Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 08, 2011
October 07, 2011
October 09, 2011
Transcript:
Rat: Who's your friend? Pig: Eddie the exclamation point. He's the most abused and overused punctuation in the entire Internet age. Voice: OMG!! Just got a Facebook message from Becky!!! LOL!! Later, girl!!! Pig: It's taking a real toll.
I’m guilty of many of these . . . and I also “quote” too much, and when I want emphasize something, but not too much, I use ‘single quotes’ or maybe italics!!!
I’m a parentheses and brackets person myself (works wonders if [like me] you’ve got AAADD [Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder]). (Would give more examples, but need to get back to my on-line addiction [classic solitaire (draw one card at a time only)].)
I have to admit….I have been over using the exclamation symbol too much….I also use the…..to much…guess it is just laziness….but I am not about to piss Rat off with any laugh out loud! One a different note, hope all had a Happy Garbanzo Day!
I personally believe James Patterson to be accountable for half the exclamation points used in the western world today.Really I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Green Pieces about 13 years ago
3 dots or Ellipsis can give exclamation point a run for his money…
margueritem about 13 years ago
Guilty…
Havelock_Vetinari about 13 years ago
This reminds me of Terry Pratchett’s quote “Five or more exclamation marks is a sure sign of an insane mind.”This lady clearly exceeds that.
killacowinWA about 13 years ago
IT DOESN’T MENTION GARBANZO BEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m a little dissappointed.
zero about 13 years ago
I might use @#%&*! ellipsis because I am intellectually & morally elliptical?!. . ..
Sisyphos about 13 years ago
Overused?! It can’t possibly be overused! We don’t need no stinkin’ overused….
orinoco womble about 13 years ago
EC gets helped out sometimes by his good buddy, “1”.As in
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago
Womble, I do that too!!!1
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 13 years ago
And this…..
perceptor3 about 13 years ago
:) I can think of a few other things that are overused. . . :P
idroppedmygum about 13 years ago
OVERUSED!!!!!!!!!! WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! that’s not true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Plods with ...™ about 13 years ago
sigh… I wonder what it would be like to be overused.
3hourtour Premium Member about 13 years ago
…Gasp!!!!…as long as you don’t make fun of my three little dots…
dukeallen about 13 years ago
Let him stand on his head, it does wonders. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
finale about 13 years ago
My buddy “Andy Amperstand” (&) is all doubled over laughing at this one!!!!!!!!
McGehee about 13 years ago
Wait a minute———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
pfantom58 about 13 years ago
What!!!! That just !s not sl!ghtly poss!bly true!!!!!
corzak about 13 years ago
I’m guilty of many of these . . . and I also “quote” too much, and when I want emphasize something, but not too much, I use ‘single quotes’ or maybe italics!!!
GoodQuestion Premium Member about 13 years ago
He lost his point in panel #3 … Where is Nilsson when you need him?!? … ☻
Gokie5 about 13 years ago
I’m a parentheses and brackets person myself (works wonders if [like me] you’ve got AAADD [Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder]). (Would give more examples, but need to get back to my on-line addiction [classic solitaire (draw one card at a time only)].)
Number Three about 13 years ago
Awwwwwwww.
LOL xxx
pocounohamster about 13 years ago
I have to admit….I have been over using the exclamation symbol too much….I also use the…..to much…guess it is just laziness….but I am not about to piss Rat off with any laugh out loud! One a different note, hope all had a Happy Garbanzo Day!
billtjr52 about 13 years ago
If we quit using Eddie, he will enter a state of depression, and may end himself. Then we would have no exclamation point!!!
Fan o’ Lio. about 13 years ago
What happened to all the HTML users ??????????
bmonk about 13 years ago
Overused?!? Never!!! Although, to be fair, I do . . . on occasion . . . allow Mr. Exclamation Point to get close to Miss Question. See?!
arson549 about 13 years ago
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keno21 about 13 years ago
I personally believe James Patterson to be accountable for half the exclamation points used in the western world today.Really I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(LOL!)…
WaitingMan about 13 years ago
Don’t let that poor fellow read “Rex Morgan, M.D.”
ottod Premium Member about 13 years ago
You’d think that after all these years of comic strips the exclamation mark would be accustomed to the abuse!
lin4869 about 13 years ago
!
Woody157 about 13 years ago
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! {:} !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Charlie colon is in quarantine.
Valis616 about 13 years ago
I feel the apostrophe is sorely abused as well!
Fan o’ Lio. about 13 years ago
Woodstock speaks only in exclamation points. Just the other day he said “!! !!!!! !!! !!!!!!”.
phileo about 13 years ago
i thought… the most used… would be the ellipsis…
zebralou about 13 years ago
and you know what else is overused? when people do this: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! doesnt that make you want to scream??
Sherlock Watson about 13 years ago
Emoticons can be really hard on the colon.
ddyoyo96 about 13 years ago
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chibi-robo64 about 13 years ago
I’m going to use less exclamation points.
fmasroor about 13 years ago
Poor thing.
lupinssupins about 13 years ago
@Chibi-robo64— Miss Grammar Nazi says to use FEWER exclamation points.
tegm about 13 years ago
I’m pretty sure that would be the apostrophe…
haystacker almost 13 years ago
OMG – Obamanation Must Go
Dabattlebacca almost 11 years ago
How is it overused!?!?!?!?! I hardly ever use them!!!!!!!!And I never use more than one a sentence!!!!!!!!!
ucantbeme almost 9 years ago
Poor Eddie!!!!!!!! That must really stink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
squiglyman over 8 years ago
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RuneKristiansen about 7 years ago
Time to bring back some of the less known punctuations. Like the wonderful interrobang.
Goat the goat about 4 years ago
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PBS1! over 3 years ago
I remember I once saw a comment on a story that said “Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
totallynotamoose over 2 years ago