Annoying Words & Phrases

[scotchandcigar]

Even the Fortune 500 Top 50 company I work for has grammatical errors in its resource info.

 

[Channel98]

And officials in the town of Hull did not know how too spell "parking."

New parking permits in South Shore town misspelled 'parking'

The one word a parking permit absolutely has to nail is “parking.” But for the town of Hull, that turned out to be the hardest part.

www.boston.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

It would be nice if they showed the misspelled stickers.

 

[Channel98]

Mister scotch, I am honornig your request.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Mister scotch, I am honornig your request.

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People with dyslexia shouldn't be creating official material.

 

[Channel98]

Yesterday when Washington Capitals forward and left wing Alex Ovechkin addressed his teammates in the locker room, telling them that this season – his 22nd in the NHL – will be his last, he made this brilliant observation: "It's sad – but it is what it is."

 

[HecticArt]

Even the Fortune 500 Top 50 company I work for has grammatical errors in its resource info.

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Why do they have a pair of binoculars for their logo?

 

[scotchandcigar]

Why do they have a pair of binoculars for their logo?

It's a perspective view of a road with a dotted lane divider. It represents one's "down the road" planning.

 

[HecticArt]

It's a perspective view of a road with a dotted lane divider. It represents one's "down the road" planning.

Binoculars would work for that too,
and you would save gas money….

 

[scotchandcigar]

Binoculars would work for that too

Maybe if you planned to spend your retirement peering into the neighbor's bedroom window.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Maybe if you planned to spend your retirement peering into the neighbor's bedroom window.

Or see people to tell them to get off your lawn.

 

[HecticArt]

Maybe if you planned to spend your retirement peering into the neighbor's bedroom window.

They say that hobbies are important when you retire.......

 

[Channel98]

Today on the Wonderful Architecture thread – Go look! – I noted that Minecraft creator Markus Persson has put his Beverly Hills mansion up for sale for $70 million. The Los Angeles Times story says, "This property came with plenty of bells and whistles: a $200,000 candy room, a 2,500-bottle wine cellar and an art installation featuring a chrome machine gun."

Memo to the Times: A candy room, a wine cellar and and an art installation are not "bells and whistles."

 

[scotchandcigar]

A candy room, a wine cellar and and an art installation

Do you have any of these? Me either. That's why they're bells and whistles.

 

[Channel98]

I have seen bells. I have seen whistles. Candy rooms, wine cellars and art installations are neither. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

 

[scotchandcigar]

This is confounding. One of our local ABC affiliate news anchors posted about representing the Maine elections on the ABC live stream. And of all the screen grabs he could've chosen, he picks the one that says "DEMOCRAT OUTS INCUMBENT IN MAINE SENATE FLIP". Didn't they mean to say "OUST"? Or did a democrat force Susan Collins to come out of the closet?