Why proper hyphenation is important

[effervescible]

Because I read "Win a Whale Watching Date with Hayden Panettiere"

and first thought "Wait, why would I want to win a whale? Is this a save-the-whales sponsorship type thing?"

and then "Why is the whale watching Hayden Panettiere on a date?"

before realize "Oh, it's a whale-watching date."

Then again, maybe I just really need coffee.

Comments

[dougras.livejournal.com]

Well, you can watch whales in my town, too.

But it's of a different sort, I think. (WARNING IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH DO NOT CLICK THE LINK)

I don't tend to go down to the area around the harbor from June through August.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

:(

[nothingjerk.livejournal.com]

Hayden is fighting for Queen of the Dorks with Jessica Alba

who will win?

[tigerlilyaj.livejournal.com]

This is the rare case where the intended meaning amuses as much as the improper meanings allowed by the lack of punctuation. Because why would I want to go whale watching with her? ;-P

[jmcgarry.livejournal.com]

Apparently she is an avid whale watcher. I'm sure she will provide deep insight into being cold and wet and waiting for a whale to appear. For example, I think she's discovered that wet hair provides a good deal of verisimilitude for the aprés whale-watching paparazzi.

[irenak.livejournal.com]

Hey, you never know: the Japanese might issue another arrest warrant for the two of you while you're out there.

[http://users.livejournal.com/digitalized_/]

I came over from the ichi_ruki community (from the comment "No." XD), and saw this post. My first thought was also - huh, the whale was watching a date with Hayden Panettiere in it? XDD