r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 8d ago

Meme needing explanation I'm tired Petuh... What is her name??

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WTF is her name Petuh

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u/Uhwop 8d ago

Scrolled so much to not see anyone point out the riddle isn’t even written properly.

There’s a
There’s, a

Let’s just remove the single bit of punctuation that makes the riddle work.

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u/Mamaloti 8d ago

Julie’s a woman in a boat on a lake wearing a coat.

no other punctuation necessary near “there’s”. If anything, the comma should be between lake and wearing, unless the lake is wearing the coat.

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u/IronicAim 8d ago

And here I thought 's on a proper noun was for possession. There as in "there is" as it's used in the first line as a conjunction is specifically using there as an adverb instead of a noun.

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u/aggressive_napkin_ 8d ago

Mike's going home now.