I'm glad I flipped over in time to see that. Also, I don't know which dress I'm more dying for, Plimpton's or Poehler's.
Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.
'The Message'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
brenda m - Sep 18, 2011 3:50:58 pm PDT #26995 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
msbelle - Sep 18, 2011 3:51:48 pm PDT #26996 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Do not rain on her parade Jesse! They just gave her a crown and roses in addition the the gd Emmy and it was fucking awesome!
Jesse - Sep 18, 2011 3:52:35 pm PDT #26997 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Totally fucking awesome!
Ginger - Sep 18, 2011 3:54:32 pm PDT #26998 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Joe Morton! Cool.
Amy - Sep 18, 2011 3:54:38 pm PDT #26999 of 30001
Because books.
I had no idea Matt LeBlanc was on TV again.
I don't care what Melissa McCarthy won for. I want her to win Queen of the Universe. I adore her.
Typo Boy - Sep 18, 2011 3:57:00 pm PDT #27000 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm trying to find a good example. OK I think the original example from Language Log was two sentences. "A Panda enters the bar. He eats shoots, and leaves." Is this still a case where the Oxford comma would not be used? If it is, then I'm trying to come up with a case where the Oxford comma would produce a problem. The "Ayne Rand and Jesus example" is a good case for the opposite that sometimes leaving out the Oxford comma can go wrong. But I'm having trouble coming up with one where putting in the Oxford comma would cause a wrong reading.
DebetEsse - Sep 18, 2011 3:59:19 pm PDT #27001 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Typo, it's a 2-item list. I've never seen anyone advocate a comma in a 2-item list. I have, however, seen silly people put commas between a verb and direct object (this confuses me greatly), which would be "he eats, shoots and leaves"
Jesse - Sep 18, 2011 3:59:47 pm PDT #27002 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oxford comma issue would be "He eats, shoots, and leaves." vs. "He eats, shoots and leaves." Assuming an attack panda. The author used the sentence to show the importance of punctuation because actually he eats shoots and leaves. No comma IRL.
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2011 4:01:32 pm PDT #27003 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think that's an Oxford comma situation either, TB.
What's the deal with Cobie Smulders? Who is she and why do geeks love her so much?
Jesse - Sep 18, 2011 4:02:30 pm PDT #27004 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She's on How I Met Your Mother and is super pretty?