web designers revenge

Charlie captured this off of a website about somebody's boring speech. I like to believe this was intentional. Or they are actually quoting someone...

an article on this very topic

I agree with this writer. As someone familiar with linguistics unnecessary quotes aren't WRONG, they're just funny...

if you call that "living"

Post title supplied by Molly who also explains, "This sign was advertising the sight of a very sad looking giant bull at our local fair."

meta

Here's a few things I want to share about the blog:

1) It's in the top 10k most-linked blogs on the internet, according to technorati. Thanks to all of you, your blog posts and linkrolls! I feel popular.

2) I consider myself a language descriptivist. This blog is about intentionally misunderstanding quotation marks for the amusement of myself and others. While perhaps we learn a few things about using punctuation to make things clear along the way, I am by no means a grammar expert. You are, of course, welcome to read for whatever reason you want, but that's what I think.

3) sorry if you submitted something weeks ago and haven't seen it in the blog yet. I have such a large backup that I had to change the way I organize the emails. Also, sometimes I skip over ones I don't like for a while. Because I'm the blog queen and I do what I want.

fake polite AND questionable negatives

I love how this sign combines two common themes - "please" and "no". Tracy writes, "I had a hard time deciding whether or not to block the sign with my furniture. The 'Please' didn't help in my quandary." Indeed.

(unrelated: I accidentally left out a quotation mark the first time I published this post. I blame that I'm jittery on caffeine.)

"tips," as they say

I'm gonna go with the explanation that Brian sent me along with the picture: Just snapped this the other day in the airport shuttle in Las Vegas. As you can see, it was a sign reminding patrons to leave the driver a gratuity, or as the locals apparently call them, “tips.”

"do not copy" wink wink

Colin sent me this with no context. Somebody apparently is telling you not to copy this ticket.

this one has a cool picture

Nix sent me this one, about that "sport" that the kids are calling "golf"...

sarcastic works too, I hear it's gross

Meghan and Jeff found this sticker on a package of Mountain Dew Game Feul at a store. They write:

We like to imagine that the makers of the sticker are trying to personify their product -- New Product says, "Try me!" Additionally, the sticker can be easily read as threatening -- "Go ahead, try me." Which, let's be honest, is fair enough, given the name of the product.

also will "pinch you"

Another example of people you don't really want you to not do something, from Dan.