The "S**t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread (Vol 5)
Discussion
robemcdonald said:
donkmeister said:
robemcdonald said:
How are "It's a non-MG Metro" and "It's a Metro with a suit bag hanging in the window" not a pair of facts? 
ETA and "the dash cam car started flashing its lights". Three facts. And that's a fact.
HTH
I wrote each fact followed by what were clearly inferences and conclusions, it's a pretty common way to write in English. The fact that really seems to have ground sand into your flaps is fact number 1, "It's a Metro with a suit bag hanging in the rear window", where the fact was followed by a new sentence beginning "This immediately makes me think"... Now, by prefacing a statement with that, it is clear that the following statement is written as my opinion. No-one else thinks it is intended to be taken as a fact, besides you. However, if you want to be pedantic about it, the fact that it immediately made me think of something IS a fact in itself and hence worthy of inclusion in your desired "pure list of facts".
Your keenness to use a meme has blinded you to the notion that your attempt at pedantry makes as much sense as me pointing out that I didn't say anything (see bold above) but in fact typed it...
Now, let's have some more videos/have a 10 page argument about cyclists and/or roundabout discipline.
scottyp123 said:
Since this video ended up on the net, somewhere in Coventry a team of mechanical engineers went in to the office to find the bloke who does A-pillars was sat with his feet up on the desk looking more smug than the cat who got the cream.Pat on the back to Jaguar, I doubt "catch an Audi Q5 like a cricket ball" is on the technical requirements for their cars but there is a Jag, doing just that.
donkmeister said:
robemcdonald said:
donkmeister said:
robemcdonald said:
How are "It's a non-MG Metro" and "It's a Metro with a suit bag hanging in the window" not a pair of facts? ETA and "the dash cam car started flashing its lights". Three facts. And that's a fact.
HTH
I wrote each fact followed by what were clearly inferences and conclusions, it's a pretty common way to write in English. The fact that really seems to have ground sand into your flaps is fact number 1, "It's a Metro with a suit bag hanging in the rear window", where the fact was followed by a new sentence beginning "This immediately makes me think"... Now, by prefacing a statement with that, it is clear that the following statement is written as my opinion. No-one else thinks it is intended to be taken as a fact, besides you. However, if you want to be pedantic about it, the fact that it immediately made me think of something IS a fact in itself and hence worthy of inclusion in your desired "pure list of facts".
Your keenness to use a meme has blinded you to the notion that your attempt at pedantry makes as much sense as me pointing out that I didn't say anything (see bold above) but in fact typed it...
Now, let's have some more videos/have a 10 page argument about cyclists and/or roundabout discipline.
Is it pedantic to highlight when opinion or assumption is presented as fact? Perhaps, but it’s still accurate. That alone should make you happy as a fan of “facts”.
robemcdonald said:
The facts you have proudly listed aren’t facts they are assumptions. (Except the flashing bit). The black shape could be a suit bag, but could also be a lot of other things too.
Is it pedantic to highlight when opinion or assumption is presented as fact? Perhaps, but it’s still accurate. That alone should make you happy as a fan of “facts”.
Clearly you have never bought a suit from M&S Is it pedantic to highlight when opinion or assumption is presented as fact? Perhaps, but it’s still accurate. That alone should make you happy as a fan of “facts”.
But regardless, first rule of pedant club is to be right. On that rule, I must ask you to hand in your pedant club card
donkmeister said:
Since this video ended up on the net, somewhere in Coventry a team of mechanical engineers went in to the office to find the bloke who does A-pillars was sat with his feet up on the desk looking more smug than the cat who got the cream.
Pat on the back to Jaguar, I doubt "catch an Audi Q5 like a cricket ball" is on the technical requirements for their cars but there is a Jag, doing just that.
Pretty sure I remember BMW advertising the E30 in a similar way (maybe about weight distribution as much as the ability to roll a convertible!)Pat on the back to Jaguar, I doubt "catch an Audi Q5 like a cricket ball" is on the technical requirements for their cars but there is a Jag, doing just that.
robemcdonald said:
The facts you have proudly listed aren’t facts they are assumptions. (Except the flashing bit). The black shape could be a suit bag, but could also be a lot of other things too.
Is it pedantic to highlight when opinion or assumption is presented as fact? Perhaps, but it’s still accurate. That alone should make you happy as a fan of “facts”.
"I think you may have an anger management problem"Is it pedantic to highlight when opinion or assumption is presented as fact? Perhaps, but it’s still accurate. That alone should make you happy as a fan of “facts”.
Hey it makes as much sense in this context as when you said it to me.
havoc said:
What the hell's going on with the dog at 6:30? Doesn't look good...
Hard to say, TBH. I've seen it happen where a dogs joints were riddled with arthritis, but this did not quite look the same. Could be the dog was being taken to the vets, or that it just wanted a longer walk. Didn't look good whatever the case may be. 
Laurel Green said:
havoc said:
What the hell's going on with the dog at 6:30? Doesn't look good...
Hard to say, TBH. I've seen it happen where a dogs joints were riddled with arthritis, but this did not quite look the same. Could be the dog was being taken to the vets, or that it just wanted a longer walk. Didn't look good whatever the case may be. 
My would do something like this!
Laurel Green said:
king mental case! Minor incident, avoided it by slamming on the anchors, then chases the car down just to dive up its inside on a roundabout for a collision. Easily one of the worst bits of driving I've seen in one of these compilations because it was wilfully awful.Frimley111R said:
dundarach said:
Dog was being daft I think, it was jumping up at the other side
My would do something like this!
That's how I saw it too. It was just playing up. Pretty funny I thought My would do something like this!
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