Remember in grade school when your teachers told you the stuff you were learning, such as spelling, would be necessary in the real world, no matter what vocation you chose?
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Bill Coughlan | 03-May-04 at 12:43 pm | Permalink
Hysterical — what sells this is not one, but both spelling errors (well, not to mention the punctuation problems).
I was just at Disney World, and “Cinderella” signed my daughter’s autograph book “Your my dream come true.” I guess those princesses don’t spend a whole lot of time learning proper spelling, either.
(Fortunately, I was able to sneak in a terminal e and the appropriate apostrophe. I don’t want my daughter to become disillusioned in her corporate-sponsored princess adoration.)
mer | 03-May-04 at 3:18 pm | Permalink
yes, I see your gas is as much as mine, now let’s see how you waste it!…she paraphrases Spaceballs. What ever happened to the all-inclusive y’ins????? SMILE, Y’INS ON CAMERA!
Sarah | 03-May-04 at 3:41 pm | Permalink
I’ve developed this really bad habit over the years of correcting grammar mistakes everywhere I see them…I think it must have something to do with having a teacher as a parent. My favorite target used to be the secretary’s emails…they were atrocious, but for some sick reason I always smiled when they came through…probably because I knew there would be lots of fun and giggles correcting the email. I know…bad Sarah.
Stacy | 03-May-04 at 9:12 pm | Permalink
Oh man, I think I passed the Woodstock exit as I was on 81 this weekend. That would have snapped me right back from “vacation” to “on-duty editor” had I seen it. Luckily, I did not. But I did see a sign rife with bad apostrophe-ness on a bus in Wilkesboro that made me convulse and drool on myself a little.
OK, a lot.
Patrick | 04-May-04 at 11:51 am | Permalink
Excellent Photo! I would have had Grammar-Nazi rage and torn the signs off.
$1.85 for regular unleaded? I’m paying about $2.10 to $2.15 for regular.
Hey, Mer, Are you from the Steubenville, OH or Weirton, WV area?
Scott Janssens | 04-May-04 at 6:17 pm | Permalink
Now I’m having an apoplectic fit.
ken zorovich | 05-May-04 at 5:41 pm | Permalink
first of all i love sid (this is ken zorovich)
the funniest one i saw was at a restaurant in the shape of a barrel - it was called “the barrel” and on the wall written on a the back of a semi translucent paper place mat was “stuff clams $5.75″
sid | 05-May-04 at 5:45 pm | Permalink
Reminds me of that weekend in Bangkok …
Tony | 05-May-04 at 6:44 pm | Permalink
I wish I was paying 1.749 a gallon….. It’s 2.11 at the cheap ARCO…..
bbbm | 12-May-04 at 12:18 am | Permalink
Personally my favorite time to correct grammer mistakes is while I’m reading children’s books to my kids. It’s even more funny considering I was horrible in English. How can they print a book with twenty five words in it and still not catch the errors.