Dept. of Superheroes: The Apostrophist
In the course of working at the Oregon Daily Emerald many silly ideas have come to the surface (movie trailer mad-libs comes to mind). Nevertheless, brilliance occasionally strikes. This silliness was the genesis of the world's most grammatically correct superhero: The Apostrophist. The masked crusader is based on my good friend and copy editor extraordinaire Shadra Beesley, who has been known to
IN A WORLD...I envision a Saturday morning cartoon as the perfect vehicle for The Apostrophist, whose only weakness is a clear liquid known as Gin-inite. With her red pen of justice, and working in conjunction with the Department of Corrections, she puts crooked words behind bars. Oh, the possibilities.
... WHERE BAD GRAMMAR RUNS RAMPANT...
ONE WOMAN....
WILL POSSESS EVIL and CONTRACT THE DEMONS WITHIN....
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN.... SHADRA BEESLEY BECOMES ... THE APOSTROPHIST!
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2 Comments:
You know what's sad . . .
I think I have seen some modified bathroom stall graffiti in the stalls at UO. Lord knows I've considered making the corrections myself.
That's pretty damn funny, I have to admit;
Oops. I believe that was an errant semi-colon.
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