preus
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Post by preus on Jul 1, 2010 23:44:03 GMT
And frankly, I would rather see Annie with literally any other being in the world than with Jack Hyland. That's a dangerous line of reasoning. Pick any character from this list from the GC wiki; at least half of them would be crack pairings, if not physically impossible without the invention of time travel. dear merciful god, I think I just uncovered a possible story arc. ;D I used the dartboard method on that page. First one I came up with was Margo. Could be a lot worse, although my heart goes out to poor John. Next I picked Bob. AGH! NO! Then Jones. Not as bad as Bob, but hardly what you'd call ideal. Then I got Winsbury. He's clearly going to be with Janet for the rest of his life, but it would actually be an interesting pairing. Finally, Mat. Kind of a non-character, but it could work, depending on how he develops in the future.
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Post by dawngazer on Jul 2, 2010 0:17:32 GMT
More targets? How thoughtful. *Ch-Chk!* Come on, 'gazer... you know it's bad etiquette to shoot EMTs ('course... shooting anyone's not exactly kosher, anyway). Besides, you gonna waste good, imaginary bullets on something you're not gonna pretend to eat? That's just plain wasteful. Oh well you know me! Besides, I'm saving them until the maggots. Extra juice. That and I'm already full up on orphaned children that owned adorable puppies. That I drop-kicked.
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Post by TBeholder on Jul 2, 2010 1:08:23 GMT
That's just... > (loss-of-words) ;______]_ ;D Also: it's fun. Very awesome page, and I'm sure the page comments are going to be filled with AnniexJack. Let's see... Oh I think Jack has a chance with Annie if he play his cards right. Uh, do you remember how he acted before he was hi-Jack-ed?.. That's because Reynardine has yet to make snide remarks of his own. Seems so, though i suspect a page with Kat. The next strip is back at the court; Jack is seen eating a comically large stack of hamburgers. Ew, no. Pancakes! Coyote as a mother... there are some things my EYES aren't ready for. Why not? It's not even unprecedented, there was Loki, and... hmm... okay, you're right. AnnieXBoxbot I would seriously support that if the alternatives were AnniexKat and AnniexJack. +1. Then Jones. Not as bad as Bob, but hardly what you'd call ideal. But she is ideal! That's the funny part.
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Post by Alex on Jul 2, 2010 2:03:34 GMT
I don't get the purpose of that semi-colon. Can any grammar nazis fill me in on it? You don't get it because it doesn't make sense; Tom should have used a colon.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Jul 2, 2010 3:46:46 GMT
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Post by tyler on Jul 2, 2010 4:17:13 GMT
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Post by Ignotus Somnium on Jul 2, 2010 5:09:42 GMT
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Post by dawngazer on Jul 2, 2010 5:19:04 GMT
Or the hidden third option: Cake. I'm being completely truthful about this.
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whosit
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Post by whosit on Jul 2, 2010 5:25:29 GMT
Ah, the holy power of pancakes... hahaha!
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Post by tyler on Jul 2, 2010 6:11:58 GMT
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Post by warrl on Jul 2, 2010 8:10:00 GMT
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Post by Aris Katsaris on Jul 2, 2010 8:22:09 GMT
I don't get the purpose of that semi-colon. Can any grammar nazis fill me in on it? You don't get it because it doesn't make sense; Tom should have used a colon. Yes. ";" is properly used to divide sentences that are complete in themselves, but their meanings are linked closely enough together that you don't want to split them up completely with a period. For example: "I'm not hungry; I already had lunch.". Like my usage above, Tom would be more grammatical if he'd written "Also:" rather than "Also;"
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Post by legion on Jul 2, 2010 12:18:47 GMT
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Post by Casey on Jul 2, 2010 15:48:07 GMT
Meanwhile, back in actual discussion about this comic...
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Post by legion on Jul 2, 2010 16:22:49 GMT
Casey, you can't do that. If you're going to say "back on topic", it must be actually followed by something on topic.
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Post by Casey on Jul 2, 2010 17:24:42 GMT
Fine. Here's a new theory why Zimmy was disguised as Annie. She knew all along that she was Zimmy, but she was disguising herself as Annie so that she could get close enough to Jack to squish the spider. Gamma wasn't in on the ruse, but fortunately she speaks telepathically so she wasn't going to give it away to Jack. Annie figured out the ruse and kept quiet about it.
There, topical!
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Post by Ulysses on Jul 2, 2010 17:34:18 GMT
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Post by Mishmash on Jul 2, 2010 17:54:12 GMT
All you guys commenting on Tom's semi-colon misuse have forgotten the rule of elegance! Colons are ugly.
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Post by dawngazer on Jul 2, 2010 18:10:07 GMT
All you guys commenting on Tom's semi-colon misuse have forgotten the rule of elegance! Colons are ugly. I think the semi-colon clearly is the ugliest of the two. It's trying to hard! See how it tries to missmatch the period and the comma together into one awkward mutant-esc Frankenstein. The colon however, is symmetrical and elegant. Also: Good like this.
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Post by legion on Jul 2, 2010 18:32:09 GMT
All you guys commenting on Tom's semi-colon misuse have forgotten the rule of elegance! Colons are ugly. I think the semi-colon clearly is the ugliest of the two. It's trying to hard! See how it tries to missmatch the period and the comma together into one awkward mutant-esc Frankenstein. The colon however, is symmetrical and elegant. Also: Good like this. Oh dear, don't get me started on dashes.
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Post by Casey on Jul 2, 2010 18:45:21 GMT
Correct use of dashes--which doesn't happen very often, by the way--can be very effective in keeping a sentence clear.
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Post by Per on Jul 2, 2010 21:02:06 GMT
Also note how the application of a dash - typograhically, that is - varies from country to country.
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Post by legion on Jul 2, 2010 22:16:09 GMT
I like dashes. By "don't get me started on dashes", I meant "don't get me started on their misuse".
FOR INSTANCE.
This: "-"
is not a dash. It is a hyphen.
This: "—"
is a dash.
At least in English you don't have to additionally deal with unbreakable spaces like we do in French (that is, the people who actually now the rule—that is, not many people).
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Post by Gemini Jim on Jul 2, 2010 22:28:02 GMT
Everyone here needs to buy or borrow a copy of "Eats, shoots and leaves". It is the best, funniest grammar book ever written — not to mention a pretty funny punchline.
And it's true that punctuation varies from region to region — monetary commas are a good example. Why Europeans use commas (234,50) where Americans use periods, I'll never know.
EDIT: Oh, and if you're a printer "—" is an M-dash, named for its length (same length as a capital M).
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Post by lucifiel on Jul 5, 2010 12:57:00 GMT
So, basically, the spiders wanted "out" and chose Jack to do so?
Whoa... that was one hell of a ride, though.
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