redbull soapbox race presenter

oodboo
oodboo Posts: 2,171
edited July 2013 in The Crudcatcher
This has been bugging me since watching the race on Dave (Gee Atherton and Danny MacAskill were judges so there's a link to MTB). Did anyone else notice the presenter Alice Levine say the Stephenson's rocket based soapbox looked "more train than rocket"? She's supposed to be university educated and claims she used to mark SAT papers, and she doesn't know what Stephenson's rocket was?

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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Meh
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  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    Is it possible she studied Media Studies, or English Lit and not History? Some people have absolutely no interest in different subjects than the area they studied. It's not uncommon, and doesn't make you stupid for not knowing something you think 'common knowledge'
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  • cooldad
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    Did she have nice knockers?
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  • cooldad
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    BBUK+-+Alice+2.jpg

    I would
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  • Clank
    Clank Posts: 2,323
    cooldad wrote:
    BBUK+-+Alice+2.jpg

    I would

    Yup. Great to look at, but defo not a rocket scientist.
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  • stubs
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    I once had to explain to my nieces teacher in simple words that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island and definitely didnt invent the steam locomotive.
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  • cooldad
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    I once had to explain to some mong the use of apostrophes in words like niece's and didn't.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    oodboo wrote:
    This has been bugging me
    Maybe you're taking things a bit too literally.

    Anyway, holy hell that looked like a laugh!
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  • oodboo
    oodboo Posts: 2,171
    I know it shouldn't bother me but it does.
    A couple of months ago me and a few friends decided we are going to build a soapbox racer and enter some local events. Watched that for ideas.
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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    What I mean is, maybe it was a (admittedly poor) play on words.
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  • The Rookie
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    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    What I mean is, maybe it was an (admittedly poor) play on words.
    FTFY
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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    Wrong, the words in the parentheses don't affect the "a". Not in my book anyway, and I wrote the book, So I know it's correct.
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  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    I'm with yeeha - you read the sentence without the parentheses, so it remains 'a'.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    What I mean is, maybe it was a play on words, admittedly a poor one.
    FTFY so you saddoes can find something more interesting to whinge about.
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  • mudsucker
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    Having a university education doesn't mean you are intelligent. I know a lot of people where this applies.

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  • ol\'gregg
    ol\'gregg Posts: 612
    I didn't really pay much attention to what she was saying TBH
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  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    Clank wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    BBUK+-+Alice+2.jpg

    I would

    Yup. Great to look at, but defo not a rocket scientist.

    Do you think she'd believe me if I told her that my gentleman's excuse me was Stephensons rockery and that she could holdPolish it if she likes?
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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    She looked chunkier on telly.
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  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    cooldad wrote:
    I once had to explain to some mong the use of apostrophes in words like niece's and didn't.

    I thought when it was plural you didnt use an apostrophe. Well you learn something new every day.
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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    Well, if you have nieces and they have a teacher, then it's your nieces' teacher.
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  • cooldad
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    stubs wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    I once had to explain to some mong the use of apostrophes in words like niece's and didn't.

    I thought when it was plural you didnt use an apostrophe. Well you learn something new every day.
    Plural? Niece's is possessive as in niece's teacher. Mongs is plural. As in you are a multiple mong.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    Well, if you have nieces and they have a teacher, then it's your nieces' teacher.
    Don't confuse him - he's still struggling with didn't.
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  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    Someone told me that Jack Daniels has an apostrophe in it. I didnt know he followed Jesus.
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  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    Well it would if it was Jack Daniel's Jack Daniels. Didn't also has an apostrophe.
  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    What if his name is Jack Daniel, and then it's just his?
  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    +Potatoe'
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  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    Or should that be Potato'e I didnt do apostrophes at skool.
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  • Myster101
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    stubs wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    I once had to explain to some mong the use of apostrophes in words like niece's and didn't.

    I thought when it was plural you didnt use an apostrophe. Well you learn something new every day.

    You're right, you don't use an apostrophe when it's a plural.....do you have two nieces in one class?
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  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    cooldad wrote:
    BBUK+-+Alice+2.jpg

    I would


    Me too, even if she is a bit thick.
  • cicatriz
    cicatriz Posts: 411
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    BBUK+-+Alice+2.jpg

    I would


    Me too, even if she is a bit thick.
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    I'd hazard a guess the job was not given purely on academic ability. :)

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