The Best of Alabama

I received this recent submission from reader Elizabeth.  She and her husband went to Alabama for a wedding and encountered the following sign in a restaurant:

Wow.  Wow.

The best part?  This message, with this exact wording, was reprinted verbatim on placards on each table.

Thanks, Elizabeth — I live for signs like these!

Enjoy alliteration?

If you enjoy alliteration, you’ll probably be delighted by this Dan Wasserman comic:

Sorry about the lapse.

This election is driving me insane.  Only six more days!

Just give me twelve more days.

That’s all I ask.  Just twelve days.

For now, I find images like this one irresistible, even when I’m not a fan of the caption (for multiple reasons).

So good:

Thatcher, Thacher, Thatcher, Thatcher

The following image is courtesy of my former boss, Paula, who was in the North End of Boston the other day and saw two incredible signs:

Thatcher St.

Which is also listed as Thacher St.

How can people do that?!  Look at that!  The signs are RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER!

Sheesh.

Would you wear these boots?

Check out these boots:

Cute, huh?  I’d wear them.

Well, that was until I saw what they were called.

Let’s back up a bit…

It’s called the YOURSOCUTE.

The YOURSOCUTE!!!

Perhaps it doesn’t matter.  After all, this is just Nine West — people only pay attention to the names of designer shoes.

But seriously…who signed off on this? That’s what I’d like to know.

I already won’t wear Jessica Simpson shoes because I can’t stand her or her creepy father (most of her shoes are ugly, too, but there are occasional cute pairs).  I think that the name of these boots is an even better reason not to wear them.

I bring this gem today courtesy of The Modern Gal (very good blog!).  Thanks, MG!

Grammar Hilarity

The following pictures are the latest and greatest of the “Good Grammar Is Hot” group on Facebook:

And the greatest picture of all:

I give much kudos for the members of the group for posting these fabulous pictures.

Also…

Some of you guessed.  Some of you are correct.

My big Thankgiving trip is a solo trip to Buenos Aires!  It’s my first trip entirely alone and my first trip to South America.  I’m so excited! 

I just did something crazy.

I just booked a vacation for myself over Thanksgiving.

It’s my first solo vacation.  I’ve been wanting to go on a solo trip for a LONG time.  (I’ve traveled through Europe on my own, at times, but never for a whole vacation.)  Now I finally have the opportunity, with a window of vacation days to use.

Thanks to a site with great deals on flights, I was able to secure an incredible rate to a fantastic destination.

I haven’t been close to this destination.

I haven’t even been to this CONTINENT before.

And I am SO EXCITED, I can barely stand it.  THIS is what I live for!  I want to live a life defined by travel!

I digress.  I know that this is my grammar blog, and not my personal blog.  (Speaking of which, if you’d like to know more about this trip or any of the other random and/or cruisazy events in my life, feel free to visit Kate’s Adventures.)

At any rate, I know that you guys enjoy signs.

And here is a sign from the location of my first solo trip, my Thanksgiving vacation:

Yikes.

We’ve got another one!

I’m still trying to recover from the atrocity from last winter.

Now, we’ve got another film with a grammatically incorrect title:

What Just Happened

I have to admit, it’s got a fantastic cast.  Robert DeNiro, Catherine Keener, Stanley Tucci, Bruce Willis…(unlike most, I won’t include Sean Penn because I’m still miffed that he stole Bill Murray’s Oscar for Lost in Translation).

But COME ON!

Where is the question mark?

Is that little award thing to the right of the title supposed to be a question mark?

What does the movie get out of omitting punctuation in the title? A cleaner-looking title (much like Dirty Sexy Money)?

Will the movie rake in more money without the question mark?

Your thoughts, please.

Online Dating and Bad Grammar

I know that this entry is probably going to piss a lot of you off, but I’m going to be honest.  And I think it’s relevant.

I’m a member of an online dating site.  (One reader of this blog actually found me on there!)  Personally, I don’t think I’ll have time to go on another date until well after the election, but I keep my profile on there, just in case.

I received an odd message from a guy today.  Here are a few excerpts:

“your in my [list of matches] and what not, I feel somewhat compelled to “accept” you rather then reject you like the previous 15.”

“Anyway, if you like to “drop it like its hot” or “get low” then your in luck cause i do 2 and so far no one has been able to drop it lower then me (Shorty gets quite low)”

“have a good night
oh and if i didn’t mention it, i think your hot

[Name]“

Now –

I’m not going to reject a potential suitor based on poor grammar and/or spelling alone.

I’ve dated my fair share of guys who couldn’t write anything to save their lives.  And some of those relationships were the most significant relationships of my life so far.

But on an online dating site, when a message to somebody serves as the best way to make a good first impression, why would a guy write so badly?

Would you have bad grammar and spelling in a cover letter?  In a resume? Then why would you on a dating site?

I think that a message so full of errors — written by a college graduate (so his profile claims) — shows that he doesn’t care about making a good first impression.  He doesn’t care about taking the time to write “you’re” instead of “your,” among other things.  Come on.  That is the MINIMUM.  Everyone knows the difference.

I wouldn’t have gone out with this guy anyway — he’s not my type.  But this email more than sealed the deal.

I replied to him:

Hi, [Name] –

Thanks for the message.  I don’t think that we would be a good match, but you deserve a reply, and I wish you the best of luck!

Kate

Unleash your fury.  Call me a snob or an asshole.  I don’t care.  But do any of you feel this way?

More FAIL!

Okay.  Forget everything I said about the Word Warp application for the iPhone.  I’ve been playing it nonstop, and now something’s wrong with my right arm…it’s sore all the time, and even resting it on the table irritates it.  My hand hurts the most.  I wish I weren’t typing this.

I overdid it.  And I’ve been paying for it for days.

(My boss asked me why I’ve had my computer on my lap all week, despite the fact that I was sitting at my desk.  I told him it was easier for me to view illicit and inappropriate material that way.)

Since the Fail Blog is always popular with everyone, here are some of the best fails of recent memory:

(I think this one is a joke, but I love it.)

(This one is for my bud Josh.  It’s so him.)

Horrible.  But I laughed.

Emo Shirt Gone Bad

My friend Ian sent me this picture of his friend:

He got it at the Gap.

Ian’s friend thought that the grammar on this shirt was correct; he vehemently disagreed.

Well, I think you know what I think, and I think I know what you think.  And I definitely know you know what I think you know.

But do you think that this shirt is an example of tongue-in-cheek humor? I’m not so sure…

Thanks, Ian.  Check out his blog.

Thoughts on “Lam”

I recently downloaded a great new iPhone application — Word Warp.  (AND it’s free!)  It’s a game that gives you six letters and you try to find as many words as possible.  I now play it whenever I’m on the T.

The other day, “LAM” came up as one of my words.  And that got me thinking.

Do you ever use the word “lam” without the words “on the” preceding it?

I couldn’t think of any instance.  Neither could my sister and her friend.

It’s something to think about…