SMH!
Zach Bell
Neal Horner
If you see this in the store, just…just…keep walking.
Same pharmacy chain. We’re a family blog, so let’s just say this sign is redundant. “Intimacy” is enough.
We explained this back in March 2021. You compliment the chef because the noodles complement the broth.
Bruce Moore
Hasn’t this surfer suffered enough?
Whoever did this: Your a gooder writer!
The astrologist predicts: Your getting an F in grammar!
Both these signs were at high-end places we stopped at during a recent visit to Southern California. Hey SoCal: Great weather, but your grammar and spelling need work.
Eva Ivonne Olson
This isn’t so much bad writing as it is just dumb. Those sure look like muffins to us!
And we go to the video archives for Segment 49: Bad TV. Again. https://youtu.be/fyr8tpS4IRs
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