Those Two Boy's

[JaxRhapsody]

One bright morning, in the middle of the night; two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back, they face each other. They drew their swords and shot one another. A deaf police man heard the noise and went and killed the two dead boys. If you don't believe my lie is true, just ask the blind man, cause he saw it too.

 

[SamScribble]

Ah, the greengrocer's apostrophe

 

[sr71plt]

Ah, the greengrocer's apostrophe

That's what I was thinking too.

The answer to the riddle, by the way, is 43.

 

[Saxon_Hart]

But the question still remains; Is it further to Denver, or by bus?

 

[TxRad]

But the question still remains; Is it further to Denver, or by bus?

Buy the bus, it's cheaper.

 

[sr71plt]

But the question still remains; Is it further to Denver, or by bus?

Annette Funicello had something very interesting to say about that.

 

[NekoParks]

Ah, the greengrocer's apostrophe

True. Apple's vs. Orange's

 

[Saxon_Hart]

Annette Funicello had something very interesting to say about that.

Yes I believe you are right. Marcel Marceau quoted it often.

 

[NekoParks]

Yes I believe you are right. Marcel Marceau quoted it often.

Jeeze...mimes, why does it always have to be mimes? They scare me worse than clowns.

 

[JaxRhapsody]

A friend of mine told me that and I got him to write it down. I have no idea where he got it from, I just thought it was kinda funny. I don't get the greengrocer's apostrophe reference?

 

[Stella_Omega]

A friend of mine told me that and I got him to write it down. I have no idea where he got it from, I just thought it was kinda funny. I don't get the greengrocer's apostrophe reference?

"apple's" for "apples."
There weren't any in your nonsense poem

 

[NekoParks]

Greengrocer Reference

A friend of mine told me that and I got him to write it down. I have no idea where he got it from, I just thought it was kinda funny. I don't get the greengrocer's apostrophe reference?

Frequently signs in a grocery store will improperly use an apostrophe to show plurals. For example, Apple's 3 for $1.

See link.http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-greengrocers-apostrophes.htm

 

[sr71plt]

I don't get the greengrocer's apostrophe reference?

Your thread slug should have read "boys" (plural) not "boy's" (singular possessive).

The greengrocer reference is that on their signs they frequently make this punctuation mistake.


(This, by the way, might have a connection to the story rejection problem you have posted to the Editor's forum about. You may have more problems with spelling than you assumed you do. Just a thought.)

 

[JaxRhapsody]

I know what grocers apostrophes are, I just didn't know what they meant here.

...I may need to look in to that, sr71...