Mrs. Olsen: Any questions? Oh, joy. Caulfield. Caulfield: Is it logically possible to be barely dressed? Well, think about it. Frazz: The grammar emperor has no shame.
I just like the “Oh, joy…” part…I used to feel like that when the kid who takes 20 minutes to finish a sentence (because he would just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and…well, you get it) would have something he needed to share lol
I’ve been called a grammar Nazi, and I call myself a grammar curmudgeon, but I like the term grammar emperor. Jeff: I posted this strip on my blog, The Writing Rag. I included a nice plug and a link.
Maybe it’s a US/UK thing, but “barely” commonly means “only just” or “very nearly”. It’s a different word entirely to “bare”. Still very much in common use.The Grammar Emperor is a nice reference though :-)
Slightly off topic, but: when my wife was in New York for grad school, she had to explain what Seattleites by the difference between “partly cloudy” and “partly sunny”, while they tried to explain phrases like " there was no weather until late afternoon".
naturally_easy almost 13 years ago
or kind of dead.
chris_weaver almost 13 years ago
His query was met with a deafening silence.
Kroykali almost 13 years ago
“We were barely 17, and we were barely dressed.”
- MeatloafTheWildSow almost 13 years ago
Police found a partially-nude body. No, they found a partially-CLOTHED body!
McGehee almost 13 years ago
I suppose one could say “hardly dressed,” but then Caulfield would ask if they were wearing armor.
prrdh almost 13 years ago
It may not be logically possible, but since idiom is often *il*logical, the answer to the question doesn’t matter.
gjsjr41 almost 13 years ago
Barely dressed, barely nude……I’m getting confused.
crobinson019 almost 13 years ago
I barely comprehend this question…
EMT almost 13 years ago
I just like the “Oh, joy…” part…I used to feel like that when the kid who takes 20 minutes to finish a sentence (because he would just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and…well, you get it) would have something he needed to share lol
hippogriff almost 13 years ago
Oxymorons unveiled when you least expect it.
Varnes almost 13 years ago
This could get pretty ugly…..
brick10 almost 13 years ago
FIG LEAF!
whitecarabao almost 13 years ago
Oxymorons are terribly nice and awful fun.
V-Beast almost 13 years ago
I hate being bipolar, its so awesome!
Rogers George Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I’ve been called a grammar Nazi, and I call myself a grammar curmudgeon, but I like the term grammar emperor. Jeff: I posted this strip on my blog, The Writing Rag. I included a nice plug and a link.
Blondie282828 almost 13 years ago
I’m glad the partially clothed body was discovered. We were all upset when it was “found missing.”
Varnes almost 13 years ago
But you can leave your hat on, you can leave your hat on. You can leave your hat on…
lmchildress almost 13 years ago
When will she learn to specify questions about what she had just been talking about? She sure is an easy target for Caulfield.
axelant almost 13 years ago
Maybe it’s a US/UK thing, but “barely” commonly means “only just” or “very nearly”. It’s a different word entirely to “bare”. Still very much in common use.The Grammar Emperor is a nice reference though :-)
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
Slightly off topic, but: when my wife was in New York for grad school, she had to explain what Seattleites by the difference between “partly cloudy” and “partly sunny”, while they tried to explain phrases like " there was no weather until late afternoon".
amatulic over 1 year ago
For some reason I read that as “barely depressed” and didn’t get the joke at first.