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This one is for Menace

Yet another example of someone using punctuation in a completely illogical way. This time, the crime is perpetrated against the humble comma.

From: Building Manager
To: All the companies in the Clerkenwell Towers complex
Subject: Bike thieves
i hope this is going to all the companies,this is just to inform you all,that on tuesday(3rd),late afternoon,at least one bike,which i know of,was stolen outside the main entrance,by thieves who drove up in a van,stopped beside the bike stands,and,quickly cut the padlock chain with bolt cutters.
this was reported to me,by one of the tenants,i have to stress that anyone, who locks their bike outside on the pavement,is risking potential theft,please take neccessary precautions when locking your bikes on a public footpath etc,or if possible,park in the bike store,pending room and access.

Sweet Jeebus. There are eighteen commas in those two paragraphs. It's a veritable carnival of commas. What has this guy got against full-stops? Maybe, he, just, really, really, loves, commas.

5.10.06 15:19

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Katja / Website (5.10.06 15:24)
*Head spins*

I actually couldn't read all of that - it just makes no sense.

Yags (5.10.06 15:33)
I, think, it's, some, sort, of, punctuation, virus.

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doctortripswitch / Website (5.10.06 15:51)
He's a serial killer. Steer clear (obviously).

heather / Website (5.10.06 16:42)
to make this memo perfect it should have been headed:
To all the companie's in Clerkenwell Towers.

Yags (5.10.06 16:45)
And the subject should have been "Bike thieve's".

amillionpieces / Website (5.10.06 17:34)
That, is quite, the e-mail yaags, well, spotted.

menace / Website (5.10.06 20:48)
I'm with DrT. I think "complex" is the key word here.

Kate / Website (8.10.06 14:24)
Where is the pending room and what goes on in there?