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If a man rounded up dogs for a living, and was famous for it, would he be DogManStar?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 27 May 2004 09:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Incompetent Sheep Farmer: "Hmmm, seems I don't need the dog anymore - I just spray this stuff called Round-up and the sheep go in the pen all by themselves".

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 27 May 2004 10:04 (nineteen years ago) link

I fucking love the British sometimes.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link

best Don Caballero song is called "And And And And And And..."

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link

the associative nature of the or operator is that for logical statements such as 'or' or 'or' or 'or' or 'or' the outcome is the same no matter whether the bracketing arrangements are "('or' or 'or') or ('or' or 'or')" or "'or' or (('or' or 'or') or 'or')" or "('or' or ('or' or 'or')) or 'or'"

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link

A dog that rounded itself up by one place would be a do. One that rounded itself up by two places would be a d.

Surely a dog that rounded itself up two places would be an e?

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:25 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm still not parsing the Buffalo one properly.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 27 May 2004 17:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I think the buffalo one is supposed to be:

Buffalo-buffaloed Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 27 May 2004 17:36 (nineteen years ago) link

It's all so clear now!

(seriously)

(I love this thread and I don't know why)

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 27 May 2004 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link

But that was only five times in a row.

― nabiscothingy, Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:53 (nineteen years ago) link

But I can read that first post.

― nabiscothingy, Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:53 (nineteen years ago) link

The word "buffalo" has lost all meaning to me now.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Buffallo Buffallo buffalo? OH NO!

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 27 May 2004 20:04 (nineteen years ago) link

hey mark h, this has nothing to do with 'and' but your anecdoe about rachael dadd has amazed me! cos i met her (i think) 8 yrs ago and back then I always thought that one day I would see her name crop up again somehow, and now it has?!

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 28 May 2004 09:57 (nineteen years ago) link

"Tim, where James had had 'had', had had 'had had'. 'Had had' had had the teacher's approval"

― cis (cis), Friday, 28 May 2004 10:26 (nineteen years ago) link

one, two, three, four, five, six oh bollocks. one two three...

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 28 May 2004 12:51 (nineteen years ago) link

way to get me to choke in the office ilx...

..it's the little things that impress me the most ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link

mr B. Little is belittled for being a little little, B. Little belittled being belittled for being a little little, "B. Little, be little, belittled" although in actual fact little belittled B. little for being a little little.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 28 May 2004 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link

i find the phrase "I find Mrs Pretty pretty pretty" pretty pretty.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:00 (nineteen years ago) link

I FINALLY GOT SAM'S BUFFALO ONE! Okay, I am nerdier than I thought.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:09 (nineteen years ago) link

If Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo in a particular way, you could say:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo, Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link

well, you cuold, but you'd be a MENK

― CarsmileTryingdesparatelynottohaveafitofhystericsintheoffice (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 28 May 2004 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link

That 'that' that that 'that' is next to, isn't needed in the sentance.

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 28 May 2004 19:12 (nineteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

gah, stilll can't parse the 'buffalo' ones - are you sure you have the capital letters in the right place?

― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 19 June 2004 09:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Only the fool would take trouble to verify that his sentence was composed of ten a's, three b's, four c's, four d's, forty-six e's, sixteen f's, four g's, thirteen h's, fifteen i's, two k's, nine l's, four m's, twenty-five n's, twenty-four o's, five p's, sixteen r's, forty-one s's, thirty-seven t's, ten u's, eight v's, eight w's, four x's, eleven y's, twenty-seven commas, twenty-three apostrophes, seven hyphens and, last but not least, a single !

― j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Sunday, 20 June 2004 02:31 (nineteen years ago) link

One day, Esau Wood saw a saw saw wood like no other woodsaw Wood ever saw wood.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Sunday, 20 June 2004 02:45 (nineteen years ago) link

that last wood should be "would", i think.

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 20 June 2004 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Cozen, think of it this way:
Buffalo buffalo (that) Buffalo buffalo (do) buffalo, (in turn) buffalo (other) Buffalo buffalo.

Dan's version is just silly.

― Sam (chirombo), Monday, 21 June 2004 07:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Also, time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

― Sam (chirombo), Monday, 21 June 2004 07:31 (nineteen years ago) link

and tits like coconuts.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 21 June 2004 07:35 (nineteen years ago) link

That goes without saying, Mark.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 21 June 2004 13:32 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...

God, this was a great thread. Today in class I thought of:

Blue Blu blew blue Bloo blue!
(Sad Blu fellated sad Bloo to a point of blueness!)

and

Cuts cuts cuts.
(A person named cuts reduces the number of cuts in X)

― Remy (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 05:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Ah. I am just off for a job interview, so I pop in here to wind down, and I see an old thread of mine with old friends, and I go ah.

