When Johnny Carson quit it was a comma for Ed McMahon. Other commas came with Star Search, Bloopers, and the Publishers Clearing House commercials. Ed’s period came this week.
Farrah Fawcett had a comma after one year as a Charlie’s Angel. Other commas came after the poster and the TV movies and awards. Her period was yesterday.
Michael Jackson had a lot of commas, with bold print in between – commas came after the Jackson 5, Thriller and the Motown Special, and then all that hyperbaric oxygen chamber, Bubbles, Neverland, plastic surgery and courtroom stuff. We’re talking about Michael’s period today.
The Governor of South Carolina had a comma this week. There will probably be more commas to come, though maybe not publically, so we may not know about them. His period, of course, could be at any time – just like yours and mine.
There are a lot of commas in life but you can’t ever count on another one, and you never know when a comma will turn into a period. Once the period comes there are no more sentences.
It can be pretty profound to realize you’ve been given some control of the sentences, but not the punctuation.
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom – Psalm 90.12
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