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Oh man. Where can we begin with this poster? When reader AS submitted it to us last month (you can see the full version here), we weren't sure which error was the best! Could it be the unnecessary use of quotation marks? (Okay, so putting "Jesus Christ" in quotes is fine if you're having a dude dressed as J.C. come to your party—but the quotes around the DJ's name are completely unnecessary.) Or could it be the unnecessary and inconsistent punctuation (British—outside the quotes—for the first period; American—inside the quotes—for the second)? Or could it just be the awesome wordo in the last line?
Or maybe it's just the combination of all of them that makes us gleeful over this particular submission. Yeah. That must be it.



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