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Why Sentence Structure Is Important

kleefarr · 2008-05-09 12:31:33

The boss had to fire somebody and he narrowed it down to one of two people - Debra or Jack. It was an impossible decision because they were both super workers. Rather than flip a coin, he decided he would fire the first one who used the water cooler the next morning. Debra came in the next morning with a horrible hangover…

09-05-2008 12:31pm

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kleefarr

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The boss had to fire somebody and he narrowed it down to one of two people - Debra or Jack.

It was an impossible decision because they were both super workers. Rather than flip a coin,
he decided he would fire the first one who used the water cooler the next morning.

Debra came in the next morning with a horrible hangover after partying all night. She went straight to the cooler to take an aspirin.

The boss approached her and said: 'Debra, I've never done this before but I have to lay you or Jack off.'

'Could you jack off?' she says. 'I feel like S***.'

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#2 09-05-2008 1:08pm

JohnCleary

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Good english is the difference between:

"I helped my friend, Jack, off a horse"

and

"I help my friend jack off a horse"

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