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When a regular cop gets suspended, he has to turn in his badge and gun. What do grammar cops have to turn in?

Posted - November 20, 2018

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  • 16794
    Their tildes.
      November 20, 2018 11:28 PM MST
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  • 13277
    The dictionary and thesaurus.
      November 20, 2018 11:37 PM MST
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  • REGULAR COP - Badge & Beretta

    GRAMMAR COP - Eraser and Vendetta
      November 20, 2018 11:38 PM MST
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  • 13277
    What if there is no vendetta?
      November 21, 2018 12:11 AM MST
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  • 10026
    Believe it or not...
    I was delayed by a discussion about Constantine and Pontius Pilate.  I know.  I, too, am amazed at the conversations that seem to manifest themselves at such wee hours in the morning. 
    You would be amazed at how smart we feel now and how silly we will feel after we know we could have been asleep instead of discussing biblical information we already knew. 
     

    Big giggles! xoxo
      November 21, 2018 2:58 AM MST
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  • It's part of the job description.  Without the vendetta, they're just another bush leaguer. :))
      November 21, 2018 11:54 AM MST
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  • 13277
    But that means you presume to know what goes on in another person's mind. That's not possible, so you're just guessing.
      November 21, 2018 11:58 AM MST
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  • I didn't write the rules!  "It's In The Book!"

      November 21, 2018 12:05 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Did you even listen to that? It's a bunch of comedy that mentions nothing about vendettas or any of this. You're just tossing BS against the wall, but it's not sticking.
      November 21, 2018 12:13 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Man ALF, you should win the prize for "quick on the draw!"
      
    Good Call!!!
      November 21, 2018 12:17 AM MST
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  • 362
    marker
      November 20, 2018 11:49 PM MST
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  • 53509
    ~
      November 21, 2018 12:09 AM MST
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  • 10026
    I'm thinking.  For fear of having an incorrect answer, I am continuing to think.  Hold on.  Can I Google this? 
      November 21, 2018 12:19 AM MST
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  • 7939
    Google only helps if something has been asked. This is a Just Asking original, inspired by real-life aMug events. :o
      November 21, 2018 1:14 AM MST
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  • 10026
    Holy Crap!  I would like to share with you about the "Blackbird" and Reagan. 
    Don is a fountain of knowledge.  Now the Blackbirds are decommissioned and sit in museums.  Who knew?  Probably You!  But now I do too!
    I am playing but also very serious.  Welcome to my home with Don.  You have to giggle.
    A man with such talent, yet won't let me write to you about a grammar cop at 2:07.

    This post was edited by Merlin at November 21, 2018 12:24 PM MST
      November 21, 2018 3:03 AM MST
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  • 7939
    I was totally unfamiliar with Blackbirds. Please thank Don for sharing. lol
      November 21, 2018 8:57 AM MST
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  • 10026
    I am looking back on last night's antics and cracking up!  It's true, though.  How did we get from grammar cop to the Bible and onto the Blackbird Planes and the Reagan administration all in an hour? I'm puzzled as to how those four things tie together.  What's the common denominator?  
    I love you guys!  Thanks for playing and putting up with us.
    Don says your welcome and if you have any other trivial questions that have been eating you up, just let him know.  He's available to be your Trivial Pursuit partner anytime you want to play the game. 
    Big winks and smiles!!
      November 21, 2018 10:45 AM MST
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  • 7939
    lol We are the common denominator. 

    I really hope I can meet the two of you in person one day. I bet we'd have a blast!
      November 21, 2018 11:07 AM MST
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  • 10026
    I So Very Much Agree!!! 
    That vacation I planned with peace and bliss and tons of laughter on the side is always open.
    Hugs and Loves! :) :)
     
      November 21, 2018 11:48 AM MST
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  • 2658
    Let me take the opportunity to wish you (and yours) a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

    You must be a special lady - And a very exciting girl - Song Lyrics
      November 21, 2018 12:03 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Thank you Beans!  You are awesome!!
      November 23, 2018 4:13 PM MST
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  • 10026
     "By Jove I think I've got it!"

    I can say with a profound guess

    He would not have to give up his Tilde or dictionary. 

    He will have to succumb to lying down on his back, fully clothed.  Allowing all patrons of answerMug to come and pick out all the commas, misspelled words, wrong word usages, and periods, phrases and every other grammar item he has absconded with from answerMug members.  All those he had stashed in his various pockets.

    During this emptying of pockets, he must lay there and claim, "I am guilty and I am not ashamed!  I wanted you all to write and communicate correctly!"  As we handcuff him from behind, finish with, "I am guilty!  I have tried to spare you from your own embarrassment.  Through me, you will write correctly and get those great jobs!  It wasn't Steve Jobs that got you that job... it was Randy D!"

      November 21, 2018 3:54 AM MST
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  • 7939
    OMG LOL You really got into this. I got a great visual of some grammar cop emptying his pockets of punctuation and misspelled words. I wonder what they do when their pockets overfill. Do they have special storage? O_o
      November 21, 2018 8:59 AM MST
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  • 13277
    We store 'em in the trunk!

      November 21, 2018 10:00 AM MST
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