Friday, April 14, 2006

Punctuate this!

Can you punctuate either of these sentences? I stole them from my friend Jay Nordlinger.

Jane while John had had had had had had had had had had had the teacher's approval.

That that is is that that is not is not.


The second is the easier. I'll put a hint as the first comment.

9 comments:

Dad said...

Hint: Semi-colons are allowed.

Mom said...

OK, I'll bite. Here's the first one:

Jane, while John had had "had," had had "had had;" "had had" had had the teacher's approval.

Does somebody else want to try the second one?

Caleb said...

Second one's easy. Love the solution to the first one, though. That had me stumped.

That that is, is; that that is not, is not.

(can you use a period? That second one works a lot better with a period instead of a semicolon.)

Anonymous said...

I don't understand how any of those MAKE SENSSEEE

Dad said...

I thionk we should have t-shirts printed up that say, "Aurora being Aurora"

Caleb, I never liked semi-colons.

Anonymous said...

pleaaaase do HAHAHAH. its my birthday in an hour and 10 minutesss

Anonymous said...

seriously. i want that shirt.

Anonymous said...

seriously.

Dad said...

Thank you, Mr. Murphy, for the birthday card.