Chris sent me this one. I guess warming up the copy machine is just a figure of speech - temperature has nothing to do with it.
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If the "PC Load Letter" message appears, be sure to bring the baseball bat.
Isn't this proper usage of quotation marks?
it's not egregious, but it's a little bit funny. I think.
Hmm. There used to be some really funny ones, but none of the recent pictures have made me laugh. Either this site has gone through all the best ones already, or I'm just getting accustomed to seeing badly used quotation marks.
I like this one because it suggests that the person who posted the message is a little dubious about the copier's "excuse" for the delay.
This One would also Qualify for the blog Of unnecessary Capital letters.
The "Be Patient, for..." construction reminds me of the Bible.
This is great! so true. You should also have a blog about how people misuse the @ sign. I've gotten so many emails from people using the @ sign, not as at, but as about instead.
:) i've just been going through your blog. I've just never realized that people misuse quotation marks so much.. 'Tis funny :)
Oh, and congratulations on your feature :) Blogger's dashboard bug update links to your website... talk about "making it" :)
I think the funniest part about this one is the diction, the most humorous of which has already been pointed out by lynn.
@ boxc jewelry: I've never seen an @ sign used like that. Do you have any examples?
Hyphenating the verb-adverb phrase "warm-up" also makes it function as a noun. Maybe the copier just needs to do a few toe-touches to complete its warm-up, then. Oh - and the period should be inside the quotation marks. This sign makes all kinds of non-sense!
That copier is just a little shy around new people. If you give it some time, it will warm up to you and you'll probably be lifelong copying friends.
Technically a copier's "warming up" does involve temperature. There's a heating element that has to get hot enough to melt the toner powder onto the paper before the copier will work, otherwise the toner wouldn't stick to the paper (that's why copies are warm when they're fresh from the machine).
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