I thought you automatically got your collar felt by the Fraud Squad if you placed a bet on a match involving Pakistan. A special alarm goes off in Ladbrokes directly connected to the Met. (View Post)

I think that's just wrong - and comes from a "post-dictionary" conception of language as something static that can be defined and written down, rather than an evolving means of written… (View Post)

You usually form "they" with the plural form of the verb, even when it is referring to a single individual. Just like singular and plural "you". e.g. "It looks like they are … (View Post)

While we are on wartime cocktails, you can't go wrong with a French 75. Named after their WWI 75mm artillery piece. 10ml stock syrup 30ml gin 15ml lemon juice Top up a coupe (or flute if you mus… (View Post)

Elizabeth Montgomery was indeed gorgeous. I was contributing to the champagne cocktail with military overtones thread that prompted her being pictured with giant martini glass. Any excuse for an EM p… (View Post)