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Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Posted by: bonmot | September 24, 2009 at 05:17 PM
A lot of people seem to have way too much time on their hands...when they could be posting on Dave's blog and asking questions of Mr. Language Person.
Posted by: ArcticAl | September 24, 2009 at 05:17 PM
I believe there are times when a period is cause for celebration.
Posted by: NotSherly | September 24, 2009 at 05:17 PM
*snork* @ notsherly.
The semicolon meatloaf looks like it was made with actual colon.
Posted by: bonmot | September 24, 2009 at 05:20 PM
Without the caption I would never have know what it was. Maybe as part of the actual proper use of punctuation there should be some idea of what it looks like
Posted by: eve | September 24, 2009 at 05:22 PM
My husband has to have part of his colon removed. (Seriously) Then he'll just have a semi-colon.
Posted by: Punkin | September 24, 2009 at 05:29 PM
OMG it's National Punctuation Day already and like I usually keep up with these things but this summer has just flown by and before we know it it will be Christmas and then New Years of course I don't use much punctuation don't you know Punkin I hope your husband does well.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 24, 2009 at 05:34 PM
Kurt Vonnegut said it best:
If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be a homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts. But do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites, standing for absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.
Posted by: Georg | September 24, 2009 at 05:39 PM
icangetalongquitenicelywithoutallthoseunnecessaryspacesandsuperfluousstopsthankyouverymuch.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | September 24, 2009 at 05:39 PM
LOL Nsherl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unless you're pre-menopausal. Not having a period is a blessing!!!
*can't wait*
Posted by: Siouxie | September 24, 2009 at 05:53 PM
oh yeah..(((((((((((((Dr.Poo))))))))))))))
(keep me posted BFF!!)
Posted by: Siouxie | September 24, 2009 at 05:54 PM
RAW colon, bon.
Punkin - GOOD one! (And hope it goes well for the hubby!)
Posted by: Diva | September 24, 2009 at 05:54 PM
Oops! Forgot to change my pirate name.
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | September 24, 2009 at 05:54 PM
All, the best Punkin.
Siouxie, my wife's doctor told her that 55 was the absolute limit before going through menopause.
She made it to 54 1/2.
TMI?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 24, 2009 at 06:49 PM
What, Meat Loaf again?!?...
Posted by: Riff Raff and Magenta at Division | September 24, 2009 at 07:24 PM
Jeff does your wife read the blog? Because if she finds out you told her age on the internet she is, and I'm being gentle with my words here, going to beat you like a yard dog and then she's really going to hurt you. North Carolina is a nice place and cheaper than NY. We also have excellent medical facilities. You will need them.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 24, 2009 at 08:55 PM
...And she'll really be mad Jeff didn't put a dash between the " 54 " and the " 1/2 ".
Posted by: Clankazoid | September 24, 2009 at 09:07 PM
>>Kurt Vonnegut said it best:<<
Kurt could be a real colon sometimes.
Posted by: Clankazoid | September 24, 2009 at 09:08 PM
punctuation poem
the more, you kno'...!
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | September 24, 2009 at 09:59 PM
I'm so excited about this I'm getting my Ampersand bronzed.
Posted by: MartiniShark | September 24, 2009 at 10:04 PM
/me thinks Jeff is currently sleeping in the dawg house.
Men...don't know when to STF up ;-)
Nite all!
Posted by: Siouxie | September 24, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Other signs of andropause include:
-rehashing WBAGNFARB motif until it is an irritating echo of the funny joke it used to be
-perpetual whining about not getting credit for sending stories in to a certain humorist's blog
-mocking your wife's menopause
-not knowing when to STF up ;-)
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 25, 2009 at 12:01 AM
"Andropaws"? Wasn't that some kind of Greek myth?
Posted by: Betsy | September 25, 2009 at 01:10 AM
National Probe Headline:
National, Punctuation Day. Gets-Off to a! Bad "Start"
Posted by: ScottMGS | September 25, 2009 at 02:22 AM
Not mocking, Annie. Not at all.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 25, 2009 at 06:37 AM
cindy, my wife has no problem with her age, and why should she?
And no, she doesn't read the blog.
;)
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 25, 2009 at 07:21 AM
so soon after talk like a pirate day -- not sure i can take all this celebratin'
Posted by: queensbee | September 25, 2009 at 07:49 AM
Its nice to see punctuation getting it's due.
Posted by: Ford79 | September 25, 2009 at 08:13 AM
Important Rules For Writers
Posted by: wiredog | September 25, 2009 at 08:28 AM
Nice, one Betsy!
Annie, other. motifs. as. well., yes?
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 25, 2009 at 08:49 AM
Allen...Bless your heart, and your ability to follow psychotic thought processes.
Posted by: Betsy | September 25, 2009 at 10:54 AM
PS I have no idea how that weird-lookin graphic got there (if, indeed, it's still there when you read this). If it isn't, keep moving; nothin to see here...
Posted by: Betsy | September 25, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Now I'm really confused....my original post said "Allen, thank you for your ability to appreciate psychotic association" or something like that.
More coffee...
Posted by: Betsy | September 25, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Betsy, it's an artifact of TypePoop, and doesn't actually post. I imagine it as the thought process of the typebot visually expressed.
Put a shot of something stronger in that coffee!
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 25, 2009 at 11:44 AM
I've always had difficulties with .: ellipses.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 25, 2009 at 10:39 PM