Whatever.
Right now my sister and brother-in-law and their new baby are in California visiting my Dad. Tomorrow my mom will join them, followed shortly thereafter by my younger brother, on his last leave before taking off for Guam. What a nice little family reunion they'll have!
That's totally cool, guys. Don't forget to not call me and Austin. We're just the middle kids.
Split infinitives simply don't become you, my dear.
Nora, you need some less-pretentious friends. But Jay's right. I mean really...
And I'm an Oldest Sibling, so I have to give you tough love here. Would you REALLY have gone to Cali anyway? I mean, you told ME you couldn't come to StL because you have a new job, and you just can't ask for time off of a new job...
And finally, if you ever call Pure Milk "boring" again I will smack you. Milk has been my friend when everybody else abandoned me. Milk has given me strong bones, and healthy teeth. Countless hot dogs have been washed down with a frosty glass of Pure Milk. Chocolate milk is clearly inferior, and to suggest otherwise is unconscionable.
I have three words for you, Jay: MAGNA CUM LAUDE. Oh wait, you out-medaled me at graduation. BALLS.
Do you think washing down hot dogs with milk pretty much cancels out the nutritional value of the latter? Sort of like washing down vitamins with beer.
Nora's married? Thanks for the head's up.
Good catch, Josh.
Jay out-medaled all of us, especially when he got that medal for "Most Times Making Out With Dr. Korros."
Ask Nora about my love/hate relationship with hot dogs. It's too sad of a story for me to talk about right now.
Speaking of Hot Dogs ... do you think of the dog or the food? Or like my 4-year-old when asked what he thinks about upon hearing "hot dog" says: "ICE CREAM." Which, in theory, is just cold milk ... so ... hot dogs + milk = apparently perfect together.
I'm not in a place emotionally to comment on the combination of hot dogs and milk. However, I must say that I agree with Ryan: chocolate milk is without a doubt inferior.
Nora, I'm sorry. I regret my first comment. It was meant to be playful, and yet I can't help but think everyone now considers me an asshole.
How DARE you regret a comment, Jay! Your brainpower is what attracted us all to you in the first place. It's your thing, much like being a terrible English major is my thing, so work it!
Oh, and normal milk is balls.
Jay, nobody thinks you're an asshole. We're jealous of your command of English, Latin, classical Greek, French, and Farsi.
"Normal" milk is what has made me a man.
Hummph! Split infinitive? What about the double negative, Jay? Nora was that "on accident" or on purpose?
Is "ON ACCIDENT" a Midwestern thing? We NYers say "by accident" ... and it's an on-going Hammer / G debate. Which one is it?!
Although you can do things on purpose, you do them by accident. Really, the adverb "accidentally" sharpens up the writing.
Nevertheless, Nora clearly used the double negative purposely (as well as purposefully). Nora implies that her family made a conscious decision not to call her and inform her of this reunion.
I don't know why y'all pick on her grammar. The small mistakes show that her emotional distress mirrors her grammatical distress.
don't fret jay, i've always considered you an asshole
NYers also say "on line" instead of "in line." I say accidentally, myself, but that's because I'm an asshole.
Not me ... I say 'in queue' ... and I wasn't making fun of Nora's grammar...I wouldn't know enough to pick on it (note the improper use of ellipses to prove it). I was merely picking up on the "on accident" mention from her mom. Nora's writing (and grammar) rules!
Why do I love the people in my life? Because they can provide me with ample comments about grammar, hot dogs and milk. I love you guys.
And you provide us with a forum to do it. PS: Carmen says Hi.