Saturday, March 1, 2008

Semicolons get me goin'

A few days ago on the train I saw a public service ad thats gotten its share of media attention:

No matter what paper you read,
Its language or viewpoint,
Please put it in the trash can;
That's good news for everyone.


Why did a story about this sign spend at least a good week on the Times' most e-mailed list, you might ask?

Because of its "impeccable" use of a semicolon.

Sadly, the irony of a newspaper praising an ad about throwing away newspapers is lost on them.

Also, shouldn't you be recycling that newspaper?

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