We’ve ragged on the Guelph Mercury before, but after reading this story, I think the folks at the Merc are doing a stellar job. Simpson killed Simpson? No, Simpson killd Neely! He was paritally dismembered? You mean partially? My good lord above, look at all the typos. At least use a spell-checker, for the love …
Category Archives: wording and grammar
Big Loo
The other day, Steve asked me about something I had never noticed. He said, in old clips about robots, why are they pronounced like ro-bits?” I had never heard them talked about like that, so he told me about an ad for something called “Big Loo” that was some silly toy that was supposed to …
You Want Me To What?
I know I’m being childish, but read this line and tell me without clickinghereif you think this guy is nabbing a thief or looking for dates. The security guard approached the 44-year-old yesterday at a Dapto supermarket and demanded he produce the meat from within his pants. You’re telling me that was the best way …
Slurls
If you’ve ever gotten one of those emails that go around from time to time full of website addresses with double meanings, you’ll appreciate this. There’s an entire website devoted to verifying and compiling them. Be sure to check out the list of 100 Website Naming Disasters to get you started especially if you’re not …
Wacky Headline Of The Day
Baby Born On NYC Mass Transit For 2nd Straight Day Congratulations to the family, and happyGroundhog Day.
Yet Another Ad Pile
It’s amazing that it doesn’t take us long to come up with another pack of ads that deserve mention. Here we go. They have these new Ford commercials telling you that you should really drive a Ford, and one of the big things they’re all proud of is how much electronic stuff is packed into …
We Notice Too Many Ads
Here we go again with the comercials. I saw an ad for Iams dog food that said that the food would produce the seven signs of healthy vitality. Uh, what other kind of vitality is there? I’ve never heard of unhealthy vitality. I guess cancer could have healthy vitality that would be unhealthy for you, …
>Proofreading? What’s That?
>We often talk about the horrible lack of proofreading in newspapers, advertisements, and all other things that are written down. Ann Adams sent me a nice pile of these examples. She knows how to make me laugh. *Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn’t you say?* Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and DaughterThis one I …
A Bunch Of Stuff From My Head
I’ve been thinking about afew things. Here they are in no particular order. My Trixie dreams have taken a new twist. They’re of two types: One has me going back to training, and some of my classmates are there, only this time, Trixie is with me. We just end up having a refresher, and I …
If I Ever Need Saving, I Know Who I’m Not Calling
Here’s a snip from an article about a bunch of puppies that weresaved from a fire,or maybe not, if this guy is to be believed. When firefighters reached the basement of the home, the same area where it is believed the fire started, they found two adult Yorkshire terriers and 15 puppies. “They were pretty …
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