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[url]http://mentalfloss.com/article/48969/5-other-americans-who-were-kinda-sorta-president[/url][/QUOTE]

My favorite magazine. I strongly recommend to everyone. I have yet to find someone who does not enjoy it. My kids even read parts of it.

[url]http://theweek.com/article/index/240886/7-sentences-that-sound-crazy-but-are-still-grammatical[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;332155][URL]http://theweek.com/article/index/240886/7-sentences-that-sound-crazy-but-are-still-grammatical[/URL][/QUOTE]


This is one of my pet peeves. Punctuated correctly is not the same as grammatically good. These are punctuated correctly and so, therefore, a type of grammatical. But it is bad grammar. Good grammar removes ambiguity and aids in understanding.

These are interesting in the sense of things that make you go hmmmm, but utterly useless in understanding how to use language well.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;332155]gramatical[/QUOTE]
Wonderful! Clicking bookmarking. :smile:
Thanks!

edit @chappy: Ye somehow right, too. Not terrible useful. But is fun.

[url]http://www.horg.com/horg/[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;332214][url]http://www.horg.com/horg/[/url][/QUOTE]
If we can't stop 3-year olds from eating random stuff they find, what hope does the animal kingdom have of surviving?

Has anyone ever created plastic that quickly dissolves in gastric acid? It'd cause a hell of a stomachache, but at least it wouldn't stay in the stomach. Though it might be worse if it gives the animal the ability to absorb the plastic more.

Edit: Suddenly seems appropriate that the website has the term "horg" in it twice. Just like with Linux commands, sounds like the literal sound of a bodily function.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;332155][URL]http://theweek.com/article/index/240886/7-sentences-that-sound-crazy-but-are-still-grammatical[/URL][/QUOTE]

And then there were six...
The buffalo sentence should contain underlines whenever the Linnean name is given.

[QUOTE=jasong;332240]Has anyone ever created plastic that quickly dissolves in gastric acid?[/QUOTE]
Something like this? [url]http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-1564/Peanuts/Biodegradable-Peanuts-12-Cubic-Ft-Bag?model=S-1564[/url]

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;332246]Something like this? [url]http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-1564/Peanuts/Biodegradable-Peanuts-12-Cubic-Ft-Bag?model=S-1564[/url][/QUOTE]
They'd probably have to make a new recipe that makes it much denser, but that could definitely work. The only problem is you can't leave it out in the rain.

There's some pretty damn good trolling in the 2012 IOCCC Makefile.


(This one I think is best left without a link. Those who are curious may find it themselves.)

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/neglected-prisoner-gets-15-5-million-serving-22-181425242.html[/url]