Punctuation!?!

Punctuation: a big yawn, right?

But have you ever heard that punctuation saves lives? Compare the following two sentences:

"Let's eat Grandpa."
"Let's eat, Grandpa."

The only thing saving Grandpa's life is a comma! 

So far I've used a colon, comma, question mark, quotation marks, apostrophe, period, and exclamation point.

I just used seven types of punctuation in a short passage of writing; there must be something to this punctuation thing, right? (And I just added a semicolon! And another exclamation point!)

Punctuation wasn't invented to drive us crazy. Using correct punctuation makes our writing clear. 

Here's a story with goofy punctuation. See if you can find all 24 mistakes. The correct punctuation is down below in blue. 

Mr, Grumpys' Bad Day. 

Mr, Grumpy woke up in a bad mood' He burned his toast? spilled his coffee! and took a shower with his clothes on:

Not only that" He missed the bus and was late for work; 

After lunch his boss said; ?Where is your sales report?" Mr, Grumpy replied; "My dog ate it.'

Mr. Grumpy was fired:

At home, the dog brought his slippers? His mom cooked his dinner; Best of all' he checked the newspaper? he had the winning lottery number" He was a millionaire,

!Mr. Grumpy had a good day after all;

Mr. Grumpy's Bad Day

Mr. Grumpy woke up in a bad mood. He burned his toast, spilled his coffee, and took a shower with his clothes on.

Not only that. He missed the bus and was late for work.

After lunch his boss said, "Where is your sales report?" Mr. Grumpy replied, "My dog ate it."

Mr. Grumpy got fired.

At home, the dog brought his slippers. His mom cooked his dinner. Best of all, he checked the newspaper; he had the winning lottery number. He was a millionaire.

Mr. Grumpy had a good day after all! (A period is OK here, too.)

I hope punctuation doesn't make you grumpy. Let's all keep Grandpa alive!