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Re: Apostrophe rage and signs in general
Posted By: Nyperold, on host 216.111.134.71
Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2000, at 05:10:26
In Reply To: Re: Apostrophe rage and restaurant signs posted by codeman38 on Wednesday, February 2, 2000, at 04:51:52:

> > A sign near here reads "For Sale 2.5 acers."
> > Egad! I wish that land would hurry up and sell.
>
> Heh. Perhaps they're selling two and a half Acer brand computers? OK, I doubt it.
>
> > Another sign reads "Fire wood four sell"
>
> AAAAACCCKKK! What *is* it with these people?
>
> > And then there's the one that says "Buy you're Christmas turkey now." I think it's time to take that one down anyway. Then I got some junk mail that said "Your a winner all ready!" That one went into file 13 in record time.
>
> Heh. That's how I generally distinguish junk mail from "serious" mail. And if it goes into the wrong file, tough. :)
>
> > Ant then there was the classified ad that said, "Motorcycle for sale. Been road very little."
>
> Ouch. At least it's not four sell.
>
> -- codeman"and I thought things were bad HERE"38

Here's a perfectly innocent sign:

HAY FOR SALE

Now imagine you're reading this sign on the way to *Spanish* class.

Nyper"There is for (he, she, it) leaves"old