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Tis a sad, sad day

Posted on January 7, 2008 Written by Diane

I found this quote in the morning paper:

Still, PG&E said Sunday that it was hoping nearly all of the lights would come back on by Tuesday or Wednesday.

“What!?” said Godfrey Muehler of Sunnyvale. “We’ve heard 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m.

Anybody see what made me sad? Is it the fact that all of my brethren do not yet have their lights and power on? Is it that PG&E is swamped and there’s yet another storm headed our way?

No, it’s the San Jose Mercury News using “!?” as punctuation. T’ain’t standard, man. Don’t make me take out my Chicago Manual of Style. You get to pick an exclamation mark or a question mark. You don’t get both.

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