August 22, 2005

Jeff Rubin (owner of Put It In Writing Newsletter Publishers) declared August 22 National Punctuation Day and managed to get it included in “Chases’ Calendar of Events,” making it practically official. In celebration of good punctuation and the back-to-school season, I’ve collected the following sites.

Eats, Shoots & Leaves Punctuation Game
This interactive punctuation game from British author Lynne Truss is based on her best-selling “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” grammar book. The title of her book is based on the following grammar joke. Panda walks into a restaurant and eats lunch. When the check arrives, he takes a gun from his pocket, shoots into the air and runs out of the restaurant. The waiter chases after him, shouting about the bill. In response, the panda tosses him a badly punctuated wildlife manual and says “I’m a panda. Look it up.” The waiter opens up the book and reads, “Pandas: eats, shoots and leaves.”

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