Comments on: Oz never did give nuthin’ to the tin man

By: MoJo

MoJo — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:31:23 +0000

You just have to find the right workaround solution.

Th. — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:00:36 +0000

Oh, you writers and your punctuation!

MoJo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:43:09 +0000

Kel, that’s gorgeous!

MoJo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:42:47 +0000

Isn’t it “didn’t didn’t already have”?

It just looks so clumsy without accompanying soundtrack, but in any case, I would have punctuated it differently.

“didn’t (didn’t) already have”

Takes care of the problem quite nicely.

Dude — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:11:53 +0000

Th if you want to get technical…it also says never did give nuthin….there for it would reverse back…triple negative.

RJ Keller — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:45:16 +0000

From ‘Can’t Cry Hard Enough’ by the Williams Brothers (I think.)

I’m gonna live my life
Like every day’s the last
Without a simple goodbye
It all goes by so fast

Th. — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:18:19 +0000

Isn’t it “didn’t didn’t already have”? Isn’t that a double negative? With resulting implications?

Philip Persinger — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:58:47 +0000

The one I’ve been going with is:

“God put man on the earth because His arms were full and He had to open the screen door.”

Persinger, 1998

Dude — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:51:30 +0000

It’s easy to forget what you have. Sometimes you don’t recognize it or appreciate it until you’ve lost it.

The song that makes me reflect is “cat’s in the cradle” by Harry Chapin. Especially the line

“When you coming home, dad?”
“I don’t know when, But we’ll get together then.
You know we’ll have a good time then.”