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# Oh. I assumed the chap's name was 'Im'
(as in, 'Im, off the telly' )
(, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 23:49, archived)
# Ah, then the comma would go after "Here" and is still wayward.
I can't account for the capital H though.
(, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 23:52, archived)
# HIS NAME IS "IM HERE"!
It's the only explanation.
(, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 23:53, archived)
# *sleeps easy tonight*
(, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 23:57, archived)
# And we can account for the comma if it is there to signify that it's not the worst drought Britian has had, but THE worst drought, which Britian just happens to have kept hidden away for years.
Very debateable oxford comma, but I think it's arguable.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:00, archived)
# agreed
though, in that case, an argument could me made for the specified errant comma being, in actual fact, a very shitty full stop
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:11, archived)
# True, but that would leave the question of WHAT Britian has had for years.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:13, archived)
# Choose Your Own Adventure
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:15, archived)
# BALLGAG SHARK
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:22, archived)
# Can't be sharks, see below. Also, sharks' tails are stiff and vertical. Only a porpoise could curl its tail like that.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:24, archived)
# stiff and vertical
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:27, archived)
# Almost 4Q, but where's the punchline?
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:28, archived)
# BALLGAG PORPOISE
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:24, archived)
# That's more like it!
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:25, archived)
# This sounds entirely reasonable,
when you consider that the same person puts a circle instead of a dot above a lowercase i.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:14, archived)
# Judging by the handwritting she's a girl, early teens. What she's doing here anyone's guess.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:17, archived)
# reporting on the worst drought,
Britain has had for years
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:19, archived)
# I do rather like the porpoises though.
They can't be sharks; not unless she's standing in the ocean, which would be crazy. No freshwater sharks in the Northern Hemisphere.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:22, archived)
# damn
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:23, archived)
# Sharks don't have pointy beak/muzzle bits either.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:25, archived)
# apart from the Goblin Shark,
obviously
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:28, archived)
# Yes, true, but sharks have more than the pectoral fins, they also have pelvic and... uh... anal fins.
It's clearly a porpoise.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:32, archived)
#
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 1:00, archived)
# HOLY ASS
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 1:34, archived)
# Sharks in the Mississippi?
Yep.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:52, archived)
# Nah, it's a full stop.
"I'm here reporting on the worst drought."

Pause. Change in tone. Happy face!

"Britain has had four years!"
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:22, archived)
# Oh oh oh oh. Is it a transcript?
It's all falling into place.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:27, archived)
# Now all we need to know
is what came after in the broadcast!
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:40, archived)
# HEY THERE PEDANT!
You spelled Britain wrong.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 0:37, archived)
# Oh yeah.
(, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 9:18, archived)