Sometimes I write run-on sentences that have no end because they just keep going and going until the reader wants to throw their computer out the window since the sentences just keep going and going like a bad musical number or a telemarketer that won’t stop talking long enough for you to say no thank you. See what I mean? I try not to write the run-on sentences, but sometimes I just do.
Lately, I have noticed other run-ons like when the waitress at the little cafe on Monday told me the special of the day. She happily announced that the special was "a slow roasted honey-glazed turkey and aged swiss cheese wrap on a rosemary onion basil tortilla with a chipotle almond honey spread with organic green leaf lettuce…(pause to gasp for air) and chips…(pause) and a pickle…(pause) did I mention the lettuce is green?" Good grief, woman! The worst thing was that after she spatted out the whole description for my mom, I had to ask her to repeat it for me when she got to my side of the table. Sorry, but there were just too many ingredients to keep up with, for crying out loud. Why can’t they just say and turkey & swiss wrap? It really wasn’t that good, by the way.
Or how about the local news station? They will put these little messages across the bottom of the screen during a thunderstorm that say something like this: "From your Doppler live team with the most accurate and quickest Doppler live system, with the latest technology in Doppler service, bringing you the latest updates when they are needed: A warning has been issued for your home where a tornado has already touched down and you weren’t ready because you were reading our incredibly lengthy intro. So sorry…but we still have the latest and greatest technology!"
I guess I can't really complain, since I am a run-on perpetrator myself. Therefore, signing off before I create and more lengthy sentences that absolutely have no end in sight, that keep going like a train down a track, like a boat in the sea, like a pigeon with a little note tied to his foot that says, "hello", like a bad hair day…well you get the picture.
I’m done. That’s enough. No more. Run-ons officially over.
For now, anyway.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
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You are too funny!! LOL!
I am the queen of run on sentences probably because I can just not complete the thought with a period because it would seem final and I don't like finality much at all but I really did enjoy reading your post and found it humorous and relevant to my life and I'm sorry the wrap wasn't good because listening to the waitresses description I really thought it would be good too, but anyway... hope you have a good day Corrie!
love ya!
Wow! That Mandalyn got up early!
I hope this doesn't mean that you're not gonna post for a while! I need my Corrie fix. I just love coming over here and laughing at you've gotten yourself into!
Ok, maybe she didn't, 'cause my timestamp says 5:55 am, and I DON'T get up that early! :0) I'm still dreamin', sister!
Too funny! What a bummer the sandwich wasn't good...I guess a run on doesn't necessarily make it tasty, huh?
LOL! I tend to do that too but more so when I'm talking to someone! That's even worse!
I understand you just fine!
Oh Corrie- yours is the first read for me this morning...thank you for making me smile when I can move my lips enough to sip my coffee...:D
(That local news station bit was hilarious!)
So funny! Our local news stations are so into reporting the weather that we barely get the regular programming any time it thunders. It is like the world is coming to an end every few days!
That is to funny. Some days it's much more effective to be a run on sentence. I know that I can talk so fast some days that people think I am speaking a foreign language. What a funny post.
Very cute, Corrie!
I can't tell you how many times I have gone back over something I've written and made several of the sentences into two or three sentences. Often, they wouldn't sound like a run-on sentence if I was speaking because I would include all the appropriate pauses. If only everyone read our words with the timing and inflections we intended...then we wouldn't have to worry about run-ons.
Thanks for the laugh, Corrie!
You crack me up, LOL! I tend to notice others when they spew a run on. I, however, never run on, LOL.
I tagged you today. Come and see!
Proof that good sandwiches speak for themselves. :^D
You are a crack up.
I've been known to throw out a few run on sentences myself.
Thanks for the laugh.
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