Posted by Alric Knebel on 01/16/06 11:53

Rev. James Slaughter wrote:

> nenslo wrote:
>
>>In article <12bu8u59kaj1ldb@corp.supernews.com>,
>> Alric Knebel <alric@[cableone.net]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>I meant lines, not sentences, sorry.
>>>
>>>Let me get this straight: You thought this was clever?
>>
>>Just stating a fact, not putting on a big show like you.
>
>
> I think that counting words would be a better idea, since sentances can
> be stretched and stretched beyond belief; with enough punctuation and
> idiocy, something that I have a good abundance of belive you me (and
> you do, of course, I won't forget the "lesson" you taught me), it could
> just go on forever and you'd be pointing out that it was still good
> since this post would still have a 1:1 and yet it has a much, much
> higher word ratio and hey - wasn't some writer able to write a hundred
> twenty page sentence?

Actually, he pointed out earlier that he's counting the LINES on the
page, not lines according to punctuation. But I do love your sentence.
Really, I do. Have you seen that sentence by Mark Twain, in "The
Connecticut Yankee in King Author's Court"? I hear he's got a two-page
sentence in it. Or something like that.

Do you want to have a contest? I absolutely LOVE punctuation; know how
to use it, too.

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