+716 Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse" and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse", amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

true. but I think the 'u' in Uncle Jack is supposed to be capitalized...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think punctuation could help straighten things out even more

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How would punctuation help?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

a comma right after Uncle Jack of course

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"I had to help my uncle, Jack, off a horse."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

thats what i was gonna comment!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(BLAH BLAH): Good for you.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think we should stop posting the same joke over and over.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't get it explain please

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ok so the first sentence is saying he had to help his uncle named Jack get off a horse, the second is saying he helped his uncle jack-off (as in masturbate) a horse. However, the first sentence should say, "I had to help my uncle, Jack, off a horse" or "I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse" (saying his whole name is Uncle Jack, so Jack wouldn't be an appositive like in the very first one) not, "I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Isn't this from the oatmeal under "minor differences"?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think the comma between "Uncle" and "Jack" and "Jack" and "off" is important, too. Lol.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Rip offed post how original.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

In another sentence that was similar but didn't have 2 meaning (eg. I had to help my brother Robert up the stairs) you wouldn't put a comma, so the comma isn't necessary.. it is useful in this post though haha

by Anonymous 13 years ago