[Vox]

Is it just me, or is there something horribly wrong with that sentence? Are these traps supposed to be sentient?

EDIT: This is a joke, folks: I'm amused by the image that sprang to mind by the funny wording of that sentence. I hope you were too. :)

[Ashurato]

My trap also plays Bingo on Sundays. Doesn't yours?

[Azrael]

I don't... know the problem... No one won if a trap was not triggered. It just means that you both chose trap so it's a tie?

[Alexander Linden]

Um no... the sentence is not implying that they are sentient...

[Vox]

I keep my trap shut...*dismayed* I hope they don't have active lobbyists or special interest groups, I don't want to have to pay it for services rendered.

[Fallen]

Originally Posted by Azrael

I don't... know the problem... No one won if a trap was not triggered. It just means that you both chose trap so it's a tie?

Aw, that was cute to read. xD

[Ashurato]

Originally Posted by Vox

I keep my trap shut...*dismayed* I hope they don't have active lobbyists or special interest groups, I don't want to have to pay it for services rendered.

Oh boy... the trap union's going to file a complaint if they find out.

[Letum-Adveho]

Originally Posted by Ashurato

My trap also plays Bingo on Sundays. Doesn't yours?

(( OOC: LMFAO!! That cracked me the hell up!! XDD))

[Ashurato]

XD Glad I amused you, Letum.

[Vox]

Originally Posted by Alexander Linden

Um no... the sentence is not implying that they are sentient...

But only a living creature can hide, as hide is an active verb and presupposes an action done by the thing doing the hiding. A person can hide, an animal can hide, but an object cannot hide itself. Now if they had said "lie unused," that would make sense, since "lie" is passive.

:3 ohh the vagaries of English...

[xia]

Originally Posted by Ashurato

My trap also plays Bingo on Sundays. Doesn't yours?

Oh god, why did this make me laugh so hard.

[Vox]

[/QUOTE]

Originally Posted by Ashurato

Oh boy... the trap union's going to file a complaint if they find out.

Gasp! Not the union!
Imma have the "boys" have a chat with the trap and make it...see no reason to ever go to the authorities. And now I will practice saying "capiche."

[Ashurato]

I wouldn't worry too much. I hear it hides well. XD

[Letum-Adveho]

Originally Posted by Vox

But only a living creature can hide, as hide is an active verb and presupposes an action done by the thing doing the hiding. A person can hide, an animal can hide, but an object cannot hide itself. Now if they had said "lie unused," that would make sense, since "lie" is passive.

:3

(( OOC:
@Ashurato- Ah man, I needed that.

@Vox- Maybe it was just a mishap, I know they have been working on this for a while now, maybe it was just a simple spelling error, hell I do it sometimes.))

[Axel]

Originally Posted by Vox

But only a living creature can hide, as hide is an active verb and presupposes an action done by the thing doing the hiding. A person can hide, an animal can hide, but an object cannot hide itself. Now if they had said "lie unused," that would make sense, since "lie" is passive.

:3 ohh the vagaries of English...

Sweety... that's called personification. It happens a lot with inanimate objects in writing.

[Vox]

Originally Posted by Axel

Sweety... that's called personification. It happens a lot with inanimate objects in writing.

No...it happens a lot with authors. Careless authors. xD
It's the kind of thing that made Jay Leno's "Headlines" possible.