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A birthday buddy<\/a> of mine recently told me that she gets a chuckle out of the abundantly misused “quotation mark.” That reminded me of my lunch from Tuesday of this week. My Coworkers and I went to a Mongolian barbecue place near the office, and while standing before the raw ingredient buffet, we noticed that the meat labels were (quotation marks as found):<\/p>\n

\n“CHICKEN”
\n“PORK”
\n“BEEF”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We couldn’t decide whether this was “just” “bad” “punctuation,” or some sort of shrewd disclaimer about the authenticity of their “meats.” (Needless to say, I went vegetarian for that meal.)<\/p>\n

On a side note, my fortune after that meal was:<\/p>\n

\n

You will have great success in your career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

My boss, who was sitting right across from me, chuckled. What should I make of that<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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