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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Derek:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"
BACK="#ffffff">>>>>One thing that's always puzzled me about Disney
comics. Why is it that after every sentence that isn't a question, there
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BACK="#ffffff">>>>>an exclamation point? Other comic books seem to
use regular periods when appropriate , etc. It always seems like
Donald</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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BACK="#ffffff">>>>>and the gang are shouting at each other or
something: "Hi Uncle Scrooge! I'm fine! I think I'll go buy an ice cream
cone!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
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BACK="#ffffff">>>>>They're so good!" It just seems slightly weird is
all. :)</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
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quite simple and practical !</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfortunately, I can't find the album with the
quotation-- but I do remember most of it !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Barks once explained that a point might be
mistaken for "something a fly had put there", so an exclamation point was the
easier way to avoid mistakes !</FONT></DIV>
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