Re:Nobody. Understands. Punctuation.
by MichaelDickens on Sunday June 08, 2014 @03:32PM
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This isn't actually a case of the Oxford comma, though--it's just incorrect.
*points to the fourth sentence
The joke.
Still not an Oxford comma.
"Why?" asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"Well, I'm a panda," he says. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."