Timmifry
 

Recipe:

Take the timmies, let them stew in their own juices, keep them away from all other foodstuffs. When reduced to a pulp, throw them out. Now you are free of your timmies.

A roomful of wannabe Safires
 

Dude, are you aspiring to Timmy-hood? Or are you just a poseur? I say the latter, because otherwise you would know it should be "HEAR HEAR."

t(i)m(my)

Inure
 

The unfamiliarity with the term is the reason that we in this area of gov have no shortage of people to prosecute for private inurement.

A roomful of wannabe Safires
 

Oh, this is a dangerous board to post on. :flag:

How about alternative three: I'm someone amused by the timmies. :wink:

Our Motto
 

At the bottom of this page, you will encounter the following site motto conjured up by our esteemed Mistress Eaze:

The place for greedy, and not so greedy associates, partners, legal professionals and law students to come and chat about, well, everything.

Once again, the humble serial comma has not been invited to the party.

-p(I hope I'm not the only one who finds the following book dedication as speaking to something quite remarkable: To my parents, Ayn Rand and God.)c

A roomful of wannabe Safires
 

Conveniently, there is no spell-check function, which makes this board prone to Timmy-infestations.

This smiley is labeled as "flag." For a while, I thought the strange white triangle bore a close resemblance to a folded dinner napkin that was being used as a bib of some kind, rather than a flag. However, the dinner-napkin-as-bib theory didn't seem to quite work as it would appear that the smiley was wearing it on its head. So unless it is stipulated that the smiley has spatial coordination problems, my latest theory is that the white triangle is actually a dunce cap.

Bring out the dancing timmies! *clap* *clap*

-pc

Our Motto
 

If you had a theme song, I suppose it would go something like this (sung to the tune of "Barbie Girl" by Aqua):

I'm a timmy girl, in a timmy world
They're bombastic, too scholastic!
They will stop and stare, spot errors everywhere
In punctuation, spelling, and citation
Come on timmy, let's go party!

I'm sorry, Mistress Eaze, but I am not convinced. First of all, I do not see the "stick" to which the "flag" is attached. Even if the existence of the "stick" were to be established somehow, I cannot see how the smiley would be waving the "flag" since it doesn't have any arms. A good example of a smiley having arms and holding a stick is :wtf: . Thus, the "dunce cap" smiley simply does not possess the essential flag-bearing features to "surrender."

-pc

Our Motto
 

So you're a smilie timmy too? Good lord, they have no legs or bodies, as well as rubberized jaws, and the ability to ejaculate from their chins, why would you expect them to have arms?

Our Motto
 

I'm much more concerned about the missing comma after the second "greedy" than the one that could theoretically go after "professionals."

tm

"Juris Doctorate"
 

Is there such a thing as a "Juris Doctorate"? I thought that because the degree of "Juris Doctor" isn't a true doctoral degree, the use of "doctorate" was inappropriate, and is just a way to add syllables and therefore pretense. Is my memory playing tricks on me?

"Juris Doctorate"
 

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Yes, the terminal degree is called an SJD or JSD (doctor of juridical science or doctor of the science of law).

If you have a weakness, it's economics, not memory.

"Juris Doctorate"
 

It's a malapropism. The degree is Juris Doctor. And it's not a doctoral degree. It's a bachelor degree that someone had the idea of fluffing up into a "doctorate" some years ago.

A family friend, when given the option by Harvard to convert his Ll.B. into a J.D., with a new diploma and everything, declined on principle. He tells me he's one of the few people still living who can legitimately claim to have an Ll.B. from Harvard. Not an interesting story, except for a timmy board, I guess.

"Juris Doctorate"
 

Yup, it's not a real doctorate, although my law school went as far as having us wear the purple hoods (properly reserved for doctoral candidates) with our gowns for the commencement ceremony.

It's kind of like size inflation in women's clothing: a silly thing done to appease people who should know better, but someone decided it was a good idea and got others to buy it.

"Dr." Allytigator - ha!

Why I disable Grammar Check
 

http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev...ammarcheck.jpg

This is further proof that Microsoft hires semi-literate programmers whose treatment of the English language can, at best, be charitably characterized as "creative." Every year, Microsoft hires a boatload of geeks from my undergrad college, which unsurprisingly, does not offer English as a major.

-pc

(Ok, the image should appear now. Thanks, Leagl!)

Why I disable Grammar Check
 

Here's that image:

[I removed the link to save some schlub's bandwidth]

Huh. I can't make it work.