amused* "The No-Punctuation Brigade is pulling a raid and arresting this comma. Bye-bye."
* "The comma from before has been relocated to this prison: he lives here now."
* "The No-Punctuation Brigade is arresting that first comma as looking suspicious."
* "The No-Punctuation Brigade is now employing snipers and has picked off the first comma. Head-shot."
From Brooke, in reaction to a bit of text:
* "Hee hee hee. Thoughtbubble with Raysel holding a flame-thrower, setting Sesame Street on fire."
Also from Brooke, on her never-ending campaign against my tendency towards excessive verbiage:
* "LARGELY. LAGOON. NOW."
* "Usually, you look like of lonely and awkward there. Why don't you come over here, to my nice, soothing LARGELY LAGOON. The alligators will cuddle with you."
* "Yoohoo! Free daiquiris in the LAGOON. What? You say the lagoon smells like lye, and no one ever seems to come out of the lagoon? Ha ha, what a card you are!"
Let's review. My manuscripts are a) apparently monitored by a crack commando squad that believes in shooting innocently misplaced punctuation in the head, and b) have a direct connection to a death-trap lagoon full of alligators.
I knew I liked writing for a reason.
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