You know, I just love these wonderful logical answers you give me. Really. You're so much nicer that Kickstart about these things... You must have less stress than him...
I'm not making excuses or trying to be a pain in the donkey. OK, you caught me, I am trying to be a pain, but such is my nature. At least I'm a polite pain and I go away eventually.
However, as I mentioned before, craps would not have been an acceptable substitute in this case, since the meaning is totally different. American English is screwy that way. I used it because I felt it was warranted by the context. As and old Russian saying goes, you can't toss a word out of a song.
Next time I'll just name the book and give the page number.
Spencer's moderation is quite understandable as well. You just don't leave large amounts of the substance in question lying around. He should have known better, especially being an ex-dogman. Hey, Llyr, aren't pooper scoopers wonderful?
Cheers. |