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Miss Eck Jul 4th 2007 11:12 am

Punctuation Lesson
 
An English professor wrote the words "A woman without her man is nothing" on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.


The men wrote:

"A woman, without her man, is nothing."


The women wrote:

"A woman: Without her, man is nothing."

jvr20 Jul 4th 2007 11:24 am

Re: Punctuation Lesson
 
I'm afraid that would be lost on many kids in the UK these days.

The'y stic'k an apostro'phe in any word's they feel like for example...:frown:

littlejimmy Jul 4th 2007 11:44 am

Re: Punctuation Lesson
 
A Panda walks into a restaurant, orders and eats a steak, then pulls out a gun and shoots the nearest waiter. He then stands up and walks out. The manager of the restaurant runs out after him, and sees him getting into a taxi. As the taxi speeds off, the Panda shouts out the window: "Look it up in the dictionary!"
So the manager goes back into the restaurant and finds a dictionary in the office. Under the entry for Panda, he reads:

Eats shoots and leaves.

Inselaffen Jul 4th 2007 12:17 pm

Re: Punctuation Lesson
 

Originally Posted by littlejimmy (Post 5007321)
A Panda walks into a restaurant, orders and eats a steak, then pulls out a gun and shoots the nearest waiter. He then stands up and walks out. The manager of the restaurant runs out after him, and sees him getting into a taxi. As the taxi speeds off, the Panda shouts out the window: "Look it up in the dictionary!"
So the manager goes back into the restaurant and finds a dictionary in the office. Under the entry for Panda, he reads:

Eats shoots and leaves.

I've never heard the clean version of eats shoots and leaves before :blink:

Madam Medusa Jul 4th 2007 12:18 pm

Re: Punctuation Lesson
 

Originally Posted by Miss Eck (Post 5007212)
An English professor wrote the words "A woman without her man is nothing" on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.


The men wrote:

"A woman, without her man, is nothing."


The women wrote:

"A woman: Without her, man is nothing."

i've seen that before, it's great...:D

MM, xx

littlejimmy Jul 4th 2007 12:33 pm

Re: Punctuation Lesson
 

Originally Posted by Inselaffen (Post 5007455)
I've never heard the clean version of eats shoots and leaves before :blink:

This is a family show.


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