Not for nothing

[Elamarna]

Don't call us, we'll call you.

Surely that depends on if we are going to be told anything of interest, rather than a thread like this which seems to be without obvious purpose Henry?

Steve

[Henry Flower]

That is a good way to put it.

It will soon be time to analyze the pattern of the chase.

Best wishes, Pierre

Don't call us, we'll call you.

[Pierre]

Just read through this thread. It reminds me of chasing a fly. No one knows where it will land. And there's a good chance that they won't be very pleased when they find out where it does land

Regards
Herlock

That is a good way to put it.

It will soon be time to analyze the pattern of the chase.

Best wishes, Pierre

[Herlock Sholmes]

Just read through this thread. It reminds me of chasing a fly. No one knows where it will land. And there's a good chance that they won't be very pleased when they find out where it does land

Regards
Herlock

[Pierre]

[QUOTE=David Orsam;417129]

In the expression "not for nothing", a true double negative is not to be found,

http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199290802.001.0001/acprof-9780199290802

p. 142

What do you mean by a "true" double negative, David?

Pierre

[harry]

Pierre,
My reference for the phrase are my parents and grandparents.All were Victorians. What is your reference?

[Michael W Richards]

The Phrase "not for nothing", as David has pointed out many times, is not something found within any of the Ripper case studies here. Therefore its discussion must be relegated to Pub Talk rather than something Ripperological. Which this folder represents. I have no issue with obscure and meaningless posts as long as they don't interfere with the reason one joins a site like this.

Perhaps Pierre you might find something a site like Victorian Euphemisms to further your interest.

[John Wheat]

Good.

Main reason I don't think it will happen, is I don't believe he genuinely has a suspect, not much else about him seems genuine. Look how often he's changed his area of so called expertise. Look at how often he has said "I know something no one else knows"?

Go back and read his first thread "I think I've found him" and all the promises that he only needed one more bit of "data" (as he called it when he was pretending to be a scientist) and then look at how little he has told s since.

Just BS everything he posts.

If he had any pride he'd have named his suspect by now or given an explanation as to why he hasn't. So over to you Pierre either name your suspect or give everyone an explanation as to why you haven't yet.

[andy1867]

I'm liking what you did there!

Have you revealed Pierre's "suspect"?

*drumroll*

HARD l Y...

Aleister Crowley was 13 at the time
Rudyard Kipling 22..IF... it was him
D.H Lawrence was 3, but as we know, rather precocious...
Beatrix Potter was 22..and i hear serial killers sometimes start on animals
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is in the frame, and was a medical student at one time
So the list is rather long...I haven't started on Poets yet..

[Michael W Richards]

I think its interesting that someone who contacted the police via mail years after the murders referenced the GSG, and that caused quite a stir once again with the authorities...who, we are told, already had a suspect institutionalized for the crimes before Alice Mackenzies murder.

[Henry Flower]

Hi Harry,

where do you think we could find the expression "not for nothing" in Victorian times and how do you think it could be used?

Cheers, Pierre

Stop wasting people's time Pierre. You either have something to say or you don't. So far since you joined Casebook it's been the latter, every time.

[ohrocky]

Hi Pierre
Is your suspect a writer that has oft times used such phrases in a Novel or some such publication ?
For instance
JUWES is actually JUDE
The meaning is obscure and the murders were done far from the madding crowd?
Am I on the right track?

I'm liking what you did there!

Have you revealed Pierre's "suspect"?

*drumroll*

[Pierre]

Andy,
More apt I would say in Victorian times,compared with today.Now it seems,something for nothing is common.

Hi Harry,

where do you think we could find the expression "not for nothing" in Victorian times and how do you think it could be used?

Cheers, Pierre

[harry]

Andy,
More apt I would say in Victorian times,compared with today.Now it seems,something for nothing is common.

[andy1867]

Hi Pierre
Is your suspect a writer that has oft times used such phrases in a Novel or some such publication ?
For instance
JUWES is actually JUDE
The meaning is obscure and the murders were done far from the madding crowd?
Am I on the right track?