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September 19, 2006
Topics people, cheese, kids, book, web, children, sad, email, funny, e-mail, legs, leaves, private, post, hand, drivers, restaurant, death, couple, reuters, world and woman
British writer Lynne Truss has set up a Web site featuring a collection of funny examples of misplaced punctuation. The author of the popular 2003 book "Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance to Punctuation" delights in grammatical errors that completely change the intended meaning of written communication. For example, Truss publishes an item on a restaurant menu gone wrong. What was supposed to be "Goat Cheese Salad . . . tomato, onions, goat cheese" turned into something else entirely with a couple of extra s's and an erroneous additional comma: "Goats Cheese Salad . . . tomatoes, onions, goats, cheese. "
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August 10, 2006
Kenyan officials find 228 live tortoises at the airport by following a trail of droppings. The reptiles arrived in metal crates from Uganda, and were packed as "shells. " Their final destination was Thailand. Gichuki Kabukuru of Kenya Wildlife Services tells Reuters, "Airport staff heard movement and funny noises in the containers. . . They notified us when they saw the droppings. "
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July 31, 2006
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July 22, 2006
A Florida man told police he is addicted to exposing himself to joggers running along road sides. He said he can't stop. Margio Castillo, 30 was arrested Friday on charges of battery and exposure.
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July 19, 2006
A Michigan man could face time in jail after putting a six foot boa constrictor in his mailbox. 31 year old James R. Mell, from the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, said, "It was an incredibly stupid practical joke that wasn't funny. "
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