The 10 minutes calm before the storm, and stuff
This is a couple of days old, but it's still slightly amusing. A couple of days ago, Alyson and I was having a conversation, where it began with one of her class being intro to musicianship (which is a joke course). It progressed into the acronym of order of sharps for keys, which goes "Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle". We couldn't remember the acronym for the flats though, but we recalled there being a banana, a chimp, and some eating. Thus the conversation then progressed into the differences between chimp eating bananas, and banana eating chimps.
Do they essentially mean the same thing? Well not really. We agreed that if the second word is plural, then the second subject is the one being eaten. But what if the first subject is plural and the second is singular, ie. chimps eating banana, and bananas eating chimp? We also agreed that it's the singular subject that's eating the plural. But what if you have both singular, ie. banana eating chimp and chimp eating banana? How can you tell what's eating what? How about if they are both plural, ie. bananas eating chimps, or chimps eating bananas? Can you determine it's the normal event of bananas being devoured by chimps, or are those poor chimps being horribly devoured by some killer bananas?
Well, my first exam is on Monday at 8:30, in which I hadn't the time to study for yet. The reason: stupid lab report of doom that was due on Friday, and my need to go home and do my taxes. I shall do horrendously on that final, it's gonna be hillarious. (Any sadists out there)? That being said, at least I got some period of unconciousness to replenish my supply of neurotransmitters last night. Yey!
Do they essentially mean the same thing? Well not really. We agreed that if the second word is plural, then the second subject is the one being eaten. But what if the first subject is plural and the second is singular, ie. chimps eating banana, and bananas eating chimp? We also agreed that it's the singular subject that's eating the plural. But what if you have both singular, ie. banana eating chimp and chimp eating banana? How can you tell what's eating what? How about if they are both plural, ie. bananas eating chimps, or chimps eating bananas? Can you determine it's the normal event of bananas being devoured by chimps, or are those poor chimps being horribly devoured by some killer bananas?
Well, my first exam is on Monday at 8:30, in which I hadn't the time to study for yet. The reason: stupid lab report of doom that was due on Friday, and my need to go home and do my taxes. I shall do horrendously on that final, it's gonna be hillarious. (Any sadists out there)? That being said, at least I got some period of unconciousness to replenish my supply of neurotransmitters last night. Yey!
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