My Jones Soda bottle is trying to cheer me up.

[ZombieNixon]

It sez: "There is new hope for projects you had almost given up on."

This is confusing for two reasons:
1. I can't think of any projects I've *almost* given up on. I can think of some I've given up on *completely* and some I haven't given up on at all, but no almosts. So...what does that mean?
2. The use of the pluperfect tense "had given" instead of the present perfect tense "have given." Bastids. :grr:

:crazy:

[Mutley]

1. What exactly are you talking about?

:P

[ZombieNixon]

2. I have no idea.

:shrug:

:P

[Goblinmonger]

3. Not to mention

the split verb. Watch where you place your adverbs.

[miss_american_pie]

7. They should just rewrite that clause

and get rid of the ending preposition.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. WHat flavour is the soda?

[ZombieNixon]

5. Green apple

[ghostsofgiants]

6. I'm more of a blue bubblegum fan.

Good stuff.

[Mutley]

8. Bubble gum flavored soda.

Interesting.

[ghostsofgiants]

9. It's delicious.

Almost a cream soda kind of taste, but noticably bubble gum flavoured.

[Mutley]

11. I've never seen that brand around here.

x(

Or I'd try it.

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Really? For an independent soda company, they're pretty popular...

http://www.jonessoda.com/

[Mutley]

15. Oh! Thanks, apparently Target and Barnes & Noble has it.

I can try it now! :bounce:

[tigereye]

10. you said pluperfect tense -

cool. I haven't heard anyone reference that in ages. For that, you deserve a :thumbsup: for grammar awareness!

as for the soda, that's what you get for taking your philosophical direction from soda bottles. I'd stick with fortune cookies, myself. ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Jones' fortunes actually are from fortune cookies.

[ZombieNixon]

14. So will I get one that says

"The weather is wonderful"?

Because I got that in a fortune cookie once. :shrug:

[tigereye]

17. the best ones are wonderfully cryptic

or badly translated. Alas, a clever example is not coming to mind.

[tigereye]

16. I did not know that

(ala J. Carson)

well, that's no fun. Shouldn't they have their own psychic to quote from?

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Hey, they're got their hands full coming up with ridiculous soda flavours.