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tk2kewl

(18,133 posts) Tue Oct 16, 2012, 03:09 PM Oct 2012

grammar matters

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grammar matters (Original Post) tk2kewl Oct 2012 OP

Going through the possibilities... Dr. Strange Oct 2012 #1

reaction: Bucky Oct 2012 #7

I can't wear black people anyway. They're as heavy as any other race of people. I'm not that strong. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #2

If they're very young ... surrealAmerican Oct 2012 #3

Well, I used to be able to. I have trouble with a cat on my shoulders now. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #4

Time to eat grandma! 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #5

Don't feel too badly... pipi_k Oct 2012 #9

It's what she would have wanted 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #10

I gotta say, even without the comma it's good advice. Bucky Oct 2012 #6

Not so much pipi_k Oct 2012 #8

Dr. Strange

(25,922 posts)

1. Going through the possibilities...

Reply to tk2kewl (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 03:31 PM

Oct 2012

Don't, wear black people!
Don't wear, black people!
Don't wear black, people!

Bucky

(54,041 posts)

7. reaction:

Reply to Dr. Strange (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:56 PM

Oct 2012

Don't, wear black people!

Hopelessly racist. You should be tombstoned for typing that.

Don't wear, black people!

Not a nudist myself, but I admire your commitment to integration.

Don't wear black, people!

So now you hate emos too?

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

2. I can't wear black people anyway. They're as heavy as any other race of people. I'm not that strong.

Reply to tk2kewl (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 03:38 PM

Oct 2012

surrealAmerican

(11,363 posts)

3. If they're very young ...

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:12 PM

Oct 2012

... they're not as heavy. You can balance one on your shoulders.

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

4. Well, I used to be able to. I have trouble with a cat on my shoulders now.

Reply to surrealAmerican (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:47 PM

Oct 2012

Hell, I used to be able to lift my wife over my head. She hasn't gotten any heavier. My back has gotten, well, crushed if you will. Fortunately, the disks are still okay, but the vertebrae are shattered. I lost 4" in height in two years. That's way better than losing the disks, but it does restrict what you can do. She won't even let me on a step stool anymore. On the plus side, I can still screw.

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)

5. Time to eat grandma!

Reply to tk2kewl (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:54 PM

Oct 2012

One comma could have spared our family from the horrors of accidental cannibalism.

We'll never get her back.

And though delicious, that proved to be a small conciliation as we are almost out leftovers.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

9. Don't feel too badly...

Reply to 4th law of robotics (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:59 PM

Oct 2012

I mean, what else could you do with her after she got run over by that reindeer walking home from your house Christmas Eve?

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)

10. It's what she would have wanted

Reply to pipi_k (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:03 PM

Oct 2012

I mean, she said "stop please no don't do this, you're monsters", but I could tell in her heart of hearts she was proud of us.

Bucky

(54,041 posts)

6. I gotta say, even without the comma it's good advice.

Reply to tk2kewl (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:54 PM

Oct 2012

I mean, you shouldn't make clothes out of anybody of any race, of course, but the statement by itself really is a policy I can't argue against.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

8. Not so much

Reply to tk2kewl (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:57 PM

Oct 2012

grammar as proper punctuation, maybe.

as in, "Let's eat, Grandma!"

as opposed to "Let's eat Grandma!"

although Grandma just might be finger lickin' good...

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