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Newsletter 18 -

Thank heavens! This one was doing my head in!!

I've used this one a squillion times but have never been convinced about it every time I say it.....'Cheap at half the price'....what's that all about???? Well I'll tell you. It's the customer's sarcastic reply to Barry and Gary down the market trying to flog them some overpriced nonsense ie 'Cheap? Yeah, right! At half the price maybe! I'm obviously a fan of using an expression at the correct juncture. Therefore I will never use this one again, as I'm liable to get a punch on the snozzle for being cheeky.

Talking of expressions that need to be slam-dunked into the nearest trash-can....this one is absolute rubbish. 'If someone had told me 5 years ago that in 5 years time I would be standing here today being interviewed by you having just won the world whojammaflip championionship, I would have told them to shut-up cos not in a million years...etc etc'. This is one of my all-time 3 bugbears and we're not talking cold porridge or small chairs. One expression I do like is never quoted anymore.....The rest is history....Everyone, these days, says 'The rest, as they say, is history' which makes me as mad as Droopy. If someone had told me 5 years ago, that the people expressing the expression would get more airtime than the quote itself........

I heard a great expression for the over 50s of this world who also happen to be some of my top linkers, as they love a crossword or Sudoku puzzle of an afternoon with a cup of tea and bikky in hand.....Sagalouts!!......it's a little gem, albeit golden and old. And why can't people pronounce the word 'Little' correctly? It's not 'lit all' you clowns!!! There endeth the 'expression' lesson for today. This is the word of the Lord. Praise to you Lord Linky Christ.

Update

Now that the little people are back at school, Linky is now a busy bunny with heaps of schools shipping in some linking action in all sorts of shapes and sizes. I have regular classes for people who have spelling issues including severe dyslexic sufferers which is going down splendidly. I'll even go further afield if the price is right and you're mad enough! I know I'm sounding horribly like a scratched record but this Letter Linking malarky is the absolute biz. It's a gentle introduction to linking and people are finding it very easy to create their own. Oh, we do so love a bit of empowerment every once in a while, we really do.

Forgive me but I can't help getting back to the 'expression' theme......I heard a belter the other day for an alternative to 'Excuse me', 'More tea vicar' or 'Fido!!' in a 'windy' situation. Here it comes....'An empty house is better than bad tenants'!! Expressions are great.

Two categories I have hit on recently (not 'chatted up') are a way to recall the 50 states of America which excites me no end (http://www.thinkalink.co.uk/topic/geography/states-of-america-recalling-them) and linking the group classifications in the Periodic Table, ie what are the Noble gases or the Halogens....etc (http://www.thinkalink.co.uk/topic/science-nature/periodic-table-of-elements-group-classification ). A very handy category for any budding chemists out there. The link for the Halogens is at the bottom of this newsletter and, even though I do say it myself, is a slam-dunk that would put Micky Jordan to shame. I was asked by a dyslexic specialist tutor to link the order of the letters of the Alphabet which I have duly done and she's all over it like a cheap rash (http://www.thinkalink.co.uk/topic/trivia/the-order-of-the-letters-of-the-alphabet). Linking is an illness but, boy, does it feel good......................nurse!!

Your chance to get involved

The site is a meeting-place for linkers & learners alike. So if you have a link for anything, absolutely anything, regardless of how 'where the hell are you coming from with that one????' the fact is, then submit it and let's see what the punters think. If it's a 'Singing from the rooftops' link then it'll go in the book (as will your name). I'm drafting the book now so make haste!

Feedback

I would love to get your thoughts and observations on the site, good or bad. This has been a passion of mine since 1995 and it's finally come to fruition which is hugely exciting. However, it's all new territory for me. So any guidance or tips on what does and doesn't work will be warmly received - please let me know at andy.salmon@thinkalink.co.uk

Competition

Congratulations to Phil Judge who wins 100 squidderlies for getting the 4 answers correct which were...

1. Patella 2. Sydney 3. Onomatopoiea 4. Cambria

Here is the next competition........

http://www.thinkalink.co.uk/content/competitions/competitions/competition-18-october-09-open

Email the answers to andy.salmon@thinkalink.co.uk and you will be entered into the draw for 100 of the Queen's sheets (the non-silk ones).

Future Newsletters

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Let's close proceedings with three 'Oiiiiii oiiiiii, saveloy!' links............

The Halogens are Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine & Astatine......Halo bro. I O Chlo and Flo a stack o'dough.

(the order isn't important as their atomic numbers have been linked in a separate category)

John Major became Prime Minister in 1990 as he looks like a right Joe 90.

Bacchanalian is riotous, drunken revelry.........What a riotous night!!!! I wouldn't even back an alien to turn any heads were it to walk through the door, right now!

Heaven. I'm in heaven.......

Regiddlygards

Sir Linkalot

PS You can view old newsletters at www.thinkalink.co.uk/content/news-events

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