Now, this might just be me......

No!

I had to look twice. I thought you said 3,000 manly women.

Perhaps they were, merlot they might have had beards, which could qualify them as "manly", but if they had bosons and vulvas as well, then I suppose they would be "mainly" women

But neither he nor the reporter could possibly have examined all 3,000 women to see whether they had vulvas, surely?

(And aren't bosons something to do with ships...?)

Oh no, not the dreaded bosons again!

Surely they would have been Volvos?

Don't worry Phoenix, I missed the 'l' out of public on another thread not long ago...

If they all had Volvos, what were they doing on a train?

Bison??

Damn auto thingy!

I sent an email today to a student coming from Italy, when I looked at it later, it had changed to "if you are coming in to stagnate.." heaven knows what he must have thought until I re sent it in the correct version "If you are coming in to Stansted"

Was that a Higgs Boson Phoenix?

Funny you should say this phoenix - the first school I went to was a CofE school run by nuns. It was all girls, except in the kindergarten, where there were also boys. The nuns used to advertise the school in the local paper as "School for girls with small boys part."

Who's going to pick me up off the floor? I'm having hysterics here.

How many bisons can you fit in a Volvo?

I am in danger of waking not only DH but also the dog, sniggering (me, not the dog) at these!

Oh how I love these posts. I am definitely a pedant.? It's so good to know I am not alone.

Funny, although I am more concerned about what he was doing, Manly, mainly or otherwise. what a perv!

Thank you for the responses, must make sure I double check posts, as I have trouble with bosoms/bosons/bosuns before! (in posts, not in real life, it would be a bit worrying if I had experienced problems with nautical persons, breasts, although come to think of it I have, also not entirely sure what bosons are, apart from much valued things when combined with Higgs)

I would contact the paper in question, but I think by the time I had explained the error, I may have lost the will to live.

Still laughing out loud. I love Gransnet.

Oh! Thank you! I have been feeling rather "fraggle" as my DS puts it and this has made me laugh out loud!

I too have a Volvo and some bosons/bisons but have yet to be photographed by said person. Perhaps I don't travel by train enough [3 x a year or so!!!]

For some reason I have remembered an old old joke "What is the difference between a buffalo and a bison? You can't wash your dishes in a buffalo."

Oh please don't stop yet. This is the most hilarious thread that I have read yet! Thank you all for such a great larf.!

I have a very literate mind and no sense of humour, so I have been told!. Meaning I take things literally! So, in that case Elegran, how do you wash your dishes in a bison, never mind a buffalo!!

Jayem, try Chinese whispers.

I am dislexic and love auto correct, it comes up with the most comical interpretations of my attempts at spelling. Sometimes neither of us can get it right and I have to try a different word altogether.