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gejohnston

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Wed Apr 2, 2014, 01:40 AM Apr 2014

Red ink flowing in the streets.

belated April fools, couldn't resist.

Law enforcement officials confirmed Friday that four more copy editors were killed this week amid ongoing violence between two rival gangs divided by their loyalties to the The Associated Press Stylebook and The Chicago Manual Of Style. “At this time we have reason to believe the killings were gang-related and carried out by adherents of both the AP and Chicago styles,
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Officials also stated that an innocent 35-year-old passerby who found himself caught up in a long-winded dispute over use of the serial, or Oxford, comma had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago,30806/

My question is what kind of pens are these guys festooning themselves while they prance around campus?
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Red ink flowing in the streets. (Original Post) gejohnston Apr 2014 OP
"Pens?" Don't you mean "penis?" Gotta watch those free-lancers. Eleanors38 Apr 2014 #1
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