Whether you are for or against the serial comma, this is just crazy talk:
One use of a comma is as a replacement for "and" or "or," so to use a comma before the last word in a series is to say, for example, "the flag is red and white and and blue."
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Mar 20, 2007 5:26:28 am PDT #7945 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Daisy Jane - Mar 20, 2007 5:33:28 am PDT #7946 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
LOVED The Riches last night! I'm going to watch it again tonight, I think. Really starting to love the kids.
ION: Random stuff I learned today.
The 23rd is National Puppy Day! Tomorrow is National Common Courtesy Day, and the 31st is National Bunsen Burner Day. This is also National Frozen food month.
Names for the @ symbol:
apenstaartje: Dutch for "Monkey's tail"
snabel: Danish for "Elephant's trunk
kissanhnta: Finnish for "Cat's tail"
klammeraffe: German for "Hanging monkey"
papaki: Greek for "Little duck"
kukac: Hungarian for "Worm"
dalphaengi: Korean for "Snail"
grisehale: Norwegian for "Pig's tail"
sobachka: Russian for "Little dog"
Nutty - Mar 20, 2007 5:33:34 am PDT #7947 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I've seen the comma=and argument in the past, and I think it's a crock of shit. Especially since, as the Times woman admits, when you're using semicolons instead of commas, in a complicated list, you do and must include the final semicolon before the and.
Dana - Mar 20, 2007 5:35:08 am PDT #7948 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
CNN's reporting that they've found that missing Boy Scout alive. Yay.
shrift - Mar 20, 2007 5:36:30 am PDT #7949 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
AUGH.
There is a client sitting in the reception area who keeps snorting and snorting and hocking and SNORTING. Would it be wrong if I chucked a couple of Benadryl over the side of my cube, and screamed for her to get out get out get out?
tommyrot - Mar 20, 2007 5:39:05 am PDT #7950 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A comic for Buffistas: [link]
DavidS - Mar 20, 2007 5:40:10 am PDT #7951 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"Your date's over, mister." - cool article about two women in a bar who spotted a guy trying to slip a drug into his date's beer.
Daisy Jane - Mar 20, 2007 5:41:36 am PDT #7952 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I love the serial comma fight! I'm for 'em, but most places I've worked have been a'gin 'em.
There is a client sitting in the reception area who keeps snorting and snorting and hocking and SNORTING. Would it be wrong if I chucked a couple of Benadryl over the side of my cube, and screamed for her to get out get out get out?
No.
shrift - Mar 20, 2007 5:44:33 am PDT #7953 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Incredibly disgusting snorting client has left the building. Thank you, snotty baby Jesus.
esse - Mar 20, 2007 5:50:42 am PDT #7954 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
The New Yorker does Children's Interpretations of Grown-Up Conversations: [link]
GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.
DAD: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.
UNCLE: I’m having sex right now.
DAD: We all are.
MOM: Let’s talk about which kid I like the best.
DAD: (laughing) You know, but you won’t tell.
MOM: If they ask me again, I might tell.