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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Poor old David.
All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles and play soccer in sunny California rather than contend with wet, muddy winters. But everyone wants to be on his case! > All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles > and play soccer in sunny California rather > than contend with wet, muddy winters. > > But everyone wants to be on his case! Not everyone.  SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "If you are still not convinced of the a.s-brain connection, finish this sentence: 'It is easier to think after I … (a) get a haircut (b) take a dump'." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 12 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews now charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles > and play soccer in sunny California rather > than contend with wet, muddy winters. > > But everyone wants to be on his case! For only $50 million a year. For playing soccer. LA is nuts. But Beckham would be crazy not to take it. --Jeff SignatureThe shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. --Stendhal > All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles > and play soccer in sunny California rather > than contend with wet, muddy winters. > > But everyone wants to be on his case! Au contraire, all the media I've heard have said WTEO 'for that money, who wouldn't do it? Shame he didn't finish the final few years of his effective playing career in a football-playing country, but who can blame him?' DC > All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles > and play soccer in sunny California rather > than contend with wet, muddy winters. Is Madrid notable for its wet, muddy winters then? SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >> All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles >> and play soccer in sunny California rather >> than contend with wet, muddy winters. > > Is Madrid notable for its wet, muddy winters then? California is. SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. >>> All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles >>> and play soccer in sunny California rather [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > California is. It don't rain in Southern California SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >>>> All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles >>>> and play soccer in sunny California rather [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > It don't rain in Southern California No, but it get pretty muddy when the ice melt. >>>>> All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles >>>>> and play soccer in sunny California rather [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > No, but it get pretty muddy when the ice melt. They _say_ it doesn't rain in Southern California. "They" have obviously never been caught outdoors during a gullywasher. SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. >>>>>> All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles and play soccer in >>>>>> sunny California rather than contend with wet, muddy winters. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > "They" have obviously never been caught outdoors during a gullywasher. That's the point of the song, isn't it? They say it doesn't rain, but it pours. http://www.superseventies.com/sl_itneverrains.html The singer was lured out there by "talk of opportunities, TV breaks, and movies", and is now "out of work, out of my head, out of self- respect, out of bread", wants to go home, but is embarassed about having failed. SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |Those who study history are doomed 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |to watch others repeat it. Palo Alto, CA 94304 kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com (650)857-7572 http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ >>>>>>> All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles and play soccer in >>>>>>> sunny California rather than contend with wet, muddy winters. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > That's the point of the song, isn't it? Pretty much, yup. > They say it doesn't rain, but > it pours. > > http://www.superseventies.com/sl_itneverrains.html Though in fairness to the LaLa Land of my birth, sometimes it just rains without pouring. It is true that it pretty much neither rains nor pours outside of the rainy season, which is what SoCal has in lieu of winter. SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. >> All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles >> and play soccer in sunny California rather >> than contend with wet, muddy winters. > >Is Madrid notable for its wet, muddy winters then? Here is the forecast for next week for Madrid! Monday Rain. High: 41° F. / 5° C. Wind WNW 17 mph. / 28 km/h. Chance of precipitation 70%. Monday Night Chance of Snow. Partly Cloudy. Low: 32° F. / 0° C. Wind NW 13 mph. / 21 km/h. Chance of precipitation 40%. Tuesday Chance of Rain. Partly Cloudy. High: 35° F. / 2° C. Wind NNW 11 mph. / 18 km/h. Chance of precipitation 20%. Tuesday Night Chance of Snow. Partly Cloudy. Low: 22° F. / -5° C. Wind NNW 11 mph. / 18 km/h. Chance of precipitation 20%. >>> All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles >>> and play soccer in sunny California rather [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Here is the forecast for next week for Madrid! Is Madrid notable for its wet, muddy winters then? SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >>>> All he wants to do is go to Los Angeles >>>> and play soccer in sunny California rather [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Is Madrid notable for its wet, muddy winters then? It's a well known fallacy, water buffaloes from the Philipines in the Bull Rings. |
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