Today's (9/19) "Pooch Cafe" comic strip contains at least two mistakes. Can you find them?
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The Dogs talking, then the Cats talking??? 
Or looking at it and reading it???
Or looking at it and reading it???
"its" --> her
"who's" --> whose
"who's" --> whose
'till'...should be 'til.
Children, study your grammar well or you'll end up drawing cartoons for a living!
quote:Originally posted by e:
"its" --> her
"who's" --> whose
He's the guy on first.
Who is on second??
quote:Originally posted by Kindred_Spirit:
Who is on second??
I can't remember the old Abbot and Costello routine. I think I will look it up tonight if I don't forget, or better still you look it up.
Teg,
I think you mean the "Whose on First" routine, a classic. I don't know is on second.
I think you mean the "Whose on First" routine, a classic. I don't know is on second.
quote:Originally posted by interventor:
Teg,
I think you mean the "Whose on First" routine, a classic. I don't know is on second.
Whose on second? No whose is on first. Yes that's the one.
quote:Originally posted by e:
"its" --> her
"who's" --> whose
Someone please tell me y'all aren't critiquing a cartoon for grammar mistakes. Please?
"Pooch Cafe" and "Pearls Before Swine" are the funniest 'toons ever. I never miss 'em.
Who's on firsts, what's on second, I don't know is on third.
...and Meatloaf was heading for home!
Those of us in high school during the late '70s will recognize that one....
Those of us in high school during the late '70s will recognize that one....
Yep, listen to it all the time..
In addition to the grammatical mistakes, there is also a factual mistake.
Mother birds will care for their young even if someone has touched them. Birds have bad sense of smell.
Who's On First (Who's is a contraction of Who is, not Whose as in the possessive):
The names given in the routine for the players at each position are:
First Base: Who
Second Base: What
Third base: I Don't Know
Left field: Why
Center Field: Because
Pitcher: Tomorrow
Catcher: Today
Shortstop: I Don't Give a Darn! (at other times the phrase was stated as "I Don't Care" or "I Don't Give a ****")
The name of the shortstop is not given until the very end of the routine, and the right fielder is either never identified, though an interpretation of the routine could give his name as "Naturally", or is Costello himself. At a point in the routine, Costello thinks that Naturally is the first baseman (because NATURALLY, WHO would get the ball if was thrown to first base). However, in the board game, the right fielder's name is "Nobody".
Abbott's explanations leave Costello hopelessly confused and infuriated, until the end of the routine when he finally appears to catch on. "You got a couple of days on your team?" He never quite figures out that the first baseman's name literally is "Who". But after all this he announces, "I don't give a darn!" ("Oh, that's our shortstop.") That is the most commonly heard ending, which varied depending on the perceived sensibilities of the audience. The even-milder "I Don't Care" was used in the version seen in the film The Naughty Nineties. A recording of the obvious "I Don't Give a ****" has also turned up on occasion.
I'd like to thank Wikipedia for the text and Mary Jo Pitts for teaching me about who's and whose.
The names given in the routine for the players at each position are:
First Base: Who
Second Base: What
Third base: I Don't Know
Left field: Why
Center Field: Because
Pitcher: Tomorrow
Catcher: Today
Shortstop: I Don't Give a Darn! (at other times the phrase was stated as "I Don't Care" or "I Don't Give a ****")
The name of the shortstop is not given until the very end of the routine, and the right fielder is either never identified, though an interpretation of the routine could give his name as "Naturally", or is Costello himself. At a point in the routine, Costello thinks that Naturally is the first baseman (because NATURALLY, WHO would get the ball if was thrown to first base). However, in the board game, the right fielder's name is "Nobody".
Abbott's explanations leave Costello hopelessly confused and infuriated, until the end of the routine when he finally appears to catch on. "You got a couple of days on your team?" He never quite figures out that the first baseman's name literally is "Who". But after all this he announces, "I don't give a darn!" ("Oh, that's our shortstop.") That is the most commonly heard ending, which varied depending on the perceived sensibilities of the audience. The even-milder "I Don't Care" was used in the version seen in the film The Naughty Nineties. A recording of the obvious "I Don't Give a ****" has also turned up on occasion.
I'd like to thank Wikipedia for the text and Mary Jo Pitts for teaching me about who's and whose.
Pearls before Swine is hit or miss, but I like it. Pooch Cafe is abysmal.
Could we please get Funky Winkerbean?
Could we please get Funky Winkerbean?
quote:Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
Pearls before Swine is hit or miss, but I like it. Pooch Cafe is abysmal.
Could we please get Funky Winkerbean?
LOL