Carnivore Shore

July 25, 2022

“Quotation marks don’t work like that.”

BOO-ring punctuation matters

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Bryce

2 years ago

Those aren’t quotation marks, those are subtitle teeth.

Hitch

2 years ago

Reply to Bryce

That big spot in the middle looks like a tonsure. I mean, since we’re sayin’…..

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Nathan

2 years ago

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RAHR I’M A MONSTA

LBC Participant

2 years ago

I hope the author didn’t hurt his arm patting himself on the back.

Hitch

2 years ago

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It’s the missing possessive apostrophe in “sea’s” that just…makes it so special. Nothing like announcing your grammar and punctuation errors right in the taglines for all to see. (Or would that be, all to sea?)

LBC Participant

2 years ago

Reply to Hitch

If your house is full of dookey you might as well wipe some on the Welcome mat.

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