Because it has a picture of pandas on the front of it (really, who doesn't love pandas), Dillon picked up my copy of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" to check out what amazing panda adventure was tucked between the covers. He was sorely disappointed and more than a little bit indignant when he saw it was a book about punctuation:
"Who does that? Writes a book about punctuation and then puts pandas on the cover to entice unsuspecting animal-lovers to pick it up expecting a story about pandas?..... For that matter, who writes a book about punctuation?!...."
Then he thought about it a second longer and looked right at me, the disgust visible on his face, "Who reads a book about punctuation?! God!"
And he wandered off, lamenting the publisher who seduced him with a panda, but disillusioned him with commas.
16 comments:
I loved this book. What kind of person is personally insulted by a book about punctuation? He cracks me up. I'm so tempted to send him everything I can find with pandas on it.
Misplaced teenage angst. Love it.
I have never read that book (who am I kidding, I have read about 4 books in 3 years, not good odds), but honestly, I had never heard of it before Annie's blog.
What is the storyline - I had no idea it was about punctuation...
So funny! I love that book, but I freely admit, I am a nerd.
Loser here.. I read that book and liked it.
Some weirdos enjoy grammar and punctuation. :)
Jes~ You have not heard of it because you love in a literary "no fly zone". I was so excited to get back to the land of Barnes & Noble and Borders that I spent, literally, hundreds of dollars on books when I moved back to the US. So much so that it's been 2 years - I still haven't read them all. Yet, that hasn't kept me from continually buying more new books! (Mostly, it's a British woman's humorous take on the sad state of punctuation today.
Nerd, yup!
Weirdo, yup!
PS - Hi Jamie! I don't believe we've met before...
Pedophile Pandas, preying on precious teenagers about punctuation...
couldn't resist the alliteration, sorry.
Certified Grammar Nerd, since way back
My hubs had a similar reaction when he saw the book on my nightstand.
Hah! That book is great! But I know a lot of people who would react in just that same way as Dillon. Of course those same people always come knocking on my door to proof read reports, papers, etc. =)
BTW, HI! I'm a long time lurker who thinks your blog is great!
I'm deviating from the topic at hand.
Paige lady. Please add me to the Blog Spawn project! : )
AHHHHHHHHHHH! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!
Welcome, Sweetie!
Hahaha that is a perfect book for Brooke and Beanie, lol.
Poor pandas got printed on the wrong book :(
BTW, Dora*!
Thanks for the de-lurking and the compliment. I LOVE de-lurking and compliments!
*I'm sorry, but thanks to my niece, Isabella, I can't help but add "the Explorah" to the end of that in my head. I'm easily distracted.
OF COURSE I love that book! I even bought it for my Mom a couple years ago for Mother's Day! She said it was the best book ever and then recommended it to M-I-L.
Just spreading the proper-grammar love!
But M-I-L already had it! Yes, I'm as anal as Brooke about that shit, to quote Betty ;-D
I HAVE to get this book! Thanks for mentioning it!
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