I'll "pay" that right away

thanks to reader Hailey Squeek for this submission:

I found some unnecessary quotation marks online on a restaurant's website.

NEW!! Valet parking available 7 days a week. Across the street there is a
"paid parking" lot. There is also a city parking lot located behind the LYON
MOVING COMPANY building where parking is free in the evenings, after 4:30
p.m.

found at Palace Grill website (click FAQ)

If you want to sing the National Anthem

For you aspiring Wrigley Field National Anthem singers, please follow the following procedure, found on the Cubs website:

National Anthem: Any person(s) wanting to perform the National Anthem prior to a Cubs game must submit a video tape of the singer(s) performing an "a cappella" version of the National Anthem. Mail tapes to: National Anthem, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, 1060 West Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60613. For more information, call (773) 404-CUBS. Please be aware that tapes will not be returned.

Apparently the Cubs are not concerned about if the anthem is "accompanied" or not.

sorry about your "car"

submission from reader vikkitikkitavi:

Sign in a friend's apartment building garage:

Parking for Residents Only
Unauthorized Vehicles will be
"Towed Away"


How bad could it be, to be only figuratively towed away?
Sorry no pic, didn't have a camera with me.

linkage

This site doesn't get a lot of traffic (go figure) but I found out today while I was "working on my papers" that at least one resident of the internet found it amusing enough to link to. Check out his post - it has a snarky bumper sticker that I now covet.

Seen on the back of a semi

On my way to work this morning I got behind a truck with the following sign on the back

Wanted
"Dedicated" Drivers

"sale"

Jim sent me this photo today. Awesome.

"All Natural"?

Recently found on my friend Laura's blog:


So does this make it "all natural" peanut butter? Or all natural "peanut butter"?

at the zoo

while we were at the zoo in Columbia SC, my friend Sonya posed with this sign:

my favorite sign

this isn't quotation marks, but I just love this sign. It's in a classroom where I spend a fair amount of time. It's like they consulted the fire or something. Awesome.

"3 Cheers" for Homecoming

From a recent faculty bulletin:

Please excuse the cheerleaders, pep band, and homecoming court at 2:00pm this afternoon so they can prepare for the "pep" rally.

On second thought, with the apathy of the students toward the cheerleaders, maybe it was correct.