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09-30-2003, 03:16 AM
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|  "if you love someone" :D If you love someone, Set her free... If she comes back, she's yours, If she doesn't, she never was.... THE NEW VERSIONS..... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Pessimist: If you love someone, Set her free ................. If she ever comes back, she's yours, If she doesn't, as expected, she never was ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Optimist: If you love someone, Set her free ................. Don't worry, she will come back. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Suspicious: If you love someone, Set her free ................. If she ever comes back, ask her why. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Impatient: If you love someone, Set her free ................. If she doesn't come back within some time forget her. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Patient: If you love someone, Set her free ................. If she doesn't come back, continue to wait until she comes back ... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Playful: If you love someone, Set her free ................. *If she comes back, and if you love her still, set her free again, repeat * ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ C++ Programmer : if(you-love(m_she)) /* m name of girlfriend */ m_she.free() if(m_she == NULL) m_she = new CShe; ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Animal-Rights Activist : If you love someone, Set her free, In fact, all living creatures deserve to be free!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Lawyers: If you love someone, Set her free, Clause 1a of Paragraph 13a-1 in the Second Amendment of the Matrimonial Freedom Act clearly states that... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Bill Gates : If you love someone, Set her free, If she comes back, I think we can charge her for re-installation fees but tell her that she's also going to get an upgrade. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Biologist : If you love someone, Set her free, She'll evolve. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Statisticians : If you love someone, Set her free, If she loves you, the probability of her coming back is high If she doesn't, your relation was improbable anyway. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Schwarzenegger's fans: If you love someone, Set her free, SHE'LL BE BACK! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Over possessive person : If you love someone don't set her free. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ HR specialist : If you love someone set her free by Offering her VRS and other benefits Then out source her. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ MBA : If you love someone set her free instantaneously and look for others simultaneously ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Psychologist : If you love someone set her free If she comes back her super ego is dominant If she doesn't come back her id is supreme If she doesn't go, she must be crazy. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Somnabulist : If you love someone set her free If she comes back it's a nightmare If she doesn't, you must be dreaming. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ERP functional expert : If you love someone set her free If she comes back, map her into your system If she doesn't, carry out a gap-fit analysis ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Finance expert : If you love someone set her free If she comes back, its time to look for fresh loans If she doesn't, write her off as an asset gone bad. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Marketing Specialist : If you love someone set her free If she comes back she has brand loyalty If she doesn't, reposition the brand in new market |
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09-30-2003, 05:11 AM
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| Actually that wasnt the original quote - thats a misquote right there. You see, you switched your noun subject from some one (male or female) to a specific one (female). The original quote doesn't make this faulter. Them is used in the place of your misquotes she. Sorry, i didn't read the rest - its 4am and I'm about to go to sleep . I just had a hankering to be critical of some ones post.
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09-30-2003, 05:17 AM
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 Besides I actually copied this from our fun mailing list. And I can't care less whether the original version used "them" instead of "she". | |
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09-30-2003, 09:35 AM
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| 'Tis funny fo' sho'. I especially liked the C++ one, of course 
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09-30-2003, 07:57 PM
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| Well, grammatically, it must be either her, him, or it as "someone" is singular, and "them", though gender neutral is plural. Anyways, quite amusing - I like the suspicious one.
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09-30-2003, 08:55 PM
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| Code: if(you-love(m_she)) /* m name of girlfriend */ Quote:
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09-30-2003, 09:12 PM
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| Well, to be both politically and grammatically correct, yes. But why ruin a good quote with political correctness, eh? 
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09-30-2003, 10:08 PM
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| >>Sorry, i didn't read the rest - its 4am and I'm about to go to sleep . I just had a hankering to be critical of some ones post. so is it in your nature to be a dick all the time?
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09-30-2003, 10:19 PM
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09-30-2003, 11:53 PM
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Recall, the origin of "proper grammar" was nothing more than a set of people who rather arbitrarily imposed rules upon the English language in the late 18th century. They took their particular dialect, added in some of the rules of Latin, and passed it off as "The English Language." Prior to that time, there was considerable regional variation in spelling, grammar, and pronunciation of words. While there is a need for a standardized means of communication, it also needs to be ready to adapt to a changing need of the population, and the grammatical rules should not impede clarity of speech or writing, as "his or her" can easily do.
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10-01-2003, 09:54 AM
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| I just have to say that I don't actually say "he or she" in my sentences (i use "they") 
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10-01-2003, 08:41 PM
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| Them : they :: him : he :: her : she :: me : I Of course language is arbitrary, but it still has been codified. My problem with "them" as singlular is that it makes for rather awkward sentences. The English language doesn't have a gender-neutral singular direct object for this purpose. I can't think of any languages that do right off either (if someone knows of one, please feel free to enlighten me, as I am curious about it). Perhaps a flaw of the language rules, but I still think it sounds weird.
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10-02-2003, 01:10 AM
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