Cryptopix

comma

Two punctuation marks.

might have been first, but for punctuation!

7th not bad though!

punctuation!

punctuation got me

punctuation should be BANNED from crypto!

Two punctuations required

tanga really needs a way to have punctuation not matter in the answers. I tell ya...

PUNCTUATION!!!

not working!

punctuation, way uncool!

even with it no ttaking

darn punctution, there were too many permutations!

punctuation should be outlawed!!
thanks for the tip

Knew it right away BUT...
Punctuation.............................. Again......

I hate punctuation

dang it!

punctuation KILLED ME! I agree, it should be banned!

Punctuation is only good for expressing your dislike of punctuation >:(

just missed top 20 cuz of punctuation....

Ditto on punctuation! It just should be left out!

What they should provide,
is a model for the punctuation!

It's punctuated the way it is in the title.

Punctuation, sucks!

and not only that - punctuation!

wow, punctuation sucks....

Punctuation should be required for all puzzles! I'm rating this puzzle five stars for fun just to make up for all the haters who failed high school English

wow. how come it seems like no puzzle creators are able to deal with punctuation effectively?

AHHH [28] TOO MUCH SALT!!

[29] huh? no more than about 20 other comments already here.

One of your old favourite songs from way back when
So...golly, gee, fellas....find her an empty knee, fellas

Lousy punctuation! I should have googled this to get it right.

[28] here's an example of a cryptopix that shows punctation inside the puzzle

http://www.tanga.com/puzzles/3031-4-2-2008?comments_page=1#comment_173387

It's really an easy enough thing to do in perl or php to strip punctuation out of an answer.

Let creators put it in and let solvers either do it or not. Programmatically, it is easy to filter the solution and guess at runtime then compare. Does anybody really care if "salty" can equal "!!!s,,a---l;t'y!@#$"?

way too easy

thanks [2] for the punctuation salt

[34] Exactly! Scrub the punctuation, change all remaining text to lowercase, remove extraneous white-space.

A very simple regex could probably accomplish all this in a single step!

[34] , [36] .... or, people could quit their whining, and use the punctuation they should have learned how to use in fifth grade.

new it immediately, but the salt on punctuation... just wish there was a standard - punctuation expected on phrases or never.

oh how annoying........... I had it over 8 hours ago and had to sleep on punctuation. Thanks to all for the gentle hints.

C'mon puzzle creators, add the punctuation in the puzzle if it's in the answer EXCEPT for the ? at the end which is already provided!

[6] I agree

[42] YES! Please!!! I am sick and tired of a lot of things, admittedly, but trying to figure out someone else's punctuation (or lack thereof) is in my top ten!!!

You solved this puzzle in 28 seconds and were the 518th Tanga member to solve it.

AND I DID IT WITH OUT LOOKING AT THE "SALT" FOR PUNCTUATION.
Whiners!

[40] The '?' at the end that is already provided is the punctuation for the question, "Is it ______?"
That question mark does not belong in your answer at all, and if the answer requires a question mark, it is not incorrect to include one in addition to the one provided at the end.

notonlyshouldwegetridofpunctuationweshouldalsogetridofspacesandcapitallettersitwouldsa

If there is a simple programming fix, they should do it.

Most people don't like guessing punctuation. For the few that do, perhaps they can add a new game type:
"Guess what punctuation rules the puzzle creator used!"

Perhaps use the "random questions" game to see which solution users like the most.

[46]
We are not talking about not using punctuation in comments, just in answers.

Punctu...oh, nevermind.

Bah, punctuation... that's ridiculous