“Oh dear, it seems I’ve ruined Thanksgiving dinner again this year.”
“Ugh! Mom, you ruined my life! Thanks a lot! I just can’t take anymore of this.”
“Don’t worry, honey. Here, have a glass of milk. It will calm you down.”
Tia
10 years ago
It would seem the artist has never seen a Thanksgiving turkey in any state but cooked and on a the carver platter.
Kris
10 years ago
And doesn’t know how to punctuate a book title. Does NOT bode well for the interior text… O_o
Maybe it’s the comma before and in a list of three or more things.
Or the
Title
or, subtitle
thing.
On comma before and in a list, Strunk and White say:
“In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term
except the last.
“Thus write,
red, white, and blue
honest, energetic, but headstrong
He opened the letter, read it, and made a note of its contents.”
The gods have spoken. Mortals must obey. Except the “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.”
There are two main different styles: the Oxford Style Guide http://www.ox.ac.uk/public_affairs/services_and_resources/style_guide/ and equivalents in USA, which are intended as most appropriate for applications such as technical writing, where clarity, precision, and unambiguity are the most important factors; and then there is ‘Cambridge Style’ or ‘Associated Press’ https://www.apstylebook.com/ which is more appropriate for applications like journalism where fitting as much as possible into the smallest space is a higher priority. Either is correct, if used consistently.
I think she is in denial. Her father is not only either a short person, or has legs amputated below the knee, but also a cross-dresser.
Maybe she is just mad for not inheriting her dad’s normal sized mouth. She would like to east some turkey, but alas! Can only drink things through a straw.
I think I wrote a better plot for the book that it probably has…
“Oh dear, it seems I’ve ruined Thanksgiving dinner again this year.”
“Ugh! Mom, you ruined my life! Thanks a lot! I just can’t take anymore of this.”
“Don’t worry, honey. Here, have a glass of milk. It will calm you down.”
It would seem the artist has never seen a Thanksgiving turkey in any state but cooked and on a the carver platter.
And doesn’t know how to punctuate a book title. Does NOT bode well for the interior text… O_o
What’s wrong with the punctuation? Asides from its being in a revolting font?
Maybe it’s the comma before and in a list of three or more things.
Or the
Title
or, subtitle
thing.
On comma before and in a list, Strunk and White say:
“In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term
except the last.
“Thus write,
red, white, and blue
honest, energetic, but headstrong
He opened the letter, read it, and made a note of its contents.”
The gods have spoken. Mortals must obey. Except the “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.”
There are two main different styles: the Oxford Style Guide http://www.ox.ac.uk/public_affairs/services_and_resources/style_guide/ and equivalents in USA, which are intended as most appropriate for applications such as technical writing, where clarity, precision, and unambiguity are the most important factors; and then there is ‘Cambridge Style’ or ‘Associated Press’ https://www.apstylebook.com/ which is more appropriate for applications like journalism where fitting as much as possible into the smallest space is a higher priority. Either is correct, if used consistently.
The pitfalls of Strunk & White http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497
Oh that’s scary bad. Nothing good to say about this.
Meh. I’d call this one not-too-bad. Get a real cartoon artist to do the same drawing and I think it would be just fine and appropriate to its genre.
Mom’s got no legs.
La, la, la, la, la… I can’t hear you. So STFU, Mom.
Counselling must be really expensive wherever she’s from.
The stripes really make this cover.
Mother “almost” ruined my life.
Grace Ann felt compelled to finish the job
I think she is in denial. Her father is not only either a short person, or has legs amputated below the knee, but also a cross-dresser.
Maybe she is just mad for not inheriting her dad’s normal sized mouth. She would like to east some turkey, but alas! Can only drink things through a straw.
I think I wrote a better plot for the book that it probably has…
Yeah, “Mom” looks like she has a five o’clock shadow.