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Posted by Polio (Member # 6479) on :

If you find humor in grammatical errors, as I do, you will love the book "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" by Lynne Truss. It's just all the rage in the UK, and I thought I'd let you all know about it... that, and I found that sentence endlessly funny. Of course, you must read the reviews (or the book!) instead of taking my word for it, since I am a lowly second-time poster and I still know nothing. [Dont Know]

Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :

The first chapter is great, and that's as far as I've got.
Are you from the UK yourself, then? Or did you just hear about the book?

Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :

The part I love most about that joke (or at least the version I was told) is when the some guy asks the panda, "Why'd you do that?" and the panda goes, "Hey, I'm a PANDA. Look it up."

Something about the idea of a Panda asserting his right to murder people. Hilarious.

Posted by Polio (Member # 6479) on :

Actually, I'm really not from the UK. I live on the culturally-backward prairies of Saskatchewan.

Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :

I heard about it on NPR this morning and thought Jon Boy is going to love this one.

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

[Smile]

Actually, I was just reading something about the other day—I think it came up as an Amazon recommendation—and thought that it sounded pretty good.