Ah.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 07:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Mark marks marks

(Mark takes note of some symbols. Rubbish, I know.)

― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link

stix nix hix pix (headline in VARIETY circa late 30's)

that's a good one.

er...

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link

That was Variety's headline about 1942's "Yankee Doodle Dandy".

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Reminds me of a review of actor (I think) Guido Nadso. It read: "Guido Nadzo was nadzo guido."

― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 14:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Mark marks Marks marks

i.e. I take note of the marks that Mark made.

The job int went well, so one day I may well just disappear from here. Let you know if so.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link

ten months pass...

Mark marks Mark's Marx marks.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 September 2005 10:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Marky Mark Marks Mark's Marx marks

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:16 (eighteen years ago) link

oops, marks

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:17 (eighteen years ago) link

I ken ken ken's ken's ken

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:17 (eighteen years ago) link

oops, one too many apostrophes there.

I ken ken kens ken's ken, ken?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:22 (eighteen years ago) link

and six times times times times times times in a row.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Ken ken? I ken ken kens ken's ken, ken?

― Raymond Douglas Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Ken Ken's Ken? I ken Ken's Ken kens ken, ken?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Ken Ken's Ken? I ken Ken's Ken kens Ken kens, ken?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Ken, Ken Ken's Ken? I ken Ken's Ken kens Ken kens, ken?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 9 September 2005 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link

four years pass...

Martin Gardner died last weekend, aged 95. He wrote the original "Fish and and, and and and "And"..." sentence, using "and" 21 times in a row. The Language Log thread comments include an expansion of that sentence to "and" 71 times in a row.

First time I came across the Buffalo buffalo was on this thread. Took me a solid 20 minutes. The Cockney with the Hand and Androgynous Goat example is brilliant.

― The Amy Misto Family Knife (Plasmon), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 04:27 (thirteen years ago) link

The Cockney with the Hand and Androgynous Goat example is brilliant.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 08:30 (thirteen years ago) link

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buffalo doesn't even look like a real word now :(

― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link

try this:

Mice cats chase eat cheese. (Mice, that are chased by cats, eat cheese.)

Dogs dogs dog dog dogs. (Dogs, that are dogged by dogs, dog other dogs)

Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo. (Buffalo, that are buffaloed by buffalo, buffalo other buffalo.)

then add the extra Buffalo-NY

Buffalo-NY buffalo, Buffalo-NY buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo-NY buffalo

and so

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

i've just gone a bit mental

― ledge, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link

I love that post so much

― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link

YESSSSSSSSSSSS. I am sorry I've had to break two of you to reach this exalted state, I hope it's been worth it for you.

― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link

if we could change the binomial name of the buffalo from bison bison to buffalo buffalo we could probably construct a sentence that works as a mental weapon of mass destruction.

― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link

i am slowly recovering. (can't make sense of onimo's, it should be 'chicago bisons chicago bisons bash bash chicago bisons'?)

enough.

xp ha!

― ledge, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo mozarella.

― Mark G, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link

Buffaloed Buffalo buffalo buffaloed Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffaloed Buffalo buffalo

― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link

wait I think that's one too many

― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link

oh no that's right, never mind

― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link

One guy from wet Wet Wet Wet wet wet Wet Wet Wet wet through.

― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link

Mine is completely different from ledge's despite having the same words :/

A bison from Chicago that has a tendency to bash is a Chicago bash bison. Sometimes they bash each other. Therefore Chicago bash bison bash Chicago bash bison.

Now I can't understand Ledge's, and I did a minute ago.

― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link

There's a river in Namibia called "Fish". Its fish are Fish fish.

If you like Fish fish, fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish other things too.

― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link

If you like to fish Fish fish, fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish other things too.

― Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link

If you like to fish Fish fish, fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish Fish fish. Phish fish Fish fish. Fish fish fish Phish. Fish fish fish other things too.

― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link

I have tried to work out and explain and expand upon the ands and kens and buffalo in the pub when drunk. It's never gone well. Needless to say, I love this thread.

― ailsa, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link

Did Fish from Marillion own any fish?

― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link

Fish didn't like to fish.

― Mark G, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link

fish Fish fish fish fish fish fish Fish fish fish Fish fish?

― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link

(just kidding, although if anyone would like to try parsing it anyway, knock yrself out.)

― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 22 October 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link

So, the singer Fish from Marillion, who didn't like to fish, decided to fish anyway, but just to prove he had, would take pictures of the fish that he had fished for onto microfiche format (which is spelled mikrofish in Hungarian, or fish for short).

― Mark G, Friday, 22 October 2010 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link

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