Wednesday, September 1, 2010

My Favorite Epigraph

Take time to familiarize yourself with this manual. The slightest deviation from the style described herein will lead directly to the collapse of our carefully constructed editorial house of cards, economic upheaval, spiritual and moral chaos, and the end of civilization as we know it.

—APWA Style Guide, 2nd ed., American Public Welfare Association, 1995
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2 comments:

  1. moiSeptember 1, 2010 at 8:43 PM

    I wonder what it says about me that I read that last sentence to the tune of an REM song?

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  2. czarSeptember 3, 2010 at 8:23 PM

    It means that you have an incredible facility for mashing five syllables into two. The question is, do you feel fine?

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