The importance of punctuation

[caddyman]

I can't remember the context now, but last week at the end of an email exchange with Dr Furtle, I received an email that simply said, "Roger that Pumpkin".

I took this to be an acknowledgement of whatever suggestion I had made to My Girl in the earlier part of the conversation. It occurred to us sometime later though, that there should have been a strategically placed comma in the sentence and that a more literally minded bloke may have thought that he was being enjoined to indulge in something that could easily cause severe equine enstartlement.

An eyebrow was arched; and rightly so, I feel.

Comments

[ysharros.livejournal.com]

Roger, that pumpkin!

Yes, I see how the comma helps.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

:-D

[irdm.livejournal.com]

ah, so like eats shoots and leaves (the rude version, of course)

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

The name Finbarr Saunders comes to mind.

[ladkyis.livejournal.com]

trying to work out why it cause EQUINE enstartlement, why not vegetable enstartlement? ...
No, my flu filled brane won't compute, back to bed for me.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

One shouldn't frighten the horses. Vegetables on the other hand are more sanguine.