Scout is from Tennessee. While we were visiting his parents a while back (who now live in a smallish town in Georgia), we made a quick run to Taco Bell and saw this:
Scout asked me why I was taking the picture. I said, "Read the sign!", to which he replied, "Yeah, so what? The speaker is broke." (I pointed out that the proper use of the word is "broken", but I didn't go into the fact that there was no punctuation, "Thanx" is not professional, and "Taco" is mistakenly spelled T-O-C-A). After we drove away, Scout told me I was a freak. And I said, "Well, you're a redneck, so we're even."
And then, while we were camping on the river near Junction, Texas, which is the loveliest of all small towns, I noticed these two masterpieces:
Have I said how much I love small towns? In case I haven't made it clear, I LOVE small towns.
I live in a big city. Today I saw a sign for a large, rather upscale, lighting company that read,"Now Open Sunday's." Personally, I think Big City folk are just as dumb about punctuation and grammar as anyone.
ReplyDeleteof course, the more errors in the sign the better the entertainment value. :D
My favorite was a sign at the post office: No animals allowed except seeing eye dog's. Engraved in plastic. I bet that cost money too. Our tax dollars.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/caketalk.asp
ReplyDeleteThis is funny, too.... Same theme, kinda. People are stoopid!
I love how it's always the possessives...
ReplyDeleteYeah, there is a nail salon here called: "Nail's Today". BIG lit up sign too...
ReplyDeleteI'm still laughing....... :0)
ReplyDeleteUm...is Taco in Taco Bell spelled Toca...that is even MORE sad.
ReplyDeleteThings like that drive me INSANE.
My Dad is from LA: Lower Alabama
ReplyDeleteAbout 15 years ago, on my way to the family reunion, there was a roadside produce stand advertising their "Woltermelons for sale".
WOLTERMELONS!!.... cracked me up.
And TOCA Bell?? OMG. That's absolutely HILARIOUS!