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Re: Greed and Power

by vladimir » Sat Apr 01, 2017 2:49 pm

Lucky Lucan wrote:
vladimir wrote: 'Bloody sucking leeches'? Angry at the sucking ones? Don't all leeches suck?
Useless fact: There are some leeches that eat small invertebrates rather than suck blood.
Well some of those may get approved...unless they're socialists.

Re: Greed and Power

by Lucky Lucan » Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:38 pm

vladimir wrote: 'Bloody sucking leeches'? Angry at the sucking ones? Don't all leeches suck?
Useless fact: There are some leeches that eat small invertebrates rather than suck blood.

Re: Greed and Power

by vladimir » Sat Apr 01, 2017 3:12 am

I think the general implication is not that he didn't have money, but that anyone with money would be acceptable to you, even Adie.

You forgot Uncle Idi, the likeness between you two is extraordinary.

'Bloody sucking leeches'? Angry at the sucking ones? Don't all leeches suck?

Re: Greed and Power

by scobienz » Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:12 pm

Lucky Lucan wrote:
scobienz wrote:It's estimated he had a private fortune of around 1.1bn reichsmark by the time he died.
I've heard, on good word, that you actually are one of the beneficiaries of that ill-gotten-wealth. I'm appalled. I don't know how you can sleep at night. 8-)

Uncle Adie was on the troubled side of the family, but he did us ok. I descended from a long line of bloody sucking leeches on the other.

Re: Greed and Power

by Lucky Lucan » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:48 pm

scobienz wrote:It's estimated he had a private fortune of around 1.1bn reichsmark by the time he died.
I've heard, on good word, that you actually are one of the beneficiaries of that ill-gotten-wealth. I'm appalled. I don't know how you can sleep at night. 8-)

Re: Greed and Power

by scobienz » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:43 pm

Actually, Hitler was very rich and made a fortune from royalties from Mein Kampf, helped of course by him prescribing that every German household should have a copy, at the Government's expense. He also refused to pay taxes. When he was Chancellor he was issued with a huge tax bill on earnings from Mein Kampf in the early 1930s; he refused to pay it and the German Government passed legislation making him tax exempt. It's estimated he had a private fortune of around 1.1bn reichsmark by the time he died.

Re: Greed and Power

by vladimir » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:36 pm

LOL...sure...is your cheque in the mail?

Re: Greed and Power

by Lucky Lucan » Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:54 pm

I'm fine, I just wondered what the big deal was with my sentence.
Would you do me the great favor of correcting it?

Re: Greed and Power

by vladimir » Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:40 pm

Lucky Lucan wrote:So you were talking hypothetically in the present about someone who died in 1945? Can you explain that? :bravo:
'I think you'd back Hitler if he had money.' Now, we all know Hitler is dead, yes? So obviously it must be a hypothetical - in this case impossible - situation.'

What we are doing is juxtaposing 2 people in time...one we know is dead, with scobienz...who is alive, (more or less).

It's a conditional, and it indicates a hypothetical situation, pretty sure it's acceptable. Usage in conditionals is weird...for example...If I were a doctor...

Interesting...

I wasn't actually talking, I was posting. Perhaps we could discuss the correct usage for that at a later stage. :wink:

Re: Greed and Power

by Lucky Lucan » Fri Mar 31, 2017 12:44 pm

Vladimir wrote:I think you would back Hitler if he had money.

Lucky Lucan wrote:Hitler didn't have money?
Vladimir wrote:'had', not 'had had', LOL, and 'would', not 'would have'.
So you were talking hypothetically in the present about someone who died in 1945? Can you explain that?
:bravo:

Re: Greed and Power

by vladimir » Fri Mar 31, 2017 12:32 pm

Lucky Lucan wrote:
Abou-Gor wrote:
vladimir wrote:'had', not 'had had', LOL, and 'would', not 'would have'.

Look at that grammatical can of worms you are open!
did he edit his post after you corrected his abysmal grammar :lol:
Did someone say grammar?
vladimir wrote:Look at that grammatical can of worms you are open!
:roll:
It were deliberate, LL :facepalm: Get it? Two grammar errors after the can of worms thingy? Never mind...

PS he word 'were' is also a deliberate mistake in this post...just in case...

Re: Greed and Power

by Lucky Lucan » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:40 am

Abou-Gor wrote:
vladimir wrote:'had', not 'had had', LOL, and 'would', not 'would have'.

Look at that grammatical can of worms you are open!
did he edit his post after you corrected his abysmal grammar :lol:
Did someone say grammar?
vladimir wrote:Look at that grammatical can of worms you are open!
:roll:

Re: Greed and Power

by Abou-Gor » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:14 am

Just Bryan wrote:
YaTingPom wrote:The BSCW thread is succinct compared to this thread.
Compared to SCC BSCW is a well adjusted, thoughtful and informed contributor.
Who is this SCC BSCW? That's quite a mouthful.

Re: Greed and Power

by Abou-Gor » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:11 am

vladimir wrote:'had', not 'had had', LOL, and 'would', not 'would have'.

Look at that grammatical can of worms you are open!
did he edit his post after you corrected his abysmal grammar :lol:

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