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A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons. '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, at the door. '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.'

A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons. '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, at the door. '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.'

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A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons. '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, at the door. '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.'

If you were like me, expecting to understand the rules of punctuation better by reading this book; you would be getting what you want, but also in for a huge disappointment. The book is, first and foremost, an emotional outlet of the author's frustration t...  

Quite funny if you know your grammar rules and love to correct the errors of others. By the end of the book the amusement begins to pall. A useful reference

Quite funny if you know your grammar rules and love to correct the errors of others. By the end of the book the amusement begins to pall. A useful reference

Quite funny if you know your grammar rules and love to correct the errors of others. By the end of the book the amusement begins to pall. A useful reference

If you were like me, expecting to understand the rules of punctuation better by reading this book; you would be getting what you want, but also in for a huge disappointment. The book is, first and foremost, an emotional outlet of the author's frustration t...