Commas

[2ndchance]

Unless it's the, dock of the bay, Otis Reading. I know, showing my age!

And J, no gym-slip, damn, and there was me thinking...

 

[chrispenycate]

I'd rather be a dock, and bay the moon – or, considering the lack of gym slip, perchance 'moon the bay' – than roamin' suchway.

Jules, seize 'er.

 

[The Judge]

Et tu, Chrispy?

Well, this is wastin' time, and no mistake...

 

[Ursa major]

Perhaps, given the way this thread is going, it's just as well that we didn't start with the colon....

 

[Stephen Palmer]

... and don't mention ellipsis...

Damn, I did.

 

[mosaix]

Regarding the comma in the list, the one before the 'and'. Mr Dale, my English teacher at the age of 8, explained it as follows:

In a list of just two items (apples and oranges) there is no comma before the 'and' so, unsurprisingly, there is no comma before the 'and' in a list of more than two items (grapes, apples and oranges).