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Sushi

Mark — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:45:15 +0000

It’s like a scavenger hunt where your prize is raw fish wrapped in seaweed.

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DJ

Mark — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:41:25 +0000

Here is yet another brow-furrowing example of quotes as emphasis. Did you know there is an entire “blog” dedicated to exposing quotes abuse?

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God’s People

Mark — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:24:35 +0000

This may not be wrong if it’s on the car of someone who bought a Joel Osteen book and found it didn’t solve their financial problems.

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Pool

Mark — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:48:29 +0000

One of these days I’m going to find a law that abuses quotes like this, break it, and then take my case all the way to the Supreme Court. Headline: Florida Man “Breaks” Law, Goes Free.

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Where did it go? THWAP.

Mark — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:49:41 +0000

A message from the United Lawn Dart Workers Association.

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Video Surveillance

Mark — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:06:24 +0000

“Eh… it’s in quotes. C’mon — this is a perfectly good place to dump a body!”

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Processed cheese food

Mark — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:27:06 +0000

Better than Cheese “Burgers,” certainly.

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Jack Leg

Mark — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:15:18 +0000

Sidenote: can someone find me a sign with “caution” in quotes? That’d make my year.

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Do not drill here

Mark — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:13:10 +0000

Famous quotable people in history: Mahatma Gandhi, Benjamin Franklin, Electrical Cables.

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“Best” BBQ

Mark — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:34:56 +0000

I’m not sure I’d trust BBQ cooked by what appears to be Mr. Tumnus from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. There’s some definite hoof action going on. I also enjoy how the senior citizen on the right is so very naturally dropping a bomb from the marketing department in the middle of her dinner.

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low prices on “ALL” SUB

Mark — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:15:43 +0000

When you read this, you must mentally lower your mind’s voice for “SUB.” I imagine the late Don LaFontaine (a.k.a. “The Movie Trailer Guy”) speaking it. ”In a world of high sub prices… danger lurks. Coming this summer: Low Prices on All SUB. Rated ‘R.’”

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An inconvience truth

Mark — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:10:45 +0000

I love how in certain circumstances, “accept” and “except” have opposite meanings. Alas, their lack of belief in the fabled year of “2007″ leads me to think that they intend to commence anti-check discrimination rather than end it.

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We’re “Glad You Called!”

Mark — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:49:07 +0000

I guess that’s better than being “glad” I called.

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Thank’s Door

Mark — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:16:59 +0000

Sorry Thank. I didn’t “realize” it was your “door.”

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