(click image to enlarge) Evidently this power company does not actually want their customers to lower their costs. They seem to imply that you don't have to change all your bulbs, wink, wink. Thanks, Dan.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for shedding light on a scourge of society that has tormented me since I first realized my career would revolve around words.
My poor wife has long suffered with my OCD-like response to the stupid errors that business owners make in their signage. Either they're too stupid, ignorant, or both. At least now we have an online salve to this gaping, never-ending grammatical wound.
I like their slogan, but why capitalize all the words in it? Also, way too many widows and orphans in the copy below. I found myself typing shift-returns involuntarily on my own keyboard while reading.
Please send your submissions via email to bethanykeeley (at) gmail.com. I look at them all, but it might take a while to get to yours -- sorry! I love you all, but I only have so much energy in a day.
If you want your picture to make the blog DO NOT @tweet them, or leave them in a comment. I need them all in the same place. Make sure your emails are easily distinguishable from spam or viruses (I use gmail web interface, so images get previews).
I don't usually post the following: newspaper headlines, personal email, craigslist postings, unprofessional websites. I also tend to not crosspost things from other blogs, since I have so much unique material waiting for me to get to it.
Things I see a lot: silica gel "do not eat"; hair dryer labels; inside the bus "do not drill"; Wal-mart sign about IDs; coffee machine with "2" cup sizes; employees must "wash hands"; that failblog post.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for shedding light on a scourge of society that has tormented me since I first realized my career would revolve around words.
My poor wife has long suffered with my OCD-like response to the stupid errors that business owners make in their signage. Either they're too stupid, ignorant, or both. At least now we have an online salve to this gaping, never-ending grammatical wound.
I like their slogan, but why capitalize all the words in it?
Also, way too many widows and orphans in the copy below. I found myself typing shift-returns involuntarily on my own keyboard while reading.
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