IS THAT TEN OR 10?Britain’s Tesco supermarket chain is changing the “Ten items or less” signs at express checkout lanes because that’s bad grammar. For years, Tesco has resisted suggestions to change it to “Ten items or fewer”, but has now accepted a suggestion from the Plain English Campaign to use the wording, “Up to ten items.” That wording, a campaign spokesman said, “avoids any debate.”(London Telegraph) … Is that up to and including 10 items?Source: www.thisistrue.comBURGLARY HIDE AND SEEKWhen Leda Smith, 85, arrived at her Springhill Township, Penn., home after church, she saw a burglar. “I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun,” she said, which she put next to her bed after another burglary nearby.She then went and found the burglar, who was hiding, and ordered him to the phone. She had him dial 911 for her and held him at gunpoint while she waited for the police. “He just kept saying he didn’t do it,” Smith said. “It was exciting. I just hope I broke up the ring because they have been hitting a lot of places around here.”(Uniontown Herald Standard) … Old and wise beats young and stupid just about every time.Source: www.thisistrue.com
