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re: Starting Line Up According to Les Miles

Posted on 7/30/15 at 11:44 am to
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
22553 posts
Posted on 7/30/15 at 11:44 am to
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“Brandon Harris is taking much of the summer snaps and we also think that Anthony Jennings is at a point


I wish a reporter, just once, would go "Les, what the frick are you even talking about? Thats not how words work. Thats half a sentence with zero meaning."

How does Les order at a restaurant?

Sir what will you be having?

"We are aware of burgers, and additionally, it is possible, that french fries or salads"
Posted by ForeLSU
The Corner of Sanity and Madness
Member since Sep 2003
41525 posts
Posted on 7/30/15 at 12:00 pm to
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I wish a reporter, just once, would go "Les, what the frick are you even talking about? Thats not how words work. Thats half a sentence with zero meaning."


It's always difficult to quote someone giving something other than a prepared statement. Particularly in an informal setting like a booster event. You can't hear tone, have no idea what was going on in the room, etc.
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
29268 posts
Posted on 7/30/15 at 12:28 pm to
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I wish a reporter, just once, would go "Les, what the frick are you even talking about? Thats not how words work. Thats half a sentence with zero meaning."


Given that the reporter's job is to ask idiotic questions, I doubt they are that smart.
Posted by SCwTiger
armpit of 'merica
Member since Aug 2014
5867 posts
Posted on 7/30/15 at 1:54 pm to
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"We are aware of burgers, and additionally, it is possible, that french fries or salads"
Nailed it.

I don't give a shite if they trot Kathleen Blanco out there - just win!
Posted by Salviati
Member since Apr 2006
5741 posts
Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:46 pm to
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quote:

“Brandon Harris is taking much of the summer snaps and we also think that Anthony Jennings is at a point …
I wish a reporter, just once, would go "Les, what the frick are you even talking about? Thats not how words work. Thats half a sentence with zero meaning."

How does Les order at a restaurant?

Sir what will you be having?

"We are aware of burgers, and additionally, it is possible, that french fries or salads"
Do you see those little dots after the phrase "at a point"? There are three of them. They're little so take a good look.

Those little dots are called an ellipsis. Merriam-Webster provides a definition for an ellipsis:

a : the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete

b : a sudden leap from one topic to another


Now, you can attempt to understand that perhaps there is an omission of words from the quote. Or you can attempt to understand that perhaps something happened at the Rotary Club meeting that caused a change in the topic, after all, Miles was speaking extemporaneously rather than reading from a prepared statement.

Or you can continue to be an a-hole who makes weak attacks on a partial quote of some comments made at a Rotary Club meeting.
Posted by brodrig
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 7/30/15 at 4:33 pm to
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Posted by LsuNav
Sacramento
Member since Mar 2008
1401 posts
Posted on 7/31/15 at 5:12 pm to
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I wish a reporter, just once, would go "Les, what the frick are you even talking about? Thats not how words work. Thats half a sentence with zero meaning."


You should be Les'official translator.
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