A Koala Goes Into a Restaurant...

[ExquisiteRevelation]

A koala goes into a restaurant, asks for dinner, and eats it. Then he pulls

out a gun and shoots the waiter. As he is waddling out the door, the

manager runs over and yells, "Wait, what is going on here?" The koala

replies: "I'm a koala; Look it up!" Then he goes out.

So the manager goes over to the dictionary and looks it up and finds the

following definition:

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"Koala: Australian marsupial, eats shoots and leaves."

[ExquisiteRevelation]

A koala goes into a restaurant, asks for dinner, and eats it. Then he pulls

out a gun and shoots the waiter. As he is waddling out the door, the

manager runs over and yells, "Wait, what is going on here?" The koala

replies: "I'm a koala; Look it up!" Then he goes out.

So the manager goes over to the dictionary and looks it up and finds the

following definition:

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"Koala: Australian marsupial, eats shoots and leaves."

[elkpark]

You did it wrong :) -- it's supposed to be "eats, shoots and leaves," and the point of the joke is to illustrate what a difference punctuation makes (i.e., "eats, shoots and leaves" means something entirely different than "eats shoots and leaves"). There is a British writer who has a new book out on punctuation with that title (Eats, Shoots and Leaves), only her version of the joke is about a panda.

She "collects" sentences that can change their meaning depending on how they are punctuated -- one example:

"Woman, without her man, is nothing." Versus:

"Woman: Without her, man is nothing." :) :) :)

[elkpark]

You did it wrong :) -- it's supposed to be "eats, shoots and leaves," and the point of the joke is to illustrate what a difference punctuation makes (i.e., "eats, shoots and leaves" means something entirely different than "eats shoots and leaves"). There is a British writer who has a new book out on punctuation with that title (Eats, Shoots and Leaves), only her version of the joke is about a panda.

She "collects" sentences that can change their meaning depending on how they are punctuated -- one example:

"Woman, without her man, is nothing." Versus:

"Woman: Without her, man is nothing." :) :) :)

[nurseunderwater]

bwahhhhhhhhh! I got it anyway...thanks for the chuckle :)

[nurseunderwater]

bwahhhhhhhhh! I got it anyway...thanks for the chuckle :)

[ExquisiteRevelation]

Heh...guess that's what I get for just copy/pasting huh? Oh well...at least you still got the point! :)

[jemb]

Funny!

:rotfl:

[Cindy_A]

Hey! I understood, despite the missing comma!

cute!

[Ned the Red]

You did it wrong :) -- it's supposed to be "eats, shoots and leaves," and the point of the joke is to illustrate what a difference punctuation makes (i.e., "eats, shoots and leaves" means something entirely different than "eats shoots and leaves"). There is a British writer who has a new book out on punctuation with that title (Eats, Shoots and Leaves), only her version of the joke is about a panda.

She "collects" sentences that can change their meaning depending on how they are punctuated -- one example:

"Woman, without her man, is nothing." Versus:

"Woman: Without her, man is nothing." :) :) :)

Actually, correct punctuation would dictate that it be:

Eats, shoots, and leaves.

But, I really like dumb jokes!!

[elkpark]

Actually, correct punctuation would dictate that it be:

Eats, shoots, and leaves.

But, I really like dumb jokes!!

Use of the "serial comma" (the one between "shoots" and "and") varies -- some style manuals call for it and others don't. (I know, I know, I'm turning into the Grammar Creep -- I'll stop ...) :chuckle