Saturday, December 23, 2006

no, really, it NEVER ENDS!


I don't know if it's not really endless, not really soup and salad, or not really dining...

(found by Jim in Brighton MI)

Saturday, December 16, 2006

too much fun in one sign


We saw this one on our drive from Georgia to Michigan. I don't even know how to begin this snark. But it has a single quotation mark. That's definately inappropriate.

Saturday, November 25, 2006

what kind of "supplies" would those be?


Jon is on the lookout even while travelling. He saw this one in the Dallas airport. I can only imagine the things they might need to "supply" the "cabin"...

speaking of grammatical pet peeves


this one drives me crazy, and someone made an image to explain why. (Thanks internet!)

AND I just found this site: literally, a weblog which documents abuses of the word "literally" which are, pretty much, as funny as abuses of quotation marks.

Friday, November 24, 2006

what's really wet?

The person who wrote this sign must have some skepticism about the quality of the construction, if we can only use the term "doors" with irony... nevermind the complete lack of grammatical word order...

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

"mixed" message

my friend Jon points out the quotation mark spawned ambiguity of this label, found in households across the nation:

Sunday, November 12, 2006

what are they really made out of?


the same restaurant that boasted this sign also had this one. We didn't go there.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

We "care" about upholding the bill of rights


I like to believe the signmakers put those quotes in for sarcasm reasons (spotted by me and Jim atop smoky mountain national park).

Monday, October 30, 2006

more food you "might" want to eat


thanks to frequent contributor Hailey who found this in a Great Wraps in San Antonio. I'm disappointed she didn't order it using air quotes.

reader maureen documents an additional case here. I suspect these quotation marks are meaningful, but it is still strange.