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Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


tommyrot - Mar 04, 2013 7:08:53 am PST #13577 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Today is also Hug a GI Day. And National Pound Cake Day.

Tomorrow:

  • National Cheese Doodle Day
  • National Multiple Personality Day

Wednesday:

  • Dentist Day
  • National Frozen Food Day

The 8th and 9th are even better:

Mar 08

  • National Be Nasty Day

Mar 09

  • National Crabmeat Day
  • National Panic Day

So perhaps the most efficient thing would be to be nasty on the 8th, and then panic about the results of your nastiness the next day.

This site is very useful: The Ultimate Holiday Site


Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2013 7:13:10 am PST #13578 of 30001
brillig

Hug a GI Day

I suppose my gastro-intestinal tract could use some affection . . .


Tom Scola - Mar 04, 2013 7:15:28 am PST #13579 of 30001
hwæt

So Chicago or AP?

Chicago says that ellipses should be three dots separated by non-breaking spaces (. . .) instead of just three dots (...). That is just SO WRONG. I cannot abide.


Amy - Mar 04, 2013 7:25:33 am PST #13580 of 30001
Because books.

It is so right!

I love Chicago. Even though I'm supposed to edit AP style now.


Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2013 7:25:51 am PST #13581 of 30001
brillig

I prefer the look of the spaces between the dots, but it makes text formatting tricky.


-t - Mar 04, 2013 7:35:40 am PST #13582 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Spaces between the dots is what I was taught, but I frequently have trouble making it look right and resort to no spaces.


-t - Mar 04, 2013 7:37:03 am PST #13583 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Grammar Day will be a state holiday on Buffista Island, I assume. With cake and pie and absinthe and long discussions about how to punctuate lists of same.


Amy - Mar 04, 2013 7:38:36 am PST #13584 of 30001
Because books.

And everyone will wear a crown of semi-colons.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 04, 2013 7:44:22 am PST #13585 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I was confused by Hug a GI day as well, since I am working on and Anatomy and Physiology course right now!

I can't imagine spaces between the periods in ellipses, but I calso can't stop myself from doing 2 spaces after a period. I actually find it easier to read.


Ginger - Mar 04, 2013 8:37:05 am PST #13586 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Oh, no, Amy!

For today's celebrations, I vote for AP style and pound cake.