Proper Punctuation Saves Lives

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Let's eat Grandma.

Let's eat, Grandma.

There, I've fulfilled my public service duties for the day.

Nancy Cole
a.k.a. HW Coyle

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Proper!

So you didn't eat Grandma!

Richard

Uhmmmm

Uuhhhmmmm smack good. Zombies love brains.

That means . . .

We're all safe from zombie attacks! ;-)


"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin

Grandma makes delicious pie.

Grandma makes delicious pie.

Kris

{I leave a trail of Kudos as I browse the site. Be careful where you step!}

I feel compelled to contribute

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something about Pandas and Rapists. For those who haven't heard it before:

Q: What's the difference between a Panda and a Rapist?
A: A Panda eats shoots and leaves. A Rapist eats, shoots and leaves.

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Dinner Time!

What's for dinner tonight? Mother?

What's for dinner tonight, Mother?

and speaking of zombies, how about

Hey, driver! What's that in the road? A head?

Hey. driver! What's that in the road ahead?

Don't let someone else talk you out of your dreams. How can we have dreams come true, if we have no dreams?

Katrina Gayle "Stormy" Storm

My personal favourite. "Slow

My personal favourite.

"Slow Children At Play".

Me? I wouldn't be announcing that my kids were retarded to everyone that drives by.


I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.

Not to mention...

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...the distinction between horse's asses and horses' asses.

Strictly speaking, the latter are croups, but who's counting?

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Cheers,

Puddin'

A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style

Lynne Truss's book ...

... "Eats shoots and leaves" is a worthwhile and funny read as many already know.

On similar lines, I've always liked:

What is this thing called, love?
What! Is this thing called love?

Robi

A third variant

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"What is this thing?" called Love.

with love,

Hope

Once in a while I bare my soul, more often my soles bear me.

On a similar note...

Compare and contrast:

a) A woman, without her man, is useless.

b) A woman: without her, man is useless.

(The joke goes that an English teacher wrote the sentence on the board without punctuation and asked the students to add correct punctuation. Needless to say, all the boys wrote variant [a], all the girls wrote variant [b].)


As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!

instuctions on grenade

Pull pin and throw.

Paula

Paula

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

The Coda
Chapterhouse: Dune

Which reminds me of FLEM

Which reminds me of FLEM Comics, which had a grenade tossed into the main character's apartment; he then pulls the pin on it and throws it back out, commenting about the stupidity of the attackers.


I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.