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A correct sentance with five ands in a row!
02GF74 - 26/6/09 at 12:32 PM

A sign writer painted a pub sign for the FrogandToad. The lanlord told him he had missed the spaces between Frog and and and and and Toad.

Ivan - 26/6/09 at 12:55 PM

And here's one with a few "Hads" punctuated to make some sense:

John, where Susan had had "had had", had had "had", "had had" had been the right answer.

mistergrumpy - 26/6/09 at 01:57 PM

That first doesn't make sense. Surely it'd be Frogand and and and and and toad. If you wanted it to be the Frog and Toad then it would surely be Frog and and and and and Toad.

scudderfish - 26/6/09 at 02:44 PM

Easier with more punctuation

The lanlord told him he had missed the spaces between "Frog" and "and" and "and" and "Toad".

MikeRJ - 26/6/09 at 03:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ivan
And here's one with a few "Hads" punctuated to make some sense:

John, where Susan had had "had had", had had "had", "had had" had been the right answer.


I've read that aloud five times and still I'm too stupid to understand it

Ivan - 26/6/09 at 04:24 PM

Susan had a sentence with two "had's" in it and John had the same sentence with only one "had" Susan's use of 2 "had's" was correct and john's wrong.

You obviously need to be in the opposite state of innebriation to what you currently are to understand it.

geoff shep - 26/6/09 at 05:10 PM

You can get another 'had' in there:

John, where Susan had had "had had", had had "had", "had had" had had the teacher's approval.

JoelP - 26/6/09 at 07:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by geoff shep
You can get another 'had' in there:

John, where Susan had had "had had", had had "had", "had had" had had the teacher's approval.


aye, but probably with a semicolon instead of the last comma.

Ninehigh - 2/7/09 at 12:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
quote:
Originally posted by geoff shep
You can get another 'had' in there:

John, where Susan had had "had had", had had "had", "had had" had had the teacher's approval.


aye, but probably with a semicolon instead of the last comma.


NO-ONE knows to use a semicolon!

Benzine - 2/7/09 at 12:27 PM

The teacher said that that 'that' that that boy had written should have been in blue ink

02GF74 - 2/7/09 at 03:33 PM

The teacher said that that 'that' that that That That had written should have been in blue ink.


in the hope that That is a name and a surname

Badger_McLetcher - 2/7/09 at 09:09 PM

Reminds me of Round the Horne!

"You know?"
"Yes I know"
"I know you know"
"Yes, I know you know I know"
"Yes, I know"

Sidetrack:
"My name is Captain BearsBreath McKneeGrasper"

smart51 - 2/7/09 at 09:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ivan
And here's one with a few "Hads" punctuated to make some sense:

John, where Susan had had "had had", had had "had", "had had" had been the right answer.


Strictly, "had had" had been the right answer should be a separate sentence. Good try though.

JoelP - 2/7/09 at 09:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by smart51
quote:
Originally posted by Ivan
And here's one with a few "Hads" punctuated to make some sense:

John, where Susan had had "had had", had had "had", "had had" had been the right answer.


Strictly, "had had" had been the right answer should be a separate sentence. Good try though.



Semicolon FTW

speedyxjs - 3/7/09 at 12:18 PM

Thanks for making my brain work overtime in the last 20mins its taken to understand all the posts in this thread

Mr Whippy - 3/7/09 at 12:28 PM

? I see you lot have been on the plonk