I was disappointed, discouraged and sad to miss out on last weeks Black Friday Bonanza at the Oxford Comma shop. However, my brothers friends mother said theres a closing down sale at Berts Apostrophe Store. Apparently its going into administration, but Im not that bothered; I never go there anyway.
John has recently had stories published in People’s Friend, 101 words, Paragraph Planet, Westword and FFF. He’s the author of ‘Rough Rides’ and ‘Short and Sweet and Sour’. Previous winner of The Times short story competition.
Love this. Very clever! Made me laugh.
And sadly the apostrophe is disappearing. Buy them while they’re going cheap.
Excellent – very original!
Fun to write – kept mistakingly putting the correct punctuation in.,?!
What a clever little story. Very original!
Thanks. You should listen to Oxford Comma, by Vampire Weekend (but with children in earshot).
With OUT children in earshot.
Very good. Most amusing.
Thanks Thomas. (Perfect punctuation, by the way. You don’t need to shop for any more).
How were colons doing?
We had them half removed and they’re now semi-colons. 50% off.
Very clever. Autocorrect is eliminating the art of writing, and AI is killing original thought. And I for one welcome our new computer overlords!
Yes, it’s like those nine photos where you have to spot a motorcycle. A computer-generated quiz so we can prove we’re human.
Shouldn’t it be the other way round?
Hahaha, that’s funny John.
Is hahaha in need of punctuation? (I think the sales are over though).
Oh, loved this! Very clever. :)
That last punctuation of yours will never be on sale.