Can't get enough Britney?

Bob Loblaw · Post by **Bob Loblaw** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:25 am

Jeez man. Y'all have some really negative views on Celebs. Seriously? A Mental breakdown as part of a jump-start to her career?

I can see that first meeting with her publicist. "Here's what we propose. Go out with some new party friends, like Paris, use lots of drugs, get really drunk a lot, flash you cooter getting out of a car, then we'll start down the 'breakdown' path. Maybe you can shave your head or something..."

C'mon, really?

I like to believe in the fragility of human beings.

It's easy to criticize from the outside looking in.

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:06 am

Bob Loblaw wrote: Jeez man. Y'all have some really negative views on Celebs. Seriously? A Mental breakdown as part of a jump-start to her career?

Is it really outwith the realms of possibility? Look at it from her perspective; she's completely tanked her singing career, her acting career was laughed off the screen, she can't even pull the piuos, holier-than-thou good girl routine anymore. In order to get her fix of publicity, what's left for her? Porno? I'd be very surprised if she's not on the talk show circuit within the year, you mark my words. Let's dredge this thread up in March of 2008 and if I'm wrong, I'll apologise.

Bob Loblaw wrote:I like to believe in the fragility of human beings.

And you're either a far better and more forgiving person than I, or you've just not seen enough of the dark side of life. You're a good bloke, I hope it's the former.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:11 am

I am not saying she is not mentally ill.
She may have even taken over her own publicity.
Her career is in the dumper and she only has $50,000,000 to live on for the rest of her life. Wouldn't you panic?

Arp2 · Post by **Arp2** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:33 pm

SPIKE NESMITH! wrote:Do *I* consider it dirty work? No, not at all. But in my original comment, "dirty work" had inverted commas around it, denoting that they're not my words or thoughts.

"Single quotes?" Yes......

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:38 pm

We dang furrnrs call 'em 'inverted commas'. And anyway, shouldn't your question mark be outside the quotation marks? =P

Arp2 · Post by **Arp2** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:49 pm

SPIKE NESMITH! wrote:And anyway, shouldn't your question mark be outside the quotation marks? =P

NO! Absolutely not! Although, like the final comma in a series, it's something lots of people "feel" justified in doing these days 'cause even style guides (mistakenly) say so.

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:53 pm

Well, I'll defer to you on that one. I'm no English major, that's for durn sure. I thought that the question mark inside the quotations would place it as the person being quoted asking the question rather than the author of the sentence as a whole.

...or something.

My head hurts.

Arp2 · Post by **Arp2** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:55 pm

SPIKE NESMITH! wrote:I thought that the question mark inside the quotations would place it as the person being quoted asking the question rather than the author of the sentence as a whole.

Loosely, that's the "modern" argument...so you're not alone in that.