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Writing advice from Kurt Vonnegut.

Post by stilltrucking » May 23rd, 2007, 10:30 am

Do not use semicolons
They stand for absolutely nothing
They are transvestite hermaphrodites.
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semicolons

Post by eugeneherman » May 23rd, 2007, 2:55 pm

I never use semicolons. In my line of work half-ass people never amount to a hill of frijoles!

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Post by Lightning Rod » May 23rd, 2007, 4:40 pm

I prefer a semi-colonic to a high colonic any day
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Post by jimboloco » June 2nd, 2007, 5:02 pm

nothing wrong with half-assed
semi-stupid works too
sigmoid freud is my friend
but a constipated symphony is dreary dread
instead i prefer
to demurrr
and shall remark
no more;
i deplore the anti-semicolon war
half period
half comma
a pause in th flow
a break in th slow tumbling of clarity
onto the shore of diseased beings
bileuos blessings to all
pfft!
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Post by stilltrucking » June 2nd, 2007, 9:34 pm

I used to have a friend who was a mathematician.
Whenever he got constipated he worked it out with a pencil.

I am still semi crazy
after all these years

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Post by jimboloco » June 3rd, 2007, 2:22 pm

if i had a half a colon i'd have a colostomy

i disempacted a few blocked colons

no shit
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