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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
The Ghost is afraid of Andy.
andys bark is far worst than his bite

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Just came in at the end Rusty

Thought it was a discussion on the digestive system

There is a clever joke around end and colon that will go over your head

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Does anyone remember this kids "puzzle" from 60's ... 70's?

if the B mt put : if the B . putting :

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Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Does anyone remember this kids "puzzle" from 60's ... 70's?

if the B mt put : if the B . putting :
The 1860s?

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Originally posted by @handyandy
The 1860s?
possibly

If the grate be empty put coal on, if the grate be full stop putting coal on.

Why the heck do I remember that?

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Originally posted by @wolfgang59
possibly

If the grate be empty put coal on, if the grate be full stop putting coal on.

Why the heck do I remember that?
You're not seriously concerned about greenhouse gases?

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Originally posted by @wolfgang59
... Why the heck do I remember that?
If you want to forget something, the GoaD can fix you right up with a case of sudden amnesia with a hammer. Cost ya 1200 though. He did it on me once; can't remember now if it worked.

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Comas? Who overuses comas?

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I think it was a hasty mis-typing of "commas" and the spell checker didn't flag it.

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Originally posted by @handyandy
Have no fear, friend, debunking spirits is just an occasional sideline.
Then why are you always carrying around that Proton Pack and Interspatial Teleportation Unit?!

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Originally posted by @moonbus
...He did it on me once; can't remember now if it worked.
Hey, I used a semicolon correctly and nobody even noticed. What a bunch of illiterati!

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Originally posted by @blood-on-the-tracks
Just came in at the end Rusty

Thought it was a discussion on the digestive system

There is a clever joke around end and colon that will go over your head
bott

That because you assume it will go over my head come on you can do better than that Tell the joke I bet it isn't funny anyways 😛

-VR

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Originally posted by @moonbus
Hey, I used a semicolon correctly and nobody even noticed. What a bunch of illiterati!
The Ghost believes it was used incorrectly and that the sentence would have been better served with a simple comma. 😏

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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
The Ghost believes it was used incorrectly and that the sentence would have been better served with a simple comma. 😏
How about my sentence, Ghost? Is the semicolon correct there?

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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
The Ghost believes it was used incorrectly and that the sentence would have been better served with a simple comma. 😏
Then it would have been a comma splice or a run-on sentence. 🙁