 Tommy is an average teenager, but he can t punctuate worth a darn, and doesn t see any need to worry about it. He writes a letter to his father that is completely devoid of any punctuation at all. His dad thinks it s humorous, but begins to worry about Tommy, because his letters will soon be read by "more critical correspondents." As if to drive the point home, two teenage girls read a letter Tommy had written and laugh uproariously at it, dismissing the writer as "childish" and saying that is exactly how girls would consider him. However, they soon read a letter from Tommy that is correctly punctuated, and begin to smile and swoon about what a "right guy" he is.