Punctuation?!!

I'm OK with words but must, I reckon, have dozed through lessons at school where 'punctuation' was covered.
When I was at st Nix, one of the youth group became the official punctuation adviser and re-hashed publicity and the like before it was allowed to be printed.
I've just sent out a kit list for a residential and was surprised to get a text saying, "I haven't got a waterproof Top hat!" SO if anyone else is confused about this ...... it is should read,

Waterproof top, hat and gloves!