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Title: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: BobG on November 27, 2022, 02:05:48 pm: Interesting shop....

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Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: BobG on November 27, 2022, 02:07:21 pm: Oops. Apologies. I didn't mean to attach it twice. I can't delete the topic to start again so I think it's here for keeps. Sorry again.

BobG
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: Filo on November 27, 2022, 02:51:34 pm: Took me a while to get there but got it in the end
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: BobG on November 27, 2022, 03:21:35 pm: I had to do a double take too Filo....

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Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: belton rover on November 27, 2022, 06:33:11 pm: A punctuation pedant suggests that the sentence is grammatically correct: A person known as BJ sells sweets and tobacco.
Correct use of apostrophes is so important.
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 27, 2022, 07:08:44 pm: Quote from: BobG on November 27, 2022, 03:21:35 pm
I had to do a double take too Filo....

BobG

It gets darker.

He's a Tobacconist so that goes with the tobacco.

He's a Confectioner, so that goes with the spice.

I assume the "Specialist" goes with the BJ's? The mind boggles.
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: belton rover on November 27, 2022, 07:23:41 pm: Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on November 27, 2022, 07:08:44 pm
Quote from: BobG on November 27, 2022, 03:21:35 pm
I had to do a double take too Filo....

BobG

It gets darker.

He's a Tobacconist so that goes with the tobacco.

He's a Confectioner, so that goes with the spice.

I assume the "Specialist" goes with the BJ's? The mind boggles.
Goes with the BJ’s what?
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: turnbull for england on November 27, 2022, 08:22:11 pm: The sweets are to take the taste away
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: Glyn_Wigley on November 28, 2022, 06:43:40 pm: Quote from: belton rover on November 27, 2022, 06:33:11 pm
A punctuation pedant suggests that the sentence is grammatically correct: A person known as BJ sells sweets and tobacco.
Correct use of apostrophes is so important.

A true pedant would suggest that BJ owns the sweets and tobacco.
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: belton rover on November 28, 2022, 10:34:46 pm: Quote from: Glyn_Wigley on November 28, 2022, 06:43:40 pm
Quote from: belton rover on November 27, 2022, 06:33:11 pm
A punctuation pedant suggests that the sentence is grammatically correct: A person known as BJ sells sweets and tobacco.
Correct use of apostrophes is so important.

A true pedant would suggest that BJ owns the sweets and tobacco.
Of course he does. Otherwise they wouldn’t be his to sell.
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: Dutch Uncle on November 28, 2022, 10:50:07 pm: Reminds me of the famous and well established spirits and liqueur chain in the Netherlands called Wijnand Fokkink
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: mugnapper on November 29, 2022, 08:39:21 am: I often wondered who was the first cobbler to think ‘ Do you know what? I need to increase my takings, as shoe repairs aren’t a regular purchase. I know, I’ll offer a Key Cutting service. That’ll drag punters in’.
Why didn’t he just start selling fags, booze and newspapers?
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: mugnapper on November 29, 2022, 08:42:34 am: OMG and this has just flashed into my brain.
What if it wasn’t a cobbler who offered Key Cutting services?
What if it was a Key Cutter who decided to offer, erm, Cobbling services to drag folk through the door??
This changes everything.
Title: Re: You don't often get these all in the same place....
Post by: SydneyRover on November 29, 2022, 09:18:21 am: Shouldn't it be tabaccos or even tabaccoes, surely more than one type is sold?