/#comment-24979 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:44:32 +0000 http://christopherfountain.com/?p=20756#comment-24979 Good thing this discussion is not taking place at The Ginger Man!

]]> By: Greenwich Gal http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/well-natasha-pray-has-this-to-be-thankful-for-at-least/#comment-24977 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:17:24 +0000 http://christopherfountain.com/?p=20756#comment-24977 Oh, calm down, Bill. Live by the sword and die by the sword. You can sure dish it out – the gossip – surely you can take a little of your own medicine, n’est-ce pas? I mean, weren’t you the recipient of a restraining order a while back?
You should take a cue from our own CF, who takes all sorts of abuse, usually much more venal than being called a “curmudgeon”, and he generally takes it all in a good spirit.

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