Person Below Me VI

[Glenburne]

Yes.

TPBM has been reprimanded by a police officer before.

 

[Miss Freckles]

I don't think so. But by lots of other people who seemed to think of themselves as police officers.

TPBM has flipped a coin in order to come to a decision.

 

[Glenburne]

No. The closest I've come to that is making a chart...which does not come close to that.

TPBM has hit an animal with his or her vehicle.

 

[Miss Freckles]

Trust not in the instincts of birds, for they are stupid and slow to get out of the way.

(But it's okay. I guess its wing hit the spokes, but then it flew away.)

TPBM can instantaneously quote something from the Narnia books.

 

[Glenburne]

Yeah--it helps that there's poetry in those books. Make your choice, adventurous stranger, etc.

TPBM has been called "honey" or "dear" by someone younger than they are.

 

[Miss Freckles]

No, we don't do that. We need to get way more creative when we want to condescend to someone.

TPBM has called someone older than them 'honey' or 'dear'.

 

[Glenburne]

No. And if they do that to me, I get very cold very fast.

TPBM tried to pattern their life after a book character at some point during childhood.

 

[Miss Freckles]

No.

TPBM rejoices at every fancy-dress opportunity.

 

[Glenburne]

No, I really don't like dressing up. The dress clothes that are in style now are all too uncomfortable. Narnian dress clothes would be okay, if they existed....

TPBM sympathizes with Clytemnestra.

 

[Miss Freckles]

No.

TPBM has a messy car.

 

[Glenburne]

It's not junked up, but the inside does need cleaned.

TPBM has crashed a car.

 

[Miss Freckles]

the inside does need cleaned.

[grammar diva]NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO[/grammar diva]

TPBM has crashed a car.

No.

TPBM has been in the same room with something that's at least 1,000 years old.

 

[Glenburne]

I've been in the same room with rocks, do they count? I've probably been in the same room with old things other than rocks before, but probably not since I was in elementary school, so I don't remember.

TPBM does not think that the sentence Freckles doesn't like is actually a grammar infraction.

 

[Miss Freckles]

No, I think Freckles makes a very good point. 'need' needs a to + infinitive, i.e. "the car needs to be cleaned", or alternatively a noun: "the car needs cleaning". But just the past participle, that is unheard of, at least in my bright happy world.

TPBM is a longstanding member of the spelling/grammar police and is able to shed light on this issue. (read: Oly of the pink beard appear, I summon thee!)

 

[Glenburne]

Freckles knows more about the English language than is permissible. And my car still needs cleaning.

I have a furry light that needs to shed, does that count?

TPBM wants a furry light beside their bed.

 

[Miss Freckles]

No, I'd rather a watchful Bengal tiger.

TPBM will create the PBM VII thread because I just realized this thread has over 16,000 posts and that's way too many.

 

[Glenburne]

TPBM thinks Freckles should do it.
Of course! Why ever not?

TPBM owns Narnia related merchandise --or objects (but books don't count)-- of some sort.