plus we're expensive!

Congrats to Candice for capturing this moving target. I wasn't going to get my body pierced before, but if the prices are "low," well THEN...

there's just quite a few here

I've been directed to the Zigat Guide before because of their overwhelming number of quotation marks. I agree with Laura who sent this to me that these are quoting individual's opinions, but it is, well, excessive, don't you think? (click to enlarge)

toilet-esque

Mike sent me this photo without context. I would really like to know what so-called toilet this sign is over.

input requested

I have been thinking about ways to supplement my meager grad student income and it occurred to me that I might benefit from placing google ads on this (currently ad-free) site. Joel at Crummy Church Signs seems to have had a bad experience with it, but then, I feel like I don't have much to lose by signing up. So here are my questions for you, dear internet:
1) is placing google ads likely to gain me anything?
2) will I lose credibility, self-respect, or anything else in the process?

in other words, is it worth it? I look forward to your collective input.

actually we use pasta these days

"What sort of rice substitutes, or rice-like grains, are these street vendors using these days?" asks Ryan, who took this picture in San Francisco.

I have to say, if it's not actual rice, that makes the whole thing a little bit less impressive.

experience...ish.

This sign is probably actually accurate, since the people who take your dry cleaning probably haven't worked there the whole 20 years. Taken by Jim, who is a senior contributor.

official? not? you'll NEVER KNOW!

Jon works at a testing center in Minnesota this summer. These pictures of inconsistent AND sketchy quotation marks are from an information sheet for a nursing test.

you know... "homosexuals"

When Andrea was surfing the center for disease control and prevention website about HIV she discovered this article. Now, I'm hesitant to bite the hand that feeds me, but it does seem that "lesbian" is a word that is generally used without scare quotes. Just sayin'.

sounds like a good "movie"

Tyler got this message (you have to click to actually read it) on "myspace" from this person, who could probably be described as a "director."

"avoiding" identity theft

Taylor found this one at the DMV in New York City. Evidently in New York you can sign somebody else's application for a driver's licence.