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  • Jem`s Punctuation Exercise - as opposed to Colin-M`s
    by Jem at 08:36 on 12 December 2006
    Can you make sense of this by inserting the correct punctuation?

    Jones where Smith had had had had had had had had had had one two many hads
  • Re: Jem`s Punctuation Exercise - as opposed to Colin-M`s
    by Colin-M at 09:30 on 12 December 2006
    Yup, mine is the same - well, very, very slightly different as yours gives the game away at the end. Mine reads as utter gibberish at first:

    Jones where Smith had had had had had had had had had had had the teachers approval


    it's still a beauty though, isn't it?
  • Re: Jem`s Punctuation Exercise - as opposed to Colin-M`s
    by Jem at 09:44 on 12 December 2006
    Or perhaps we're just saddo-es!
  • Re: Jem`s Punctuation Exercise - as opposed to Colin-M`s
    by Cholero at 09:51 on 12 December 2006
    This from Jasper Fforde:

    'Good. Item seven. The had had and that that problem. Lady Cavendish, weren't you working on this?'
    Lady Cavendish stood up and gathered her thoughts. . . . 'It's mostly an unlicensed usage problem. At the last count David Copperfield alone had had had had sixty-three times, all but ten unapproved. Pilgrim's Progress may also be a problem owing to its had had / that that ratio.'

    'So what's the problem in Progress?'

    'That that had that that ten times but had had had had only thrice. Increased had had usage had had to be overlooked but not if the number exceeds that that that usage.'

    'Hmm,' said the Bellman. 'I thought had had had had TGC's approval for use in Dickens? What's the problem?'

    'Take the first had had and that that in the book by way of example,' explained Lady Cavendish. 'You would have thought that that first had had had had good occasion to be seen as had, had you not? Had had had approval but had had had not; equally it is true to say that that that that had had approval but that that other that that had not.'

    'So the problem with that other that that was that--?

    'That that other--other that that had had approval.'

    'Okay,' said the Bellman, whose head was in danger of falling apart like a chocolate orange, 'let me get this straight: David Copperfield, unlike Pilgrim's Progress, which had had had, had had had had. Had had had had TGC's approval?'

    There was a very long pause.

    'Right,' said the Bellman with a sigh.

  • Re: Jem`s Punctuation Exercise - as opposed to Colin-M`s
    by EmmaD at 10:58 on 12 December 2006
    Yippee! Another Jasper Fforde fan. That passage made me laugh so much I felt sick.

    Jones, where Smith had had had had, had had had. "Had had" had had the teachers approval.

    Yes, sad, but also - I don't know - important?

    Emma
  • Re: Jem`s Punctuation Exercise - as opposed to Colin-M`s
    by Cholero at 11:19 on 12 December 2006
    Hi Emma

    Not a massive fan I'm afraid, small doses kind of a thing. Almost too much brilliance if you know what I mean, and I find I it an effort to do more than a chapter at a time!

    Pete
  • Re: Jem`s Punctuation Exercise - as opposed to Colin-M`s
    by EmmaD at 11:45 on 12 December 2006
    Yes, I do know exactly what you mean. I found The Well of Lost Plots worked best, and I think it was because it stayed pretty much in one world, and was therefore a bit more digestible. The others do slightly give you the literary equivalent of jet-lag. In fact I remember the gags more than the plot - maybe there are just too many per square inch.

    Emma
  • Re: Jem`s Punctuation Exercise - as opposed to Colin-M`s
    by Cholero at 11:48 on 12 December 2006
    Amazing guy. He used to be a highly successful focus-puller and he owns and flies a WW1 fighter plane.
  • Re: Jem`s Punctuation Exercise - as opposed to Colin-M`s
    by groovygal2k at 21:30 on 01 October 2007
    sorry im new here, but even i cant understand that gobbledy gook!