I've just seen such an exercise: Put commas where necessary to make the sentence correct: In the exam John where ... night. I just cannot get what the author is trying to elicit. Is it a kind of joke or what? Some of those "commas"

I've just seen such an exercise: Put commas where necessary to make the sentence correct: In the exam John where Janes had had had had had had had had had had had the examiners approval. This really keeps me awake at night. I just cannot get

I actually quite enjoyed Demolition Man for its humour rather ... like it any better than the rest of his films. If it's funny, it might be worth watching. He plays a politically incorrect cop who is cryogenically frozen. He awakens in a

Thus spake CyberCypher: Demolition Man , 1993, refers to the "President Schwarzenegger Memorial Library". Crap film, by the way. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/02/technology/circuits/02mark.html Predict the Future? You Can Bet on It By

"Who checks passports in North America?", you ask every ... air and sea, whether Cdn, USanian, or (one assumes) Mexican. Read my lips: I said passports of people *in* NA, not the passports of people attempting to enter NA. People who

Oy! "US *of* A." Shall I explain the joke? (Clue: Pogo and his boat.) Pogo's boat be damned, thou shalt not screw with the name of the country. Charles Riggs Email address: chriggs¦at¦eircom¦dot¦net

Pantetteria: Is how it's writen in the text. Can you check again? The first "t" shouldn't be there. Unless it's a little joke. A (strained) possible interpretation of "pantetteria" would be "a place to find all

Schwarzenegger. I know, I know it's a *** to ... that innocuous combination of letters to harm someone's career again. Oy! "US *of* A." Shall I explain the joke? (Clue: Pogo and his boat.) Skitt (in Hayward, California)

I'm not sure what is happening here, but I think the writers are making a little reference to the well-known ... misunderstood by the audience. But it's exactly the sort of wordplay that Americans have indulged in for over a century. I

Pantetteria: Is how it's writen in the text. Can you check again? The first "t" shouldn't be there. Unless it's a little joke. A (strained) possible interpretation of "pantetteria" would be "a place to find all