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Poor Grammar Leads to Combustion

Neo Kervoskia
13-02-2006, 18:04
Poor Grammar Leads to Spontaneous Combustion

by Sir Edward Walsbrook

DaP, London- Everyone hates poor grammar, except those who use it. But now grammarian Nazis need some fret over the extremely poor grammar of others. It has been discovered that excessively poor grammar and spelling lead to spontaneous combustion. Nobody knows what triggers this reaction and nobody really cares But what people do care about is that it makes for excellent footage for home-made films.

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Is Grammar Naziism the only way to avoid spontaneous combustion?

The Disassociated Press did some investigative work of our own. We snatched two fourteen year-old children, one boy and one girl, and gave slips of paper with the message, “I have a cat and its name is Fluffy.” Subject A, the boy, was to type it using the most horrible grammar possible. His post read. “I haves me a kitty: and its; Name Is the Fluffz0rs!” No sooner did he finish typing did his head burst into flames, his stomach exploded, his eyeballs melted, and blood gushed from his eye sockets.
Luckily we had rain coats, so no harm was done.
Subject B, the girl, was asked to do the same except use good grammar and spelling. Her post read, “ I have a cat and it’s name is Fluffy.” She used it’s rather than ‘it’. She then vomited her intestines onto the ground and began to sweat blood from her pores. Out of children, and very hungry, we went to a local bar for some drinks and inexpensive prostitutes.
When we arrived at the bar, everyone was dead. Apparently patrons were, for the most part, illiterate. I then spoke with linguistics professor William Habensiemeinekatzegegessen. An interview followed. DAP – Disassociated Press, WH– equals the professor.

DAP: Professor Habensiemeinekatzegegessen, what sort of grammar and spelling lead to spontaneous combustion?
WH: Terrible grammar. For example, Let’s Say That I Spoke Like This, Well Then My….

It was at that point that his head exploded. May this be a lesson to everyone who has no regard for proper spelling and grammar. In fact, I have more to say. Colour had a 'u'. goddamn it. Who in the bloody hell decided that 'colour' would be spelled as 'color'...Oh no ahhhh! [insert sound of combustion]

Copyright 2006, Disassociated Press
Safalra
13-02-2006, 18:15
Who in the bloody hell decided that 'colour' would be spelled as 'color'...Oh no ahhhh! [insert sound of combustion]
...and that spelt would change to spelled?

Meanwhile, I'm suprised it took that long for Sir Walsbrrok to combust, given:

But now grammarian Nazis need some fret over the extremely poor grammar of others.
[...]nobody really cares But what people do care about[...]
[...]and gave [them] slips of paper with the message, “I have a cat and its name is Fluffy.”
She used it’s rather than ‘it[s]’.
DAP – Disassociated Press, WH– equals the professor.
Neo Kervoskia
13-02-2006, 18:18
Get it? An article about poor grammar which used excessively poor grammar and spelling.
Super-power
13-02-2006, 18:23
Oh God, how will we ever protect ourselves from Grammar suicide bombers? :eek:
Safalra
13-02-2006, 18:24
Get it? An article about poor grammar which used excessively poor grammar and spelling.
Well duh. Did you think I was just sitting here feeling smug and fondling my pocket-protecter?
Solarea
13-02-2006, 18:27
I really liked the picture.

And the professor.
Neo Kervoskia
13-02-2006, 18:27
Well duh. Did you think I was just sitting here feeling smug and fondling my pocket-protecter?
Yes, yes I did. The cameras don't lie. *goes back into bushes*
Fleckenstein
13-02-2006, 18:29
Oh God, how will we ever protect ourselves from Grammar suicide bombers? :eek:

me come bear gift! i are in fired! you is died!

where you from! (never end in preposition) (sp?)

praises am allah

[boom]
Argesia
13-02-2006, 18:32
So, Neo Kervoskia and Sir Edward Walsbrook, how come you could write down "I haves me a kitty: and its; Name Is the Fluffz0rs!" withou
Neo Kervoskia
13-02-2006, 18:37
So, Neo Kervoskia and Sir Edward Walsbrook, how come you could write down "I haves me a kitty: and its; Name Is the Fluffz0rs!" withouYou see we di....*IMPLODES*
Ritlina
13-02-2006, 19:05
[B][CENTER] WH: Terrible grammar. For example, Let’s Say That I Spoke Like This, Well Then My….

It was at that point that his head exploded.
... The Message Here Is Painfully Obvious. You Won't Stop Me, Kerv. Even If My Head Explodes, I WILL CONTINUE!
Neo Kervoskia
13-02-2006, 20:48
... The Message Here Is Painfully Obvious. You Won't Stop Me, Kerv. Even If My Head Explodes, I WILL CONTINUE!
I did nothing of the sort. [- \/ -]
Teh_pantless_hero
13-02-2006, 20:55
She used it’s rather than ‘it’.
*cough 'its' cough*
Neo Kervoskia
13-02-2006, 20:57
*cough 'its' cough*
It's...
Monty Python's Flying Circus.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
14-02-2006, 01:28
I then spoke with linguistics professor William Habensiemeinekatzegegessen.
Dr. "Have you eaten my cat?"
Best. Name. Ever.

And by what merits have I been quoted in your sig, might I ask? Have I uttered a truism that bears repeating? Or are you just showing my latent Nazi tendencies to the world?
Neo Kervoskia
14-02-2006, 01:32
Dr. "Have you eaten my cat?"
Best. Name. Ever.

And by what merits have I been quoted in your sig, might I ask? Have I uttered a truism that bears repeating? Or are you just showing my latent Nazi tendencies to the world?
You uttered a truism.