  &emailalert=no&email=adgrant@indiana.edu&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350"> One of my friends recently brought to my attention the urlLink misuse of quotation marks . Apparently, this stems from people using their hands to create quotation marks while talking...so they feel like doin' it where and whenever they want.
Assholes! This example is from the Gallery of "Misued" Quotes: A sign at the swimming pool at Reed College in Portland, OR asks you to: Please "shower" before entering the pool. Maybe they knew that no one bothers with more than a quick rinse. I hope they don't get a summons from the Board of "Health. " Once you read several, they start to get really funny. Anyway, it has always puzzled me that grandparents (mine and Matt's) have an addictive habit of using quotations in cards and other written messages. For example, Matt's grandma always writes "Happy Birthday" but does not quote any of the rest of the message, unless it is something like " and many more. " My grandparents do this too, and I always thought it was so weird. Maybe they don't really "mean" it? 
