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Someone that's driving me mad......
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All I can say, NeverDespair, is that it could of been worse
Much, much worse 
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone - Thoreau0 -
...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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"I have no idea whats actually wrong with "less people". "
If you can count things (one person, two people, 10,000 people...) it's fewer. If you can't count things (bread, sugar, rice), it's less....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I love posh, educated birds."The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
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I suppose I could have got annoyed about "off of", or "plethora", as well?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »"I have no idea whats actually wrong with "less people". "
If you can count things (one person, two people, 10,000 people...) it's fewer. If you can't count things (bread, sugar, rice), it's less.
I'm just going to agree before I start counting rice just to prove a point
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Graham_Devon wrote: »I'm just going to agree before I start counting rice just to prove a point
You don't say one rice, three rices, do you? So it's less.
Grains of rice would be fewer - because you can have one grain of rice, or 10,000 grains of rice....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Oooh I love it when you talk dirty NDG."The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »You don't say one rice, three rices, do you? So it's less.
Yes. When I order a chinese.
One chicken curry, one lamb curry, and two rice. 0
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