1. Hitler won the Second World War.
2. Presumably this was after he started the First World War in 1953.
3. He also wore a fetching red cape.
4. Hezbollah is doing AIDS charity work in Africa.
5. The Australian Civil War began in 1878.
6. Vienna is a country.
7. Asia, India and Australia were occupying forces in Germany post-WWII.
8. Captain Cook crashed his boat into the Great Barry of Reef.
9. People from Turkey are not a) Turkish or c) Arabs but b) Turkeys
10. That a man cannot have too many career options.
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Hitler won the war? Both wars?
Sounds like you're raising a class of mini-Goebbels there.
I know adults who would probably agree with those kids - on all points.
Then again, I know rather a lot of adults who say pacifically when they mean something in particular...it's such a pity they don't know what.
Oh dear, am I am such an ellipsis abuser [oh they ask for it, they do, they do]. I abuse pretty much all punctuation actually - I like to consider it my [cough] fluid and interesting style.
Hitler totally rocked the bunker. [I get the feeling that this comment will, one day, come back and bite me on the arse. Oh well.][Should I go for some kind of irony alert here?][No?][Yes?]
Fear not nails, I am also a great abuser of the ellipsis... And parentheses... Those three dots say so much.
How long, I wonder, until "Hitler Rocked the Bunker" appears on a t-shirt?
I may abuse ellipsis but I do not abuse Parenthesis. Parenthesis and I are in love. It's not abuse - I don't want to hear your gaff about unequal relationships...we care for each other, Parenthesis truly loves me - it's not [just] mindless kinky shit! Look, I know you're thinking that I've been beguiled by the beautiful forms that Parenthesis takes but really... (Thank fuck for ellipsis because I really has nothing after that)
I think most people are still a bit weary of that kind of Hitler joke. All the fault of those damn neo-nazis. Really, no sense of humour.
I think I blame e.e. cummings for my interest in punctuation. And inappropiate use of lowercase.
Parenthesis and I used to have something going, but she's such a tart. At first it was all ( and ), then she went all [ and ] before slipping into < and > until, before I knew it she was going all { and }. I just didn't know where (or who) I was with her anymore. The last straw was her getting into the old double bracketting (as if one tangent [parenthetical tangent, I mean] wasn't enough).
Hm. Think I may be procrastinating marking these year 11 essays...
If you're thinking about having a relationship with punctuation, then you should be careful. They've been abusive in the past; there are rumours that they've been slashing/ and backslashing\ and dashing --- everyone who gets in their way. They leave a permanent mark!? on their victims. Also: you have to watch your colons. Apparently, when you're not looking, they'll put a \ stroke up them ...
#I hope I didn't make a hash of this comment.
Parenthesis is a chick? Oh. My. Gods.
Oh and what nice editing I do - weary for wary. lol. Slight meaning change...
What a good English teacher I am, I didn't even notice.
Wise words timt. A warning to those who think they can ever master punctuation. It will always have its way. Luckily, most of my students don't even try.
Hm. Punctuation jokes. Does this denote a descent to new levels of nerdiness? I think not.
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