I've only just realised how MASSIVELY overrated that Banks save from Pele was

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Originally Posted by SWv2

I always struggle with this, probably linked to me not being English.

So, why is "less" wrong?

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rule of thumb: if you can count 'em, it's fewer, sw.
HTH

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Originally Posted by PSRB

:hehe: Yeah, cause that'd be allowed to happen

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we had au pairs when the kids were younger.

plus side: all your childcare and child feeding needs sorted for c. £100 a week. :thumbup:

downside: some fúcker is living in your house with you. It is amazing how quickly each one starts to irritate you in their own unique way.

plenty of male au pair options, surprisingly.

avoid Spaniards. The ones we had did nothing to dispel the stereotypes...

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Originally Posted by IUFG

rule of thumb: if you can count 'em, it's fewer, sw.
HTH

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I can count golf strokes.

:vsign:

Less.

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Originally Posted by SWv2

I can count golf strokes.

:vsign:

Less.

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How about beers? One, two, three, a few, many?

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

How about beers? One, two, three, a few, many?

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"I should have drank less last night"

IUFG's so called rule of thumb is a fúcking shíte rule of thumb.

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Originally Posted by SWv2

"I should have drank less last night"

IUFG's so called rule of thumb is a fúcking shíte rule of thumb.

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i's rule is a good one, sw. "I should have drunk less ale last night" is correct, as is, "I should have drunk fewer pints of ale last night."

You can count pints, but you can't count ale.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

i's rule is a good one, sw. "I should have drunk less ale last night" is correct, as is, "I should have drunk fewer pints of ale last night."

You can count pints, but you can't count ale.

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I took part in armadillo racing last night.

I’m not proud of it.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

i's rule is a good one, sw. "I should have drunk less ale last night" is correct, as is, "I should have drunk fewer pints of ale last night."

You can count pints, but you can't count ale.

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Of course you can count ale.

6 pints.

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Originally Posted by SWv2

Of course you can count ale.

6 pints.

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Less sand
Fewer grains of sand

It’s really not difficult, sw

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Originally Posted by Monty92

I'm within 100 yards of Mesut Ozil whenever we're both at home :shrug: This is because we both live on the same leafy Hampstead avenue - one of multiple reasons why my life is fundamentally better than yours.

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Long yards you're using there, my friend. :driving:

He lives in a small mansion at one end, three doors down from the heath. You live half a mile away at the other end, in a crumbling block of flats on the dual carriageway A1 in East Finchley.

:thumbup:

You sound like my estate agent :-(

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Originally Posted by Ash

Long yards you're using there, my friend. :driving:

He lives in a small mansion at one end, three doors down from the heath. You live half a mile away at the other end, in a crumbling block of flats on the dual carriageway A1 in East Finchley.

:thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Monty92

You sound like my estate agent :-(

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Yes, I thought you were supposed be happily lodged in Margate by now and banging your landlady, in a JMW Turner stylee.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Less sand
Fewer grains of sand

It’s really not difficult, sw

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:nod:

Less pedantry.

Fewer pedantic posts, and so on.

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Originally Posted by Ash

Yes, I thought you were supposed be happily lodged in Margate by now and banging your landlady, in a JMW Turner stylee.

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Yes, but thanks to Brexit-voting swivel eyed xylophones like you, the housing market has stalled, and despite our illustrious neighbours, no c*nt wants to buy our flat.

So I hope your petty little protest vote was worth it :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Monty92

Yes, but thanks to Brexit-voting swivel eyed xylophones like you, the housing market has stalled, and despite our illustrious neighbours, no c*nt wants to buy our flat.

So I hope your petty little protest vote was worth it :rolleyes:

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Of course a downwards adjustment is long overdue. If everybody just recognised the reality and put the feckin prices down then things would get moving again.

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Originally Posted by Ash

Of course a downwards adjustment is long overdue. If everybody just recognised the reality and put the feckin prices down then things would get moving again.

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delusion about property value that has the likes of Monty feeling puzzled that no-one is willing to pay a fortune for his squalid basement flat in Willesden.

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Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman

Another one of Thatcher's great achievements. To engender a massive collective delusion about property value that has the likes of Monty feeling puzzled that no-one is willing to pay a fortune for his squalid basement flat in Willesden.

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It is constantly trumpeted that ever rising property prices are a good thing, generally by the property-portfolio-owning classes who dominate the news agenda. Why unnafordable housing should be such a grand idea is lost on such people. Frankly I could do with a little bit of a crash if I am to afford something with a bit more space.

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Originally Posted by Ash

It is constantly trumpeted that ever rising property prices are a good thing, generally by the property-portfolio-owning classes who dominate the news agenda. Why unnafordable housing should be such a grand idea is lost on such people. Frankly I could do with a little bit of a crash if I am to afford something with a bit more space.

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And imagine if either side of the political spectrum made good on the oft repeated mantra of building a million affordable houses, the bottom two rungs at least of the property ladder would be decimated and Monty will be stuck in his bedsit forever.

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Originally Posted by Ash

It is constantly trumpeted that ever rising property prices are a good thing, generally by the property-portfolio-owning classes who dominate the news agenda. Why unnafordable housing should be such a grand idea is lost on such people. Frankly I could do with a little bit of a crash if I am to afford something with a bit more space.

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I completely agree - as long as it does's effect Highgate Village and its surrounds :)