Comments on: Won’t someone think of the children?

By: Dixie

Dixie — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:46:44 +0000

Poo is easier to get rid of, as you can just dump it in the toilet and flush. You can’t flush a fish down the toilet, so it’s either hanging around in the trash can for a while or the newspaper thief will have to make a special trip to dispose of it – and still come home to the smell.

By: Mama Wrench

Mama Wrench — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:03:40 +0000

You realize that you just criticized someone else’s grammar while using “they” as an indefinite singular pronoun, right?

By: Mama Wrench

Mama Wrench — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:01:15 +0000

Yes, because it’s WAY worse to swear around kids than to exhibit acceptance of theft!

By: Carpensm @ A Life Without Ice Cream

Carpensm @ A Life Without Ice Cream — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:56:03 +0000

LOL… that “well read individual” needs a grammar lesson! Maybe they really should spend more time reading the paper!

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:15:16 +0000

Yup. Cursing is punishable under the law exactly the same as stealing. Everyone knows that.

The jails are full of potty-mouthed people and thieves, so that proves it.
I’d rather be a thief though…you can’t pawn a curse word.

(yeah, yeah…I know that’s not what you’re trying to say. get a grip already.)

Clue time: “better” and “less bad” mean the same thing, Your Redundancy.

By: Alex T. Valencic

Alex T. Valencic — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:46:45 +0000

You know that whole “grammar nazi” tag? This is one of those cases. “There’re” is not a legitmate English contraction. No more contractions for you!

By: Zhopka

Zhopka — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:17:28 +0000

I’m thinking the response might actually be from two different persons. The first one is the capitalized I’LL NEVER STOP guy. No signature, no nothing, just sharp corners on all letters. As in “take that!”. The second is the uuuh!-I’ve-got-to-add-my-two-cents! guy, who just couldn’t walk by without some righteous commenting.

And I’m not sure which of them is worse.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:40:09 +0000

Kleptomania sneaks up on you from behind.
Outraged victims confront you face-to-face.

By: jason

jason — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:48:00 +0000

“There’re” is fine.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:37:20 +0000

If you don’t want your children exposed to vulgar language, don’t teach them to steal newspapers for you.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:33:43 +0000

Agreed. I never search for my paper. It’s not my job, and I ordered delivery, not a daily Easter Egg hunt.
I just call and tell them my paper wasn’t on my patio, and they send someone out with another one.
I’m sure that after several calls, the carrier became really interested in what was happening to my paper…assuming he or she actually delivered it.

By: April

April — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:31:58 +0000

No one said I was pointing anything out. I was just commenting on how I found something about it outrageously funny and ironic. Get over yourself because you are not as clever as you think you are.

By: bowloftoast

bowloftoast — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 05:42:31 +0000

There’re…There’re

(Kurtz dies)

By: cleanuponaisle2

cleanuponaisle2 — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 04:49:37 +0000

In high school, for whatever reason, my little brother got really into Current Events… and he’d absent-mindedly pick up the paper from a neighbor’s doorstep outside the elevator of our apartment complex… it wasn’t until a few weeks later, after learning the pissed-off neighbor was peeping through the peep-hole, that Newspaper Subscriber Man, had had enough and didn’t appreciate it. . . He came out in his robe one morning and screamed, “I don’t care if you’re in high school!! Get your own damned paper!” And snatched it out of my brother’s hand, RIGHT before the elevator doors closed… I was still shell-shocked. My brother replied with a happy-go-lucky, “I didn’t even realize I was stealing his paper…” … *head scratch*… The best part? We got our OWN paper delivered EVERY morning.