OMG LOL!
I am a big fan of text messaging. It’s a handy way to converse without actually having to talk. I often feel the urge to chat late at night or I want to share one short thought and a text is a simple way to do that.
However, texting has its drawbacks. As I’ve said before about online dating, I can be easily turned off by bad grammar, bad spelling, and poor punctuation. I ran across this comic today and it elicited quite the chuckle and I had to share it. Fortunately, Irving (window scraper is starting to get a little cumbersome) is an excellent texter. No use of LOLs, OMGs, or WTFs. No poor grammar, no awkward abbreviations, and full use of punctuation, including commas, capitalization, and apostrophes. Because nothing can set me off like wading through a terrible text!
Bad grammar, the ultimate mood-killer.
This is taken with the utmost respect from Danielle Corsetto, author of Girls with Slingshots. Thanks, Danielle, for another fantastic strip!
Hilarious. . . But, it’s about time you know. I like lol-cats:
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OMG – Their funny.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:09 pmYou do mean “They’re funny” don’t you, dear?
January 6th, 2010 at 1:24 pmIrving??? Kari, darling… with all the possible names you have available to you… you picked IRVING??? *shakes head and gives ‘Irving’ a sympathetic look*
January 8th, 2010 at 2:48 pmNo, dear friend. I didn’t pick the name Irving. My kindly parents did. Fortunately, he seems to be ok with it. And continuing to call him the “window-scraping, super-fantastic, laundry-folding, dish-helping, uber boyfriend” was starting to seem a little excessive. Since the parentals gave him a nickname, I might as well use it.
January 8th, 2010 at 3:57 pmIt’s an acquired taste. Yeah.
January 8th, 2010 at 6:12 pmLove you. Love you both.
January 9th, 2010 at 9:20 pmI happen to like the name Irving thank you very much.
January 18th, 2010 at 1:49 amSigned, one of the parents