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[lolabobs]

My parents: Awww!

Dad bought Mum a dvd. They sat down to watch it. Aren't terribly impressed. Mum tells me about it in a phonecall tonight. Apparantly it started off ok, but it only ran for a few minutes, then kept repeating itself...

They spent goodness how long watching the animated menu - AWWWWW!

After I stopped laughing I tried to explain, but will be popping in tomorrow to show them how to watch dvds...

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Worked my socks off at work today. But got the really urgent stuff done. Now I have Fri and half of Monday to get two weeks worth of work completed. Sure, I can do that.

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S at work today told me he 'really really liked me' but if he had a means of taking the whole building out, (bomb, fire, mustard gas - he wasn't fussy) he would 'sacrifice me as collatoral damage'. Nice to know.

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I need something from the car, but am wearing my pjs and my 15 year old jumper. A jumper that I think the bin would reject as unworthy, but it is my snuggle jumper and you try and take it off of me!

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off of.

Is this just a local thing? properly one should simply say 'off' I suppose. Do other people say off of?
He jumped off of the building? He jumped off the builing?

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My new favourite eBay listing:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STARSKY-HUTCH-Transparency-Art-Charcole-Drawing_W0QQitemZ320090682128QQihZ011QQcategoryZ552QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Still 100% better than I could draw, but who will buy?

Comments

[lauramcewan.livejournal.com]

Do other people say off of?

Guilty. Although I find myself using it less. It's a regional dialectic thing. Everyone I know uses it and it's taught in school -- it's the American Way. :D

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

"Where drawn abt. 1972 in Dover, Ohio"

Interesting...they were drawn three years before the series even premiered. It's like they were psychic or something :P

[lolabobs.livejournal.com]

heh, I didn't notice that bit!

psychic sketching. It could catch on. Maybe?

[lolabobs.livejournal.com]

I suppose it goes hand in hand with 'on to' same principle.

he jumped on the bus.. on to the bus

Meh. I don't know.

I'm happy to be a sloppy, regional speaker as long as it doesn't slip into my written work!

[lauramcewan.livejournal.com]

And Hutch's hair is parted on the wrong side...

[lolabobs.livejournal.com]

yes. that's my main objection.

hee hee!

Why would the person put them for sale?

[moondroplette.livejournal.com]

is it sad that I'm pretty sure I recognize which photos the 'arteest' was working off of? (there's your 'off of' use!)

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

I can, too, it's this double spread: http://www.sh-gallery.com/modules/Gallery/albums/doubles/spf8b1_1.jpg

[lolabobs.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it's sad - or miraculous!

[lolabobs.livejournal.com]

hee! two dedicated fans! Fabulous :D