You’ll have to take my word that this comes from a Burlington Coat Factory ad. Actually, you won’t. I can provide some evidence. You can also just click through above to the website and see for yourself… Plus, I’ve written about them before. REPEAT OFFENDERS.
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Older does not necessarily mean wiser
Susan and Michael found this sign from a company that’s been around, apparently, for a hundred years… and still hasn’t mastered the apostrophe. (You have to get a little squinty with this one, but it welcomes “homeowner’s.”)
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Reporter #1 says, There are many reasons to dislike Target‘s American Girl knockoffs. This, however, may be the last straw. You know how when you go someplace like Target there’s always a kid having a temper-tantrum in the toy aisle? Like, full-on screaming, on the ground, kicking, bodily fluids flying everywhere as they thrash around? [...]
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I’ll let Reporter #1 tell this story: I found this postcard in the ladies’ room of the local outlet mall this weekend. I wish they’d managed to indicate what STORE it was for so that I could boycott them on account of their complete lack of a grasp of English grammar. (I’ve compressed the image [...]
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SmashBURGER, that is. Because apparently you guys like to make sure that when I do an RPB post, I get hungry. Or is it something about food that makes sign-writers less careful? I mean, in this case, the name of the restaurant is written incorrectly. Anyway, my father is once again proud to have a [...]
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I made my husband hang out of the window of our car to grab this picture, and the person behind us was probably saying un-nice things in our general direction. I mean, points for not using an apostrophe in “Tuesdays,” which would be far more typical. But what is going on with “kids”? I respect [...]
Read the rest of this entry »One for the jury.
Lisa R. found this one. I’m inclined to want to accidentally kick it as I walk past myself, but I can see a certain argument that there’s no problem here. Votes?
Read the rest of this entry »So much reading between the lines
Reporter #1 sent me a text. The body of the text said only Haircuts: C. Punctuation: F. I so, so hope that this picture was taken in a fit of pique inspired by a haircut disaster. I mean, not that I wish a haircut disaster on Reporter #1 or any of her loved ones, but [...]
Read the rest of this entry »There are too many of them!
Kacia innocently asked, “Did I send you this one last year?” And… I don’t know. I went off to see if I could find it, but I only ended up getting distracted by my own posts. There are a lot of posts on this site. And a good number of them are from fairs, even [...]
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First-time submitter and occasional commenter YES WE HAVE COMMENTS! I bet you didn’t even know that, did you? They’re right down there ▼▼▼! And if there isn’t a comment on this post already, shouldn’t you add one? If not you, who? And if not now, when? Anyway! Sorry. Commenter Arkonbey wanted to know if RPB [...]
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