I have to admit my teeth are a little discoloured, and it's a little irritating. Saying that, the dentist never complains. In fact I'm sure she said my teeth are perfectly healthy, so perhaps they aren't as bad as I think. Considering using one of them teeth whitening kits, but I presume they're a ...

It's actually not that small?

http://up.metropol247.co.uk/Chie/cooee.jpg

Exorbitant delivery charges. Argos - £5.95. (£6, basically.) I only wanted a diddy little nose hair trimmer.

Lockjaw as in trismus.

My new dentist always tells me to keep up the flossing. I have never flossed in my life, so they must be in good shape! Currently waiting (very patiently) for my wisdom teeth to come through before I can finally have my wonky lower set fixed. One wisdom tooth is half way out, the other is yet to mak...

People trying and failing to sound clever by using big words they don't fully understand.

A: I've seen someone self-immolate before
B: What?
A: Spontaneously combust.
B: Oh...

Sponanteous combustion is spontaneous. Self-immolators deliberately set themselves on fire. Durr.

She seems to come from the Dawn French/Jo Brand school of 'it's funny coz I'm fat!'

Before the barometer of right and wrong comes along to tell me off, I don't think there's anything wrong with being fat.

To be honest, I'm confused about what the topic of the thread is supposed to be. Marksi said "I'm not complaining here about the content" so I assumed he must be complaining about the spelling and grammar, particularly as his favourite example was the worst for it. But I'm not sure now...

Did I say she was less of a person for using shorthand? No; I said it bemused me.

Ronnie Rowlands wrote:I know plenty of intelligent, thoughtful people who use unsightly shorthand. Why think any less of someone for using it?

I don't.

I tend to do more sending than receiving these days anyway.