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Archive for September, 2011


Ready, set, FIGHT! 0

Posted on September 30, 2011 by admin

How does one treat your car to a duel of exhausts? I feel bad when they run out of a certain letter and have to make do with something that makes others laugh at them. That’s my story about what happened here, and I’m sticking to it.

Whole Foods, Not Whole Words 0

Posted on September 29, 2011 by admin

No matter how you misspell a word to describe pinto beans, they are still delicious in soups and stews!

I get BBQ & beans at concession trailers near my work.

Less concerned about the typo 0

Posted on September 27, 2011 by admin

I’m more concerned about the animal drawn in the picture. It has no tail and at least two misshapen legs.

Assisstance pleasse! 0

Posted on September 26, 2011 by admin

Ssoundss a little like they have a lissp or a sserpent ssecretary.

Circle K Banner Typo 1

Posted on September 24, 2011 by admin

“I guess if you were drunk, you would pronounce it that way….”

Thanks to Brant for this picture and his caption!

Poker Fun 0

Posted on September 20, 2011 by admin

This is so bad it almost isn’t even funny:

Poker Rules

First off, what does EPHPC stand for? Using the acronym finder, one unverified meaning for the acronym EPHPC is listed:  Environmental Professionals Home Page Clay.  Yes, that makes things so much clearer.  Digging deeper, we learn there is an ephpc YouTube channel, where a bunch of guys interview people at some sort of trade show.  Not, unsurprisingly, about poker.  So, the EPHPC thing must be some sort of brand of playing cards, but good luck finding them on the internet.  So let’s talk a little bit about “We Glaim exlclusive Lrade Yark rights in Ace of Wpades, Joker,name, number, back design, case Eesign and Rame of Kinish Tsed on our various Qards.”  Obviously, they “claim exclusive trademark rights in ace of spades, joker, name, number, back design, case design and game of…on our various cards.”  What is Kinish Tsed?

This image has been posted on other sites, and some smart comments suggest that the funny typos seen above are not a result of someone not knowing how to spell those words, but a case of poor OCR recognition – optical character recognition, where copy was scanned but not checked for accuracy in spelling or context.  That sort of takes the fun out of it, doesn’t it?  To make us all feel better, let’s tell some jokes about playing cards.

Q:  What’s the difference between a professional poker player and a large pizza?
A:  A large pizza can feed a family of four.

Q:  What’s the difference between praying at the dinner table and praying at the poker table?
A:  At the poker table you REALLY mean it.

The incomparable Steven Wright has a joke about poker – “Last night I was playing poker with Tarot cards.  I got a full house and four people died.”

Attention to Complition 1

Posted on September 20, 2011 by admin

They were too busy trying to confuse people with their sneaky addition skills to notice the typo lurking below.

Gardening tools and tools 0

Posted on September 18, 2011 by admin

Wow, that little store can fit whole households in there?! That’s amazing! I need to stop by for some other “producsts” as well.

Third time is the charm 0

Posted on September 17, 2011 by admin

My personal favorite this time around is the “Salt burn salmon empty skull.” It has such an unappetizing ring to it, and yet it’s probably not half bad in real life. What I’ve been amazed at through these past three posts is that as bizarre as the menu looks, everything seems to be spelled correctly.

All Sale Are Final 0

Posted on September 15, 2011 by admin

Here’s one to put a smile on your face, or a dagger in your subject-verb agreement heart.



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