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It Used To Be… Further Away?

September 23rd, 2008 Leave a comment Go to comments

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  1. Amanda
    September 23rd, 2008 at 06:17 | #1

    I should hope the road is close–it makes it easier to use the road.

    That said, farther is distance, further is greater degree or a non-distance quantity. Grammar fail.

  2. Rue
    September 23rd, 2008 at 08:13 | #2

    Maybe “Road Close” is the name of the party going on behind the sign?

  3. Hoff
    September 23rd, 2008 at 08:14 | #3

    Well, in theory the road is really close to the sign.

    But yeah, I know what they meant to say.

    ;)

  4. Rue
    September 23rd, 2008 at 08:16 | #4

    According to dictionary.com, “further” can be used to refer to distance as well.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/further
    See #4 under “adjective.”

    Grammar-fail-seeing fail.

  5. jen
    September 23rd, 2008 at 08:54 | #5

    I was taught in high school that as an adjective, “farther” is for actual distances whereas “further” is for conceptual things…as in “I’m going to look into that further”. If it’s about distance - farther. If it’s really about *depth* - further.

    I’m going to trust Strunk & White over an internet dictionary. I say title fail.

  6. sitboaf
    September 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 | #6

    If that’s a clown I see, the road can’t be far ENOUGH away.

  7. Ali
    September 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 | #7

    AMEN to that!

  8. September 23rd, 2008 at 14:07 | #8

    Could be tense fail I suppose. Closed/close/closing/etc.

  9. jen
    September 23rd, 2008 at 14:28 | #9

    HAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS

  10. jen
    September 23rd, 2008 at 15:57 | #10

    um. whatever. name-stealer.

  11. September 23rd, 2008 at 19:54 | #11

    It looks like there is also a party close too. It’s a Win-Win for anyone who needs to drive home.

    Hall Monitor
    http://detentionslip.org

  12. September 23rd, 2008 at 20:39 | #12

    you have to get up pretty early in the morning to slip something past discopanda.

  13. myself
    September 24th, 2008 at 09:45 | #13

    If the road is closed, why is everybody walking all over it? It’s like they’re making fun of the silly man who made the sign.

  14. GeneralFranco
    September 24th, 2008 at 21:58 | #14

    Come one, who among us has not fucked up a big sign by running out of room?

  15. DS
    September 26th, 2008 at 23:09 | #15

    Man… I wish more roads had signs on them that would alert me when I came near them… I miss a turn atleast once a week.

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