Comments on: Vegas Notes

by: Ron Britton

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:35:20 +0000

Zabimaru:

You’re probably correct. No one has ever explained that to me. However, it’s a completely improper use of quotation marks. It’s another example of how ignorance is ruining things for those of us who know better.

There’s a stand-up comic who did a bit in his act about this. I think he was talking about a “No Parking” sign. He said:

I saw a sign that said “No Parking”. But the “No Parking” was in quotation marks. That means only one of two things. They were being ironic, or they were quoting another sign.

by: Zabimaru

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:41:19 +0000

I have finally gotten an explanation for what people are thinking when they use quotation marks like that. Apparently they use them for emphasis, instead of putting it in bold or capitals or something.

I have an example in the town where I live that is even funnier to me. I travel a lot by bus and it kills my back, and a bus company I sometimes travel with has a big sign that says:

Travel “comfortably”, travel by bus!

The quotation marks are just so perfectly suitable and surprisingly honest there But I guess that they didn’t see it that way.

by: The Watcher

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:12:13 +0000

Love the caption on your top pic. I’ll join you at TAM next year. I’m gonna do my darnedest!

by: JoJo

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:27:26 +0000

A long time ago I worked for the Church Toilet Seat company in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Trust me, any humor connected with the name dissipated very quickly.

by: Parrotlover77

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:55:53 +0000

I used to rent a duplex that had all Church toilets. I also found that highly humorous. At that time, my friends and I were really into the Highlander TV series and we used to joke that if an immortal came by to cut your head off, just go take a crap and you’re safe. (They are not allowed to fight on “holy ground.”)