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Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!

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DavidS - Sep 18, 2011 5:15:26 pm PDT #27065 of 30001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Scare quotes?

I guess I could have used italics but they seem so snarky sometimes.

eta: Here's what's wrong with the Oxford comma. It's grammatical kludge. It is the unnecessary feature that keeps intruding on you in Word that you need to go spelunking through nineteen drop-downs to STOP. It is inelegant. It is frequently not necessary. It is as stodgy and dodering and slow as an Oxford Don.

It is a matter of style, not usage. When I want to clarify the list I am writing I will use an extra comma as it is needed. Otherwise, it slows the rhythm of the sentence. It creates an unnecessary visual impediment.

Ultimately it is a matter of the writer's choice, not the editor's. It is not required in all instances.

lisah - Sep 18, 2011 5:18:43 pm PDT #27066 of 30001

Punishingly Intricate

And alla y'all serial comma haters can bite my serial comma.

yuuup. mine as well!

le nubian - Sep 18, 2011 5:20:29 pm PDT #27067 of 30001

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I cannot believe "The Kennedys" won an award since it barely aired at all!

DavidS - Sep 18, 2011 5:21:12 pm PDT #27068 of 30001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

And alla y'all serial comma haters can bite my serial comma.

I will gladly bite it hard enough to leave teeth marks which cause it to necrose and fall off.

Jesse - Sep 18, 2011 5:21:26 pm PDT #27069 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I can't believe everyone didn't just vote Idris Elba on principle.

Again I say: TEAM DOWNTON ABBEY.

le nubian - Sep 18, 2011 5:21:46 pm PDT #27070 of 30001

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

yeah, that show is killing it.

le nubian - Sep 18, 2011 5:23:30 pm PDT #27071 of 30001

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

OMG. I hate Hallelujah.

Jesse - Sep 18, 2011 5:23:38 pm PDT #27072 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Who are these people singing and walking??

brenda m - Sep 18, 2011 5:24:11 pm PDT #27073 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

Oh no, really?

And who are they anyway?

Oh man, this is the worst.

Dana - Sep 18, 2011 5:24:35 pm PDT #27074 of 30001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Hallelujah? Is this a joke?

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