Oh, you mean while they’re still alive?
Eh, I can tolerate them in small doses; as long as I can still send them home to their parents when they get unruly. but to live in the same house with them 24/7? Fegeddaboutit !
It’s essentially the mutation of the English language which has made it a little more lax than other languages. The better way of putting it, if using this order would be “giving presents, to kids, which contain dog poop” but “presents, containing dog poop, to kids” is the clearest way of saying it
Its the basis of how short forms jokes are verbalized in English. Start a sentence with a reasonable preposition and end with an unexpected “reveal” or contradiction.
The unusual (for most languages) sentence structure of English means that we frequently place the most important aspect at then end of a spoken sentence for added emphasis/focus even if it “breaks” normal, written, grammar rules – …gives presents to kids CONTAINING DOG POOP – would have the last 3 words being spoken at an elevated volume or other spoken emphasis.
Something hard to reflect in text if the whole sentence is in capitals or italics are not used, but exactly the way the way it would be spoken. We don’t really care about what he was doing to to deliver the poop, it was the poop being delivered that is the issue.
No wonder he left his homelands. Gnome children take 80 years to reach adulthood, although they only ever have two. He is also a freak, being capable of promiscuity. Most gnomes are hard wired to be monogamous. It isn’t a choice for them, usually; once a normal Gome chooses a mate, they cannot unchoose them, they would die if they tried. Gyro is a mutant.
Gyrognome is a smooooth operator.
It helps that he ‘s actually taller when he’s horizontal.
He is evil as hell. But he has some good moves.
More likely he stole a mind controle device from a villen once :)
I love kids…Medium rare.
Oh, you mean while they’re still alive?
Eh, I can tolerate them in small doses; as long as I can still send them home to their parents when they get unruly. but to live in the same house with them 24/7? Fegeddaboutit !
I agree I love my nieces and nephew, but I don’t have to deal with them 24/7.
Daaaaamn… Gyrognome is smooth!
Gyrognome’s true super power.
She’s been hit by…
She’s been hit by…
A is smooth Gyrognome!
wait…is that the phantom’s wife?
Ah snap.
“… presents to kids containing dog poop” – is this correct?
As I’m not a native speaker, I can never tell for sure.
(In German, this word order would mean that the kids, not the presents, contain the dog poop)
In English, this is correct, though it could take either meaning.
It’s essentially the mutation of the English language which has made it a little more lax than other languages. The better way of putting it, if using this order would be “giving presents, to kids, which contain dog poop” but “presents, containing dog poop, to kids” is the clearest way of saying it
“give presents of dog poop to kids”
“Give dog poop to kids present”, “present dog poop to given kids”, “poop dogs kidding to those present”,
Or whatever…
I’m not a native speaker either but my native language is funny enough to alter meaning with order even more than the above examples may suggest.
Its the basis of how short forms jokes are verbalized in English. Start a sentence with a reasonable preposition and end with an unexpected “reveal” or contradiction.
The unusual (for most languages) sentence structure of English means that we frequently place the most important aspect at then end of a spoken sentence for added emphasis/focus even if it “breaks” normal, written, grammar rules – …gives presents to kids CONTAINING DOG POOP – would have the last 3 words being spoken at an elevated volume or other spoken emphasis.
Something hard to reflect in text if the whole sentence is in capitals or italics are not used, but exactly the way the way it would be spoken. We don’t really care about what he was doing to to deliver the poop, it was the poop being delivered that is the issue.
Must’ve been some explanaton…
No wonder he left his homelands. Gnome children take 80 years to reach adulthood, although they only ever have two. He is also a freak, being capable of promiscuity. Most gnomes are hard wired to be monogamous. It isn’t a choice for them, usually; once a normal Gome chooses a mate, they cannot unchoose them, they would die if they tried. Gyro is a mutant.
In fact Gyro only reached Puberty at 112.
http://superredundant.com/?comic=026-gyrognome-origin
WAIT A MINUTE! Isn’t that the… forgot her name, the disguised Lizard Lady?
Mary Lizardface-humankiller?
before ending your comics, give gyrognome a Karma death
Now we know why he’s called GYRO !