Comments on: THE FT TOP 25 PUBS OF THE 00’s No 19: The Blue Posts, Newman St.

By: PJM

PJM — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:25:32 +0000

I like this pub a lot, especially when it is eerily empty.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:40:48 +0000

This issue is one of deep interest to FT, and we may yet see another Blue Posts in the list…

By: Richard J

Richard J — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:33:17 +0000

And, of course, it’s easily confused with the other pubs named the Blue Posts when trying to meet up with people, which is usually good for a cheap laugh. (I’ve never been to this particular one, but one of the others is an occasional regular.)

By: Martin Skidmore

Martin Skidmore — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:31:29 +0000

Oh dear, that is a classic example of the wrong dangling modifier – I am so sorry. Writing carefully, dangling modifiers really should be avoided.

By: lonepilgrim

lonepilgrim — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:53:54 +0000

This may not be the best place to ask but has any one else noticed that goths have a penchant for cheese – perhaps due to a vegetarian lifestyle? I formulated this theory after noticing goths hanging around the cheese counter in local supermarkets – often late at night. Maybe they like the chill air or the ultraviolet lighting? ‘Goth at the cheese counter’ always struck me as a title with rich potential for a song, play or art work – like ‘Nude descending a staircase’.

By: a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît

a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:30:24 +0000

In a sense there is nothing that is not a dangling modifier. But in another, more accurate sense, the DM in the second last sentence here is exemplary: what’s meant is obvious; what the grammar — arising out of the word order — says is slightly different, and makes pedants snicker!

By: Kat but logged out innit

Kat but logged out innit — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:13:37 +0000

Blue Posts = THE pub in which to meet goths! I have met countless goths in there, some of whom have become excellent chums :)