Comments on: When Punctuation Goes Really, Really Wrong

By: dobriybot

dobriybot — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:08:29 +0000

И правда креатив…супер!

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:15:36 +0000

Actually…..can’t…..breathe……laughing too hard!!!!!!!!!!

By: Helly

Helly — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:53:58 +0000

Now there’s a book I need to get! It will go right on my shelf next to Thomas Parrish’s “The Grouchy Grammarian”

As for the “love note”: sounds like an extended take on the “woman without her man is nothing” joke

By: alabama christian school vandal

alabama christian school vandal — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:24:59 +0000

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By: arlywn

arlywn — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:08:06 +0000

ouch… that second one was not a good one at all.

By: Presidential Trivia! « Suddenly Christian

Presidential Trivia! « Suddenly Christian — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:36:38 +0000

[...] Comma Sense, the Amazon page of which is here. [I also once wrote a bit about Comma Sense in When Punctuation Goes Really, Really Wrong. ] If anyone cares to know how I, a total nobody, came to co-author a book with the Total Somebody [...]

By: Teacup

Teacup — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:41:15 +0000

That P.S. One of the best I’ve ever heard.

The difference between a second date and a restraining order. Simply classic!

Thanks for a good morning laugh.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:53:17 +0000

John! I absolutely loved that post. And thanks for the comment on my blog. You will love my friend's new blog called the Grammar Vandal (http://www.thegrammarvandal.com.) I've been posting about some of her best posts and some terrible grammatical errors I have encountered, like restroom signs that say 'Mens' and 'Women'.

By: John Shore

John Shore — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:52:42 +0000

Oh. So, we won't be moving there, then.

HA! Insulting famous musician jokes! ALWAYS FUNNY!

Fort Collins is still TOTALLY at the top of our list. It had been, perhaps, eclipsed by Austin–until we found out Austin is, like, the most allergen-ladened city in America. Not good for us.

So far, Fort Collins is the place to beat. Portland also good. And I think we have a couple of other Definite Contenders. All the information we collected here has been amazingly valuable…

By: nisperos

nisperos — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:54:49 +0000

John, John!

OMG, it's like "Yesterday" again!

Hat tip to Huey Lewis…

We must be getting old — NOT

When we catch ourselves razzing

The "young" men and "young" women…

"You crack me up, you really really do

With your sunglasses on, acting so young

Only I know what you're really up to

You crack me up…"

And, from Bruce Hornsby…

Camp in line, marking time –

Waiting for an iPhone of mine,

'cause I don't have a job.

The man in the business suit hurries by,

As he catches the college student's eyes,

Just for fun, he asks, "got no job"?

They say, "Hey punk kid, you've slipped low", But who'll reap what they sow,

'cause they can't do what you do?

Said, "Hey old man how can you stand

To talk that way,

'cause you'll have to pay

To get what I have…

I wish…

BTW, not to name drop my town again or anything, but Bruce Hornsby is going to headline New West Fest, our end of summer street party, here in Fort Collins on August 18th, followed by Los Lobos on August 19th!

http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A…