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I love "anti-limericks". This is my favourite

There is a young poet of Wick
Whose verse is unpleasant and sick
He distorts and deforms
All conventional norms







(I have had people attack fme or for reciting that one!)

ChrisE, your non-limerick gets 10 out of 10 - it's great.
SteveA, you get only a 9, I'm afraid. I'm not a prude (well, not a total prude) but I'm never a fan of needless swearing!

Malone
Thank you. So that's what Norah stands for. I have seen postings from the Organisation referring to spam deletion and I see now that it must be an automatic service. Yesterday's spam slipped through and you had to report it.

Boat-builder runs in to delete spam (5)

Is the Boat-builder the Chair?

Steve

Do you mean Shute? I enjoyed his books and verse.

Jigjag, thanks for your two posts - I missed the earlier one with the Sir/Miss/madam stuff. I think the 'sir' and 'miss' in schools is a very old way of doing things, but it's still incredibly useful and I can't think of anything that could replace it.

I'm a parent and if anyone in a school setting had ever called me 'Madam', I'd have felt obliged to put them straight! Unlike your Head, I'd never feel comfortable being addressed as 'Ma'am' - I think I'd have to say, 'please call me Ms (or at a pinch, Mrs) Malone.'

PS And I always prefer 'women' to 'ladies' !

NORAH is quite an unobtrusive but efficient organisation, usually working away quietly in the background.

Malone

I never use the "Ms". People who do use it here pronounce it "MUZZZZ", which sounds awful. I just say "Mrs". If I have to write to a woman who prefers Ms to Mrs, e.g. a friend or ex-colleague, I just address the letter to Ann Jones etc. This seems to be acceptable, although I don't really like it.

I am not going to the market tomorrow, but I will be going to McDonalds tomorrow evening. I am sure there will be some poor grammar there, which might be worth reporting if you would like to hear about it.

McDonald's, jigjag?

(I went to their website to check. They seem quite undecided about whether to use the apostrophe or not!)

ChrisE

I see what you mean. Thanks for checking that. I assumed they did not have an apostrophe, but on the photos they do. The web address is without one though. So it is similar to Sainsbury's, although they have 4 different styles. I will make enquiries tomorrow!

Jigjag, I hope you have a good time at mcdonalds/mcdonald's/McDonalds/McDonald's/MacDonalds/MacDonald's. I bet you wish the Wimpy was still in business?!

My friends and I all write to each other as Anne Smith, Mary Brown etc. My daughters do the same and I'm delighted that this is seen as normal to their age groups. My mother and mother-in-law were horrified (both at me and their grand-daughters), but I told them the world moves on. I strengthened my argument by pointing out that they had lived in a time when it was considered normal to address a married woman as Mrs John Smith. How ludicrous was that?

If I'm forced to give a title, I'll use 'Ms' - it doesn't sound as odd now as it did 30-odd years ago.

It should, of course, be McDonalds', as it was founded by two brothers McDonald...