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General Category => John Spencer Is Dead => Topic started by: ftyuv on August 28, 2007, 08:27:22 AM

Title: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: ftyuv on August 28, 2007, 08:27:22 AM
Come on, it's been a full day already.  Surely I wasn't the only person who yelled for joy in the car when he heard?
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: ugarte on August 28, 2007, 11:06:02 AM
I did too! Because I'm really optimistic about his replacement!
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: KeithK on August 28, 2007, 11:26:38 AM
OK, I understand that you don't like the guy,.  Heck, I'm a Republican and I don't like the guy.  But yelling for joy over the resignation of a political appointee?  That seems a little excessive.
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: Lauren '06 on August 28, 2007, 11:58:21 AM
Maybe if it was our AD's tenure...
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: RichH on August 28, 2007, 12:23:13 PM
[quote Section A Banshee]Maybe if it was our AD's tenure...[/quote]

Glad I'm not the only one hoping it was a typo.  The 'G' key is sorta near the 'D'

Maybe it was the decision to use a pronoun as well as the uncommon abbrev in the original subject line.  When I come to this site, given the not-insignificant traffic from Canada which I suspect also visits, "our" doesn't immediately snap me to the nation-level.  :-}
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: Jacob 03 on August 28, 2007, 12:40:35 PM
[quote RichH]Maybe it was the decision to use a pronoun as well as the uncommon abbrev in the original subject line.  When I come to this site, given the not-insignificant traffic from Canada which I suspect also visits, "our" doesn't immediately snap me to the nation-level.  :-}[/quote]Uncommon?  Really?
I agree on the "our" comment, though.  Most of the Canadians visiting this site probably have two AGs anyway, and all of the Americans do.
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: ftyuv on August 28, 2007, 01:12:35 PM
I'm getting a lot of flak for a pronoun I didn't even put in; an underling who prepared that post.  I just signed it.  In fact, I don't exactly recall signing it.  In fact, to the best of my recollection, such a pronoun was never discussed when we considered drafting the post.  In fact, I'm not sure if I used the pronoun at all, but I would be happy to look into it.

Oh, and KeithK, I yell at/with the radio a lot when I'm in the car.  It helps keep my mind off the fact that everyone in Boston drives like a madman, there's constantly construction on main roads during rush hour, and the stoplights' timing was apparently set by a retarded chipmunk (http://xkcd.com/277/).
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: Josh '99 on August 28, 2007, 09:11:31 PM
[quote RichH][quote Section A Banshee]Maybe if it was our AD's tenure...[/quote]

Glad I'm not the only one hoping it was a typo.  The 'G' key is sorta near the 'D'[/quote]If it were the AD it would've been posted in a different forum.

Edit:  And, come to think of it, would've been followed by more exclamation points.  ::uptosomething::
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: Chris '03 on August 29, 2007, 10:08:59 AM
[quote Jacob 03][quote RichH]Maybe it was the decision to use a pronoun as well as the uncommon abbrev in the original subject line.  When I come to this site, given the not-insignificant traffic from Canada which I suspect also visits, "our" doesn't immediately snap me to the nation-level.  :-}[/quote]Uncommon?  Really?
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I think it's pretty a uncommon abbreviation outside of legal circles.
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: KeithK on August 29, 2007, 11:07:14 AM
[quote Chris '03][quote Jacob 03][quote RichH]Maybe it was the decision to use a pronoun as well as the uncommon abbrev in the original subject line.  When I come to this site, given the not-insignificant traffic from Canada which I suspect also visits, "our" doesn't immediately snap me to the nation-level.  :-}[/quote]Uncommon?  Really?
[/quote]

I think it's pretty a uncommon abbreviation outside of legal circles.[/quote]
It's pretty well known to anyone who follows politics.  Then again, considering voter turnout, that might qualify as pretty uncommon.
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: ftyuv on August 29, 2007, 12:56:01 PM
[quote KeithK][quote Chris '03][quote Jacob 03][quote RichH]Maybe it was the decision to use a pronoun as well as the uncommon abbrev in the original subject line.  When I come to this site, given the not-insignificant traffic from Canada which I suspect also visits, "our" doesn't immediately snap me to the nation-level.  :-}[/quote]Uncommon?  Really?
[/quote]

I think it's pretty a uncommon abbreviation outside of legal circles.[/quote]
It's pretty well known to anyone who follows politics.  Then again, considering voter turnout, that might qualify as pretty uncommon.[/quote] Newspapers use it in headlines, so I figured it'd be okay.
Title: Re: and so is our AG's tenure
Post by: KeithK on August 29, 2007, 01:15:30 PM
[quote ftyuv][quote KeithK][quote Chris '03][quote Jacob 03][quote RichH]Maybe it was the decision to use a pronoun as well as the uncommon abbrev in the original subject line.  When I come to this site, given the not-insignificant traffic from Canada which I suspect also visits, "our" doesn't immediately snap me to the nation-level.  :-}[/quote]Uncommon?  Really?
[/quote]

I think it's pretty a uncommon abbreviation outside of legal circles.[/quote]
It's pretty well known to anyone who follows politics.  Then again, considering voter turnout, that might qualify as pretty uncommon.[/quote] Newspapers use it in headlines, so I figured it'd be okay.[/quote]
Considering the plummeting circulation figures of newspapers ...