While I must applaud Joann Fabric & Craft Stores for not abusing any apostrophes by being “Joanns,” this particular location has caused Reporter #1 concern. She says:
¿Que?
Personally, I’m guessing someone in the framing department is a Fawlty Towers fan. I know that’s what I think of immediately. Then I think, “You want to see my hamster?”
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I amuse myself, at least. Basil!
Kacia innocently asked, “Did I send you this one last year?” And… I don’t know. I went off to see if I could find it, but I only ended up getting distracted by my own posts. There are a lot of posts on this site. And a good number of them are from fairs, even a couple from the Minnesota State Fair, which may be famous for its food-on-a-stick but still provides Kacia with fodder every year.
So: I have no idea, Kacia. And I don’t care. It’s egregious even if it’s recycled.
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Apparently, Tumbleweed Pottery has done some seriously intense market research. They’ve discovered that there are enough mug-loving cat owners whose cats are named Honey to merit a product line just for those people!
I would have bought this for my husband — or rather, I would have bought it for my husband to give back to me, because it’s his cat and she is clearly his #1. But unfortunately her name is Ashley, so it just wasn’t going to work out. Sad face.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who can take an idea and run with it, mentally speaking, for miles and miles. Reporter #1 saw this at a Tops Friendly Market and concluded that these veggies were produced
… On an industrial farm where they have to stew in their green bean filth in too-small cages and they never see the sun.
If your RPB spidey-sense is tingling, yes, Tops is a repeat offender.
State Fair time, that is!
And Kacia’s been hard at work carefully documenting it for us. Her first Item of Business is this:
I question the amount of trans fat in the fries based on this sign. Also, we seem to be missing at least one comma. It’s like they couldn’t decide whether to format the sign as a bulleted list of features or as a sentence, and tried to combine both.
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I’m with you on the trans fat issue, Kacia. Also, I really would like to go see where fresh fries are grown. I’m envisioning a field. A field full of fresh french fries.
…apparently my uncle reads my blog! And has submitted a picture! In particular, this picture!
This is a fun one to take apart. As Uncle G. notes, “It should say motorcyclists,” but that in fact “No, they don’t!” [Aside to all responsible motorcyclists: no offense!]
But in fact a sign saying “Motorcyclists use extreme caution” would also be… pretty random and inexplicable for a street sign. I think they’d benefit from a colon or a font size change.
When Kacia sent this in, I LMAO. Not at the picture so much, but at Kacia, who said:
I was disappointed that they didn’t also advise me about Rather time, You Don’t Say time, and Well I Never time!
Hint: it’s even funnier if you hear it in Anthony Stewart Head’s voice.
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Colleen submits this for your analysis:
Sign posted on our condo complex’s gate. Apparently in all 60 units there is only one owner (must be us) and our HOA president doesn’t see a need for much punctuation or a signature. But, he is a HUGE fan of capital letters (and weird spacing)!
It really is conditioning. There’s no particular reason we should prefer one capitalization system over another. But I am literally incapable of reading this note in a normal fashion. In my head, it’s as jerky and awkward as it looks.
Meg found this in Flushing Chinatown, which the internet informs me is a place in the borough of Queens, in New York City. I can’t be the only person of the pre-DVR age who always hears an outraged “Noo York CITY?” after hearing “New York City” in my head, right? And always thinks of salsa? Just me? Crickets chirping?
Speaking of crickets chirping: Meg says “I’m totally pro choise.” But I think she meant that she’s totally four choise. And now I just really want some Phở.
…apparently! Because this came from Lisa S., and the text in the forwarded message just said “U gotta send this to ur friend.”
Now I’ll admit that chatspeak is like fingernails on chalkboards to me. I’ll also admit that I use it when I’m in a hurry. And you know a good example of a time I might be in a hurry? If I saw a sign like this, and had a friend who had a friend who had a blog, if you know what I mean.
I’d like to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that was meant to be “APPLY,” but it’s so nicely centered that I don’t think we can. Nope, this one falls into the doozy category.
Thanks, Lisa’s outraged friend!