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	<description>Showcasing the best of the worst of the wide world of words</description>
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		<title>Gas Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defunctuation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nontensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spelltastic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All is forgiven if you tell me where you&#8217;re selling diesel fuel for under $2.00! Photo by Alan Jones, via e-mail Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this! &#187;&#171; Ah, I get it now! &#8220;Prices&#8221; should be &#8220;Price&#8221; There should be a period after &#8220;Broke&#8221; &#8220;Broke&#8221; doesn&#8217;t need to be capitalized &#8220;incovience&#8221; should be [...]]]></description>
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<p>All is forgiven if you tell me where you&#8217;re selling diesel fuel for under $2.00!</p>


<p>Photo by Alan Jones, via e-mail</p>

<p class='issue' style='display:none'><span id='issue-link-cont-1246'><a href='#' class='issue-link' id='issue-link-1246'>Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this!</a> &raquo;</span><span id='issue-hide-link-cont-1246' style='display:none;'>&laquo; <a href='#' class='issue-hide-link' id='issue-hide-link-1246'>Ah, I get it now!</a></span></p>
<ul style='display:none;' id='issue-1246'>
<li>&#8220;Prices&#8221; should be &#8220;Price&#8221;
</li>
<li>There should be a period after &#8220;Broke&#8221;
</li>
<li>&#8220;Broke&#8221; doesn&#8217;t need to be capitalized
</li>
<li>&#8220;incovience&#8221; should be &#8220;inconvenience&#8221;</li>
</ul>
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		<title>CVS</title>
		<link>http://wordsplosion.com/cvs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nontensical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What? It&#8217;s the day after Thanksgiving! The day before Thanksgiving is called Thanksqueued. Photo by Scott Weikert, via e-mail Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this! &#187;&#171; Ah, I get it now! &#8220;THANKSGIVEN&#8221; should be &#8220;THANKSGIVING&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-871" title="cvs2" src="http://wordsplosion.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/cvs2-430x680.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="680" /></p>
<p>What? It&#8217;s the day after Thanksgiving! The day before Thanksgiving is called Thanksqueued.</p>


<p>Photo by Scott Weikert, via e-mail</p>

<p class='issue' style='display:none'><span id='issue-link-cont-870'><a href='#' class='issue-link' id='issue-link-870'>Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this!</a> &raquo;</span><span id='issue-hide-link-cont-870' style='display:none;'>&laquo; <a href='#' class='issue-hide-link' id='issue-hide-link-870'>Ah, I get it now!</a></span></p>
<ul style='display:none;' id='issue-870'>
<li>&#8220;THANKSGIVEN&#8221; should be &#8220;THANKSGIVING&#8221;</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Loulou&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://wordsplosion.com/loulous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nontensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unintended meanings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s like a cross between jai alai and synchronized swimming. Photo by Kenn Nesbitt, via e-mail Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this! &#187;&#171; Ah, I get it now! I&#8217;m not familiar with &#8220;Advanced Aquarium Tennis&#8221; &#8220;ARE OPEN&#8221; should be &#8220;IS OPEN&#8221; if in reference to the facility in which you play Aquarium Tennis]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-654" title="loulous1" src="http://wordsplosion.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/loulous1.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="338" /></p>
<p>It&#8217;s like a cross between jai alai and synchronized swimming.</p>


<p>Photo by Kenn Nesbitt, via e-mail</p>

<p class='issue' style='display:none'><span id='issue-link-cont-653'><a href='#' class='issue-link' id='issue-link-653'>Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this!</a> &raquo;</span><span id='issue-hide-link-cont-653' style='display:none;'>&laquo; <a href='#' class='issue-hide-link' id='issue-hide-link-653'>Ah, I get it now!</a></span></p>
<ul style='display:none;' id='issue-653'>
<li>I&#8217;m not familiar with &#8220;Advanced Aquarium Tennis&#8221;
</li>
<li>&#8220;ARE OPEN&#8221; should be &#8220;IS OPEN&#8221; if in reference to the facility in which you play Aquarium Tennis</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Striked</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nontensical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pick one: past tense or bowling joke. Photo by Rick Carey, via e-mail Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this! &#187;&#171; Ah, I get it now! &#8220;STRIKED&#8221; should be &#8220;STRUCK&#8221; &#8220;W&#8221; should be &#8220;WITH&#8221; or maybe &#8220;W/&#8221; (likely intentional) &#8220;U&#8221; should be &#8220;YOU&#8221; (likely intentional)]]></description>
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<p>Pick one: past tense or bowling joke.</p>


