Punctuation makes a difference

[G-Radical]

This happened to my Mom, she works for IT services for the University. She was setting up (someone very important but her position escapes me at the moment)'s blackberry with the University's email system.

My mom went through all the steps then spent the next 2 hours trying to figure out why the woman could log in through a computer but not through her blackberry.

My mom was freaking out, scared that she might lose her job or something because it wasn't working.

In the end, after two hours, my mom asked what her password was.

Example;
password = idiot's
what she typed on her blackberry a hundred times = idiot,s

she kept confusing the apostrophe with a comma, but claimed she was typing her password right every single time. Once my mom typed it in for her it worked perfectly. My poor momma!

[phantasy]

I hate when customers repeatedly do something like enter in a password, and it's wrong, but they ensure you that its right, that they cannot possibly doing it wrong and that it's all you're fault. Then it's their fault anyway. Even after you *prove* it to them, it's still your fault.

[Magpie]

Seeing the title made me think of signs that are around the city on light standards. Some make money at home scheme. What I like is the line that says "Don't believe, don't call". Hmmm... sounds like good advice. Thanks!

[Ironclad Alibi]

And then there is this story about punctuation use:

Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you let me be yours?
Jane

Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?
Yours,
Jane

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Ironclad, that was the funniest thing I read today!

I was going to add the motto for Canada's Comedy Network, "Time Well Wasted". Some standup comic (I think it was Richard Jeni) mentioned that the meaning changes with punctuation to "Time, Well... Wasted".

[Chromatix]

That should go in the Jokes section, if it hasn't already.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I just posted it there.

[rvdammit]

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[Miranda Rights]

Reminds me of the classic missing serial comma example in a book dedication: "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God."

[Merriweather]

When I saw the thread title, all I could think of was the Panda bear joke (actually, I think it was the name of a book).

For the few (I assume?) who haven't heard it. (the shorter version)

Panda walks into a bar, orders a big meal, eats it with pleasure, stands up, takes out a gun, and fires shots all over the bar. One customer raises his head and says "why???". Panda says "cause I'm a Panda", and tosses a cheap and badly written wildlife dictionary at the guy as he walks out the door.

Guy looks it up. "Panda - native to china. Eats, shoots and leaves."

[Pagan]

Guy looks it up. "Panda - native to china. Eats, shoots and leaves."

It's also the name of a book about punctuation....or lack thereof.