Busy bee!

Two submissions from JR today! First up, this weird sign thing she spotted on Facebook.

I'm always a little leery of using these signs right from Facebook, or anything, for that matter, if I don't know who took/created it, but sometimes, they're just too good to pass up, right? I mean, what is with that? A comma and an apostrophe are not interchangeable things! Nor did busy deserve a capital B, but I at least get that.

And seriously, I AM busy. I think this is a little disrespectful to those of us who have fairly all-consuming jobs. Rude sign makers who can't even deploy a proper apostrophe. YOU DON'T KNOW MY LIFE!

Ahem. And just as a reminder, if you send me something random like this, please also let me know the source (website, FB page, friend's camera) so I can try to get permission to run it. Thanks!

(Thanks, JR!)

Out on the town

In my head, this sort of rolls of the tongue, all fancy and foreign:

Photo by CP

But on the page, it just sort of looks stupid. Like someone perhaps has a twitch. Apparently, date night will be short and squat and stretched to widescreen, which should give you more room for your steak dinner, at least.

Wait, is that a steak dinner? Or fish? It's hard to tell given the unnatural dimensions. But look at that fork! That's a fork of Crocodile Dundee proportions!

And now you know I'm old. Yay!

(Thanks, CP!)

It was raining, at least.

This past weekend, I went to a restaurant called "Salsa and Beer," and I didn't have any beer. I was concerned that I broke some sort of rule. But as I explained yesterday, I just really wanted a Coke.

ANYWAY, when we got there, this was in the parking lot, and I made quite a production out of getting a photo. Here's why:

Why a gorilla? With a cap? 

At least the name of the company is correct, right? And for the record, the name of the organization they were sponsoring was also spelled correctly. The only thing they blew was "Sponsored By."

The sad part was the sponsored organization was with a school. You can sort of picture the teacher coming out of the school, taking one look and being all "Um, thanks. That's...great." I mean, how do you turn down a trailer for your group? Or the paint job? I'm not sure you can.

DRINK!

This submission is from the same restaurant as the previous post. Apparently, they have a fairly tenuous relationship with proper grammar and spelling.

Photo by CP

Again, I'm rather impressed by the dedication, at least. I mean, if you're going to go, go BIG. COMMIT. Which this restaurant has done in fine form.

Well done?

(Thanks, CP!)

Spirit of St. Who?

I've gotten so many submissions from wonky menus lately that we almost had a whole week of food-related fails. It's just sad. But I'm glad to see so many of you getting out to new restaurants! Have you had anything good? What about a drink? Do you have a drink with dinner? I sometimes prefer to just have a Coke, because I cut back on Coke a while back, so I treat myself when I'm out. I LOVE Coke. No diet. Bring on the full sugar. I might, from time to time, have a beer. Maybe one of these options?

Photo by CP

Sad, right? Like I said. To get it right once, and screw it up the other two times is, in a way, impressive. I mean, you really have to TRY, don't you? You have to selectively NOT see the correct one.

Now that's focus.

(Thanks, CP!)

He did what?

This is just a fantastic example of when spellcheck can't save you.

Photo by MR

Check out that last sentence. This paper is apparently averse to the phrase "pistol whip," for one, and doesn't proofread their articles with human eyes, for two. Because feeling is, of course, a word, but not the one that was needed here.

Do people not know what pistol whip means? I mean, I watch a lot of Law & Order, so maybe regular people (who have different viewing habits) don't. Do you?

(Thanks, MR!)

Little (older) Women

My friend AW sent this to me over the weekend. It's from, I think, the new Lifetime movie "The March Sisters at Christmas," which is a modern retelling of Little Women, sort of. Basically, they take the March girls and place them in modern times and force them to make repairs to their home to prevent Marmee from selling it. Or something. Here's the description. Because what you're looking for in home repair is for the work to be completed by your totally inexperienced teenagers.

ANYWAY, I sent a note to AW to ask what this is, so I'm not sure. But I'm guessing it's about Beth, since it involves music. And I've nicknamed it her Life Goals Flower. Because what else is it?

Photo by AW

Here's a tip, Beth. Before you apply to Berklee, you might want to look up how to SPELL IT. Sometimes colleges can be a bit persnickety about these things. Perhaps the way your story ends in the original book is better for you in the long run, if this is what you're going to do with a second chance.

(And for the record, even if she meant UC Berkeley, it's still spelled wrong.)

(Thanks, AW!)