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The latest U3A News has a Pedants Corner. Someone's ranted list ended with 'me and my mother' should be 'my mother and I'. Not if the grammar needs the former! (As previously discussed.). I await the responses in the next issue!

Ooh, feels good to be able to post here again!

Reported - a Spam post.

(It might have disappeared by the time anyone adds to the thread).

SteveA, I too would have been thrilled to see the 'me and my mother' rant - and I feel suitably contrite now!

Doesn't it depend on whether the 'mother and me' is the subject or the object?

eg The gift was given to mother and me.
or Mother and I gave the gift.

Yes, Rossim - I think that's what Steve was referring to in his post. It's not always wrong, nor is it always right.

Something strange is going on. Malone's post hasn't appeared!

Preparations for the meal are going well. Mrs J has borrowed the book from the library, and I am off to Tesco. She has given me a card with the following message:

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I’ve lent an’ it’s wrong (9)
I haven’t a clue


…………at least it scans!

Rose's are red,
Violet's are blue
I misuse apostrophe's
What about you?

That's nice, chips

ChrisE and Malone

It was a lovely lunch in the glorious sunshine. I bought the Tesco “al fresco dining package”, comprising a bottle of Prosesco and a Chinese meal for 2, “suitable for Chinese New Year or Valentine celebrations – use by 13 Feb”.

It is the Year of the Pig, which is apt for me, and I devoured the Sweet & Sour Pork. After the meal, Mrs J read her novel and I tried to come up with a clue to its title. I have given up now, all efforts were too long and cumbersome. The best I could manage was the following, which had a couple of relevant words in it.

Book taxi to town in France (South) – after Tesco’s miss company of the daughter, run in (4,2,3,1’11)

But Mrs J liked it, and she has asked me to pass on her thanks to ChriseE and Malone for their ideas, and to others for their kind comments.