Meg found this, although she didn’t say whether it’s from her own employee software, so I do not know. Meg wants to know what exactly a “vaction” is. But I’m kind of more interested in the SICK days. None of the other designations are capitalized. Does that mean SICK is an acronym? For what? And [...]
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RPB gets all sophisticated-y!
Maybe it’s because she’s Reporter #1 and she, you know, reports a lot, but she sure knocked it out of the park with this submission… because she made three photos into a collage! Because she is not lazy! Unlike the maker of these signs, who really just seems lazy. Seriously, Reporter #1, I owe you [...]
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Jules captioned this one “Miami spelling vicer.” So, uh, I hope he found this in Miami, because otherwise I don’t get that. Once again, I’ll express my (apparently outrageous) belief that if one is going to invest in purchasing signage, one should double-check one’s spelling. I’m such an idealist.
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Colleen’s excited to submit a non-English oopsie. But honestly, this is such a common expression in English I’m not sure about giving this one a foreign language pass. Also, now I want whatever it is that’s green and Thai.
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I’m with you, Reporter #1. I really am. You said: For the love of Pete, just shrink the font a couple of points to get the space btw every & day! I just think this is One Of Those Things that is so far gone we’re tilting at windmills. Only moreso, if you know what [...]
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First! Here is a picture of a bunny chillaxing — or not! — on a CozyWinters small animal heating pad! That’s the first thing you’ll see on this page,which is apparently where Lisa S. buys nice things for her residents. And I say “residents” and not “pets” deliberately, because Lisa runs the Atlanta Metro Guinea [...]
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So Dragon*Con happened a couple of months ago, but I haven’t cleaned off my phone’s photo directory in a while, and I just remembered I had these. Let’s set the scene. Dragon*Con, for the uninitiated, is more like eleventeen different science-fiction and fantasy conventions at once. There’s something for everyone, and for people with very [...]
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I saw this at a toy store. I will admit that I doubted myself a tiny bit. I mean, the diction is a little weird here and there, but basically this is written in English, and I am well aware that I don’t actually Know All The Words. So maybe “consentation” was a thing? Anyway, [...]
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Reporter #1 wants to know if we agree with her that “shutdown” is a noun and “shut down” a verb. To which I say: of course you’re correct. And also: good luck with that. If you want to be more cheerful about it, we could see this trend as a return to our Germanic roots. [...]
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First-time submitter Tom C. has finally been driven to pushing the “send” button by, in his words, the “throw it against the wall and see what sticks” strategy employed by the maker of this sign. I feel your pain, Tom, but a little distracted by the hilarity of the fact that these… are not any [...]
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