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[ESquared]

At a doctor's office recently:

DONATE TO
OURTROOP'S IN
IRAQ IT WILL
MAKE A
DIFFERENCE

IT COSTS $ 8.00 TO
SEND BOXES

NO CHOCLATE
CANDYS
NO COOKIES

DOCTOR LIGHT'S
STAFF
ANY ? PLEASE
CALL LISA
# 555-0226

I found it amusing: the spelling mistakes, wording choice, and line breaks.

 

[ESquared]

At the post office:

IF IT WORKS
FOR YOU IT
WORKS FOR US.

SHORT ON CASH?

THE ANSWER MAY
ALREADY BE IN YOU
WALLET...

CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS
ARE NOW ACCEPTED AT
THIS LOCATION.

UNITED STATES
POSTAL SERVICE
We Deliver For You

For a moment it's a humanistic self-empowerment slogan: "The answer may already be in you!"

It's a shame to pay good money for permanent signs that have spelling mistakes.

 

[k5tm]

But...spelling check ran okay!

 

[rjoubert]

I remember when I was in California, I used to pass by a sign that I thought was very well done. It's eye-catching and attention-grabbing...it works well. It was a sign for TOPLESS brand vegetables. The word "TOPLESS" took up about 80% of the sign, with "brand vegetables" in much smaller text below it.

 

[rjoubert]

I'm a bit of a wrestling fan (the fake stuff, not amateur wrestling), and I was watching Monday Night Raw last night. Wrestling fans who attend those shows live bring all sorts of signs with them. One I saw last night on TV makes me just a bit ashamed to be a fan. It read, "I'm here and your not.

 

[Lunatic]

rjoubert

[on topic in that it pertains to signs people see]
1. I hate to burst your bubble, but those fans are given pre-designed posters and told when to hold them up. They are passed out as fan try to find their seats. That way the cameras know exactly when and where to pan to at what point.

[off topic]
2. Thats not wrestling, don't even begin to call it that. There is nothing amateur about Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling at the Olympic level except they don't have 100,000/1,000,000 dollar contracts. Outside of maybe the martial arts there is no more difficult or competative sport than wrestling.

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[KenCunningham]

I don't think rjoubert is dismissing 'proper' wrestling Lunatic, just making the point that he enjoys the other type more. Peace and goodwill ;-)

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[Lunatic]

As a former wrestler and coach it digs at me everytime I see people refering to that Soap-Opera for men as a sport... sometime I just can't help myself.

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[flapeyre]

Once I saw a marquee sign in Key West:

THE BOSS TOLD ME
TO CHANGE THE SIGN
SO I DID

Sumptum fac donec consumptus sis.

-- my wife's motto

 

[Ladyazh]

I can not believe (and so proud of you guys) that there weren't any comments on TOPLESS vegetables. I am dying to know what is the TOPLESS vegetables are? I need to google.

 

[rjoubert]

Lunatic...I never referred to pro wrestling (the soap opera)as a sport. It is purely entertainment. Ken was right, I am not dismissing amateur wrestling, I was merely referring to a sign I saw on a TV show.

As to your point about fans being given signs to hold up, the contrary is actually true...I've seen signs (that fans brought in themselves) confiscated for being too risque or improper.

 

[rjoubert]

Ladyazh...I believe TOPLESS was just the brand name of the vegetables. Marketing genius if you ask me.

 

[Lunatic]

rjoubert

Really? Wowzers... Everything I had seen or read indicated the signs were passed out to fans sitting in certain sections so the cameras could pan to those signs quickly. However, never actually having been to a venue I can't argue the point ;p.

Going back to topic... there's a similar web-image that makes me simiarly ashamed to be a US citizen...

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-morans.htm

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[rjoubert]

Hey, I have a friend named Moran (last name)...that's not cool, the guy in that picture is dissing my friend.

 

[Ladyazh]

I had a manager name Moran. I was always so affraid to make it sound like I think he is. I lived in horror.

 

[jebenson]

While not intentional, I saw a sign recently that made me think, "Finally some truth in avdvertising!" It was a lighted Pharmacy sign, and the light in the 'P' had burned out...

I used to rock and roll every night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find 30 minutes a week in which to get funky. - Homer Simpson

Arrrr, mateys! Ye needs ta be preparin' yerselves fer Talk Like a Pirate Day! Ye has a choice: talk like a pira

 

[ESquared]

Yeah, just 273 days, 09:24:23 until the next Talk Like a Pirate Day!

 

[KenCunningham]

Done the Googling for Ladyazh:

http://www.frankcapurroandson.com/page5.html

Interesting derivation claimed here, ie that their vegetables can't be topped and are therefore topless - is 'topless' appropraiate in this instance? I guess it cuts both ways. Sorry!

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[CajunCenturion]

==> is 'topless' appropriate in this instance?
It's clever, but I think it's a stretch.

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[Ladyazh]

their vegetables can't be topped and are therefore topless"
so any extremely talented programmer in any organization is topless? Way to go!