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Sat 29 Mar, 2008 10:23 pm
A small cast of characters has been traveling across the states finding roadside typos and correcting them as they can. They started in Somerville, MA and are now in Flagstaff, AZ. The entries are quite amusing.
TEAL
I checked out NM, of course. The sign they found was interesting. So was this part of the narration.
Quote:Sure, there was no wi-fi, and the shower resembled a chamber from an abattoir, but there were donkeys. We petted them and watched a male make an unsuccessful attempt to mount a female, his tumescent penis leaking in anticipation, and it felt like home.
Makes you wonder what "home" was like.
Actually, I just love typos. What a great excuse for a lousy speller.
Spelling police. woop woop woop
My god what next.
littlek wrote:Panty line police?
I saw a great poster about 20 years ago, which show a fat boy at a park with a picnic basket, and a woman and children (presumably a family outing). His jeans couldn't make it past his gut, and he was showing a good deal of butt crack.
The poster read "Just Say No to Crack."
You will find lots of typos at the next Olympics in China.
One of the radio stations here was reading some of them off, it was just
hilarious.
However, they vouch to have that all changed
http://en.olympic.cn/08beijing/bocog/2007-02-28/1057672.html
For years, we had a rubber squeaky toy for our dogs shaped like a rolled newspaper. Apparently, the people creating it in China wanted to use some English phrases to make it look authentic, but no one in the factory knew much about the language, so they copied a few sentences from nearby instruction materials. The first line, meant to be a bold headline, read exactly: "Place Battery In Proper Slut ", the smaller type afterwards started: "If product falls return to store for full dollar back..."
I wanna make a branch in Australia!!!!
Wow, Greenwitch, I think I'd save that toy and buy a new one for my dog!
Dlowan, do it!
Bloody funny!
Go, dlowan!
I used to make a point of correcting the spelling in the local fruit and vegetable shop on Saturday morning. They eventually got used to me - so I moved away!
littlek wrote:Wow, Greenwitch, I think I'd save that toy and buy a new one for my dog!
We were saving it, but at some point it disappeared. I think one of the dogs found it on a low shelf and buried it in our field. Perhaps some future archeologist will have a fun find.
I'm not so sure if this was a mistake in translation
Well, every body part needs CARE, no? lol
@littlek,
Oh!!! I have found my true vocation!
Typos on signs irritate me beyond sense and reason.
@dlowan,
But some signs are better than others....
@old europe,
Looks like the Typo Eradication Advancement League is in grave danger of eradication.
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