Classic Public Blunders

[BJCooperIT]

I went to my local grocery store and saw the following sign:

Bananas, the prefect snack food!

The irony of which word was mispelled was not lost on me. Have you other examples of a mistake that is a real classic?

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[madelca100]

It seems now, a "cool" name for a store/restaurant must be misspelled. All this "Krispy Kreme", and plenty of others."

I been told that you can't copyright/trademark English words. So the 'correct' spelling of "Crispy Cream" wouldn't pass muster.

mike

 

[Stella740pl]

madelca100
I guess, you misunderstood something here. You, probably, can't copyright a word, but a name using correct spelling of those words you sure can. Are you saying that all correctly spelled trademarks are illegal? Like "Banana Republic", "Strawberry", "Amazing Savings", you name it.

 

[sha76]

At the weekend I discovered a shop called Collectors Bizzare, I couldn't decide if they were just trying to be ironic about their clientele (particularly after having a look round).

 

[kcongdon]

Was the store selling bananas aiming for snob appeal or was it near a private school?

Misspelling seems to work well as a promotional tool too. Makes you remember what you saw.

 

[vbkris]

i took this from a book:

An advertisement for trips on donkeys:

"Ride on ur own a**"

(Note: i know bad content is banned, but i thought i could share it)...

Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[TouchToneTommy]

Silkscreened on the gas pumps at a comercial fueling station:

"Service is are best product

 

[tilcat]

There's a sign on a "busy" street in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii with a sign that says: "Stop for pedestrians when flashing." I really wanted to wait to see pedestrian flashers...

 

[SteveGlo]

Just a salute to D-Day but I remember an headline from those days:

'British Army thrust bottles up Germans' (there should be a comma in there somewhere)

So much for the Geneva Convention.

 

[flapeyre]

Similarly, a newspaper headline from the 80s:

"British Left Waffles On Falkland Islands"

Did they also leave maple syrup and butter?

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.