Tag Archives: humor

Stainless Steel Appliances

Posted on June 5, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I almost feel like a lawyer as I head into this mostly off-topic post since I have to begin with the question: How do you define clean? Stainless steel appliances have become more popular than yawns during a major league … Continue reading →

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Pre-owned Car Salesman

Posted on May 28, 2008 by languageandgrammar

As a meteorologist, I have sympathy for people with jobs that don’t get much respect—and I’m not talking about the egg processing factory. (Maybe Rodney Dangerfield should have considered a job as a weather forecaster.) I feel bad for the … Continue reading →

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Jobs I’d Hate to Have

Posted on May 3, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Expiration dates on food products are important, of course; otherwise, we’d have even more people going around saying “This doesn’t smell good–here, sniff” and “This doesn’t taste right–here, take a bite,” but it’s clear that we’ve taken this one step too far. … Continue reading →

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Poor Communication or Poor Taste Test?

Posted on March 24, 2008 by languageandgrammar

Ok, I’ll admit it. This is another post that’s more of an off-topic rant than a true language or grammar post, but, hey, there must have been some lack of communication for my informal Pepsi taste test to go the … Continue reading →

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28 Language Errors in One Post!

Posted on March 17, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I did alot of ideating today and decided to start a new regular feature on the blog: a post that highlights all of the entries that Sherry and I have written in the past month. I thought that I would start … Continue reading →

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47-Hour Weekend

Posted on March 7, 2008 by languageandgrammar

I have a confession to make: I didn’t know that it was daylight-saving time rather than Daylight Savings Time (with an s, no hyphen, and caps) until co-blogger Sherry Coven corrected me. She is, of course, right–as she always is–so you might be … Continue reading →

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