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Surely you’ve thoroughly thought this through though?

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46 points

It’s tough.

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20 points

They did. And don’t call them Shirley!

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8 points

I feel like there needs to be a comma somewhere in that sentence but I don’t know why…

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10 points

Before the last word.

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That’s my first thought, but my brain keeps trying to inject one immediately following “Surely.” No idea why.

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Knowing there should be a comma in the sentence, is half the battle. Knowing why… is the other half.

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Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” is a grammatically correct sentence in English that is often presented as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity.

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2 points

Do love me some annoying wordplay, like the Chinese poem Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den

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5 points

Nayeth, though thou hath thoroughly thought thots through.

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…I spend a lot of my time thinking while waiting in the drive-thru.

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