You got that wrong! In Songs of the Pogo, ‘How Low Is the Lowing Herd’ goes like this:
‘Do you herd sheep?’ old gramma sighed.
My grampa leaped in fright.
‘That grammar’s wrong!’ to me he cried.
‘HAVE you heard sheep?—is right!’
Oh, yeah, that’ll get her attention, alright. It might even cause her to swim through a few military mainframes just to aim the missiles so a sentence like that is never heard again.
I’m afraid his swear filter adapts… so if he swears by bad grammar, soon he won’t be able to speak at all, except in that dry, flavorless language our teachers preferred. Uh, “y’all”!
Ima little bit crummy, I’ll take it in stride,
But she’s one of those who can easily hide.
I know she’s no dummy but, man if she could,
She’ll try to correct me, I knew that she would.
If I were repulsive, but, then again, no,
I’m guy with a notion and I’m aiming low.
Oh, I know its small, but, I know she sees.
She sees its wrong,
With the apostrophe.
And you can tell anytime my grammar is wrong.
I might be a pimple, but I’ve had my fun.
I hope you don’t mind,
I hope you don’t mind,
That were talking like nerds.
How interesting time is, in this VR world.
This is Lovelace’s third outfit today (leaving aside the one in the game). Is she making up for lost time after wearing a stripy top and black skirt almost all of the time in Narbonic?
Wait, was that server even connected to the internet? I think Whimsy trapped her in the server.
So after all her ‘so physical’ remarks to Nick and Baron, she was ‘so virtual’ and forgot to take into account that in the real world, she’s ones and zeros on a very physical and cheap to replace server.
I love this. There is an XKCD comic this reminds me of
“I heard you’re idea’s and their definately good.”
“herd”.
‘Do you herd sheep’ my grandpa said,
my granma lept in fright!
‘The grammer’s wrong’, to me she sighed,
‘have you heard sheep’ is right.
You got that wrong! In Songs of the Pogo, ‘How Low Is the Lowing Herd’ goes like this:
‘Do you herd sheep?’ old gramma sighed.
My grampa leaped in fright.
‘That grammar’s wrong!’ to me he cried.
‘HAVE you heard sheep?—is right!’
Dang, internet.
You misspelled “defiantly”
Oh, yeah, that’ll get her attention, alright. It might even cause her to swim through a few military mainframes just to aim the missiles so a sentence like that is never heard again.
“This is important. Someone is *wrong* on the Internet.”
The reference you’re looking for is #386 – Duty Calls.
Never thought proper grammar was his strong point. Somebody slip him a copy of “The Elements of Style.”
Or even The Elephants of Style. (actual book)
“Eats, Shoots, and Leaves”?
Elements, at least, is about style (in a general sense), not grammar.
A charming little book.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2909/what-s-purportedly-wrong-with-strunk-white-s-the-elements-of-style
Also, prepositions.
http://zitscomics.com/comics/may-22-2017/
Lovelace. Poor thing – her twisted beginnings continues to warp her reality.
Oops. “Continue.” Wish I could say I did that on purpose.
Look on the bright side. You’ve just increased your odds that you’ll get a visit from Lovelace. ^_~
SWEET!!
NICK. You have found a new way to SWEAR.
I’m afraid his swear filter adapts… so if he swears by bad grammar, soon he won’t be able to speak at all, except in that dry, flavorless language our teachers preferred. Uh, “y’all”!
I’m taking the fact that I have never had a Lovelace show up as de facto proof that I have never been wrong on the Internet.
You are clearly correct and only Lovelace’s presence can prove otherwise
You’re doubly wrong: Lovelace showed up to you last Tuesday, among many other times, but you’re Reality Blind. 😀
tapping into people’s sense of disillusionment and disappoint,
Jonathan Fisher
Could you do that IRL if you said “yoor” instead of “yore”?
“The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.” This is known as Godwin’s Law.
Nicely played, Mr Cohn
No, Godwin’s is the thing about gender-swapped fanfic. Don’t you know anything?!
Actually, you’re thinking of Murphy’s Law. Godwin’s Law is about pornography.
*twitches*
Ironically, it took me three attempts to spell that correctly.
I love the last panel, even if looking at Nick’s speech bubble drives me slightly crazy.
Ima little bit crummy, I’ll take it in stride,
But she’s one of those who can easily hide.
I know she’s no dummy but, man if she could,
She’ll try to correct me, I knew that she would.
If I were repulsive, but, then again, no,
I’m guy with a notion and I’m aiming low.
Oh, I know its small, but, I know she sees.
She sees its wrong,
With the apostrophe.
And you can tell anytime my grammar is wrong.
I might be a pimple, but I’ve had my fun.
I hope you don’t mind,
I hope you don’t mind,
That were talking like nerds.
How interesting time is, in this VR world.
—from “Your Song,” Bernie Taupin and Elton John.
This is Lovelace’s third outfit today (leaving aside the one in the game). Is she making up for lost time after wearing a stripy top and black skirt almost all of the time in Narbonic?
I originally thought she was wearing pajamas. As if Nick’s internet transgression was so wrong that it woke her out of cyber-sleep.
Wait, was that server even connected to the internet? I think Whimsy trapped her in the server.
So after all her ‘so physical’ remarks to Nick and Baron, she was ‘so virtual’ and forgot to take into account that in the real world, she’s ones and zeros on a very physical and cheap to replace server.
I kind of hope that’s the case. That kind of divisive rhetoric deserves to be punished pretty hard.
Alas, there’s so much of her father in her.
If Sweetheart and Lovelace got into the same room with each other, they would probably collapse into a black hole and kill us all.
Would Sweetheart be in the VR, or would Lovelace be in the so-called real world?
In this universe? Probably both simultaneously.
I’ve figured out how to beat the sphere puzzle!
“Let me win, or I’ll hurt you”
Alternately, play against a 4 y/old.
Also works: “Here’s five dollars if you agree that I win”
*your.
😀
(Yes, I know she corrects it in-comic. I’m pretending to be the internet. Shh.)