I heard what you said but I know what you meant

[Clare A]

Heard on BBC Radio 2 on Monday afternoon:

'Parliament must debate whether terminally ill patients should be given the right to die as soon as possible after the General Election'.

Surely it won't be quite that bad, no matter who gets in?

[Quizmonster]

That's rather like: 'You need your hair cut badly', isn't it Clare? It's only a matter of people taking care to structure their sentences, so that parts that belong together are placed together.

[rojash]

"Surely it won't be quite that bad, no matter who gets in?". Ooooh, I think it will.

[Clare A]

QM: Yes, indeed. A teacher of mine once described a letter he'd had from an elderly friend, in which she wrote 'Most of my friends are dead now, thank goodness'. It was only when he read on that he saw she'd written 'I still have a few left'! 'Your hair needs cutting badly' was always a favourite quote of my auntie Rita.

rojash: Oh, so cynical! It's not for me to speculate about your political preferences, but I suspect a frustrated LibDem! They still aren't going to get in, you know... At least you have a vote. In the Isle of Man, we're a Crown dependency, taking most of British law on board, without the say in it. But I'm in danger of going 'on one', as usual!

[rojash]

Sorry Clare A, but your speculation is totally wrong.

[Clare A]

My apologies then, rojash!