“And we’ll take your picture, and print it out..over and over until you surrender…”
(Our son spotted this at a scouting jamboree. He should get his scouting badge for proofreading . (And the adults who made the sign should be ashamed…but then again, hey, it is Silicon Valley, where technology is the weapon of choice…).)
Category: Bad Writing
Most Poorly Designed Logo – Must Be Something They Ate
Fries a la Allende
You Always Wanted to Use Your Penis as a Billiards Cue
This has got to take the prize for the most humourous spam subject line this week:
“You always wanted to use your penis as a billiards cue.”
I’d ask readers to submit cartoon drawings to go along with this, but this is a family-friendly blog.
Oh, wait, no it isn’t.
Submit away!
P.S. The text of the spam was pretty funny too: “For your wife’s last b-day you gave her a vibrator because of your hopeless Erectile Dysfunction.”
Not that there is anything funny about erectile dysfunction.
Oh, wait…
Imodium Runs with a Poor Choice of Words
Imodium, the anti-diarrheal product, must be using the same clue-impaired ad agency that brought us the “Welcome to the Coke Side of Life” ad.
Either their poor chooice of words for their pediatric Imodium ad (see the last few words in the text box next to the bottle) was intentional, or … it wasn’t.
I’m not sure which is worse.
Show Me Your… Most Outlandish Spam Subjects
Every so often I will post here asking my readers to show me something of theirs. Today it’s… the most outlandish spam subjects you’re received.
Here’s a gem which actually made me laugh (although of course I still would never buy anything from them and would nail them to the courthouse door, given a chance):
“You always wanted to use your penis as a billiards cue.”
(Uh…no..I didn’t…first, I don’t even have one, and second, if I did, I sure as heck wouldn’t want to use it for *that*!… is that what you guys fantasize about??)
Talk About the Blind Leading the Blind – Those Poor Dogs!
Starbucks Haiku
I hereby announce the opening of the Starbucks haiku thread. Please submit your Starbucks haiku below.
I’ll start:
Cool smooth sweet top skin
Brown moist tender joy below
Maple oat nut scone
I Shudder to Think What They Really Meant
Do Not Study This Table
…..after 6pm.
Sigh..even our son was able to immediately see what piece of punctuation was missing from this sign, which was Continue reading “Do Not Study This Table”
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