Becoming Better 2018-06-05
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- Opus the Poet
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Becoming Better 2018-06-05
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- TheCollector
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Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
Well, looks kinda like Phix hasn't been able to stop thinking of Luci, basically every word she said here was about her, even ones that honestly didn't need to be.
Also is it just me or does it seem like Phix is being a little bit wordier then normal? It's almost like she's rambling a bit.
Also is it just me or does it seem like Phix is being a little bit wordier then normal? It's almost like she's rambling a bit.
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Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
No, that's pretty typical for her.
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
"You should never run from the voices in your head. That's how you give them power." - Jin
"You should never run from the voices in your head. That's how you give them power." - Jin
- lake_wrangler
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Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
That's Phix, for you: enigmatic one day, can't shut her up the next... Not that I would suggest trying to shut her up, that is...
When I started reading the first panel, and the way she addressed Castela, I was wondering if we had jumped back in time... Then I took a look at Castela, and realized that no, we were still in the "now".
Question: should it not be "you have the aid of a professional TO help you?"
I can't help but think that since "aid" is not referring to a person, the "to" would be needed, whereas if it had been "you have the aidE of a professional help you" it would have worked, because the subject of the help would now be a person, the aide, meaning the assistant, of a professional (but in today's context, Luci is supposed to be the professional being referred to, so she can't be the aide. Therefore that sentence structure, while grammatically correct, would not apply...)
Like I said yesterday, I can't quote grammar rules, but that's how I feel it, on an instinctual level.
When I started reading the first panel, and the way she addressed Castela, I was wondering if we had jumped back in time... Then I took a look at Castela, and realized that no, we were still in the "now".
Question: should it not be "you have the aid of a professional TO help you?"
I can't help but think that since "aid" is not referring to a person, the "to" would be needed, whereas if it had been "you have the aidE of a professional help you" it would have worked, because the subject of the help would now be a person, the aide, meaning the assistant, of a professional (but in today's context, Luci is supposed to be the professional being referred to, so she can't be the aide. Therefore that sentence structure, while grammatically correct, would not apply...)
Like I said yesterday, I can't quote grammar rules, but that's how I feel it, on an instinctual level.
- oldmanmickey
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Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
NOO, trying to shut Phix up could be bad for ones long term health. Them again trying to shut up most any female is about as effective as trying to baptize a cat.
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Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
And yet Luci actually _did_ shut Phix up.oldmanmickey wrote:NOO, trying to shut Phix up could be bad for ones long term health. Them again trying to shut up most any female is about as effective as trying to baptize a cat.
It looks like Phix was suitably impressed.
Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
Well, we're all here because we're not all there...Opus the Poet wrote:http://wapsisquare.com/comic/becoming-better/
When you're not broken, but you're not all together either.
Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
But Luci did not *try* to shut Phix up.sheik wrote:And yet Luci actually _did_ shut Phix up.oldmanmickey wrote:NOO, trying to shut Phix up could be bad for ones long term health. Them again trying to shut up most any female is about as effective as trying to baptize a cat.
It looks like Phix was suitably impressed.
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Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
That was noted and logged in the Library's annals.Warrl wrote:But Luci did not *try* to shut Phix up.
(Though I think Neil knew how to do it a long time ago. Something involving "tonsil hockey"...)
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Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
Warrl wrote:Well, we're all here because we're not all there...Opus the Poet wrote:http://wapsisquare.com/comic/becoming-better/
When you're not broken, but you're not all together either.
... after all, no matter where you go, THERE YOU ARE!
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Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
ESPECIALLY in pig shit.Sgt. Howard wrote:... after all, no matter where you go, THERE YOU ARE!Warrl wrote:Well, we're all here because we're not all there...Opus the Poet wrote:http://wapsisquare.com/comic/becoming-better/
When you're not broken, but you're not all together either.
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Re: Becoming Better 2018-06-05
Meanwhile, I noticed that Paul has indeed added a "to" in front of "help"...
I helped! Twice! In a row!
Boy, I'm not sure I can take all this excitement...
It's nice to see that even we can help, in a small way, contribute to such a fine endeavour.
I helped! Twice! In a row!
Boy, I'm not sure I can take all this excitement...
It's nice to see that even we can help, in a small way, contribute to such a fine endeavour.