<p>Photo by Rick Carey, via e-mail</p>

<p class='issue' style='display:none'><span id='issue-link-cont-627'><a href='#' class='issue-link' id='issue-link-627'>Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this!</a> &raquo;</span><span id='issue-hide-link-cont-627' style='display:none;'>&laquo; <a href='#' class='issue-hide-link' id='issue-hide-link-627'>Ah, I get it now!</a></span></p>
<ul style='display:none;' id='issue-627'>
<li>&#8220;STRIKED&#8221; should be &#8220;STRUCK&#8221;
</li>
<li>&#8220;W&#8221; should be &#8220;WITH&#8221; or maybe &#8220;W/&#8221; (likely intentional)
</li>
<li>&#8220;U&#8221; should be &#8220;YOU&#8221;  (likely intentional)</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Wordsplosion Facebook placement fail</title>
		<link>http://wordsplosion.com/wordsplosion-facebook-placement-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enthusigasm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Furtherror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nontensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Possessionism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I decided to promote Wordsplosion on Facebook and got some instant unintentional help.  Also: geography fail. Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this! &#187;&#171; Ah, I get it now! The sentence should start with a capital letter &#8220;its was&#8221; should be &#8220;It was&#8221; Both instances of &#8220;further&#8221; should be &#8220;farther&#8221; (as she is talking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-77" title="facebook-fail" src="http://wordsplosion.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/facebook-fail.png" alt="" width="493" height="265" /></p>
<p>I decided to promote Wordsplosion on Facebook and got some instant unintentional help.  Also: geography fail.</p>


<p class='issue' style='display:none'><span id='issue-link-cont-75'><a href='#' class='issue-link' id='issue-link-75'>Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this!</a> &raquo;</span><span id='issue-hide-link-cont-75' style='display:none;'>&laquo; <a href='#' class='issue-hide-link' id='issue-hide-link-75'>Ah, I get it now!</a></span></p>
<ul style='display:none;' id='issue-75'>
<li>The sentence should start with a capital letter
</li>
<li>&#8220;its was&#8221; should be &#8220;It was&#8221;
</li>
<li>Both instances of &#8220;further&#8221; should be &#8220;farther&#8221; (as she is talking about physical distance)
</li>
<li>&#8220;egypt&#8221; should be capitalized
</li>
<li>&#8220;africa&#8221; should be capitalized
</li>
<li>&#8220;thats&#8221; should be &#8220;that&#8217;s&#8221;
</li>
<li>Egypt is a country within Africa, and is one of the easternmost countries in that continent (thus being farther away from North America than most other African countries)
</li>
<li>too many exclamation points</li>
</ul>
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		<title>A heartening turn of events</title>
		<link>http://wordsplosion.com/a-heartening-turn-of-events/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corrective action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nontensical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How many people both carry spray paint around, and know that &#8220;1 in 5 children are&#8221; is incorrect? Precious few, I&#8217;d wager. My favorite part is the example of when &#8220;are&#8221; would be correct. Update: a lot of you are noticing that it appears to say &#8220;soiicited&#8221; instead of &#8220;solicited.&#8221; But that&#8217;s just because the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-71" title="224079901_4280064bb3_b" src="http://wordsplosion.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/224079901_4280064bb3_b-680x510.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="510" /></p>
<p>How many people both carry spray paint around, and know that &#8220;1 in 5 children are&#8221; is incorrect? Precious few, I&#8217;d wager. My favorite part is the example of when &#8220;are&#8221; would be correct.</p>
<p>Update: a lot of you are noticing that it appears to say &#8220;soiicited&#8221; instead of &#8220;solicited.&#8221; But that&#8217;s just because the paper is tattered and the line of the &#8220;L&#8221; is interrupted.</p>
<p>Observe:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-124" title="solicited" src="http://wordsplosion.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/solicited.png" alt="" width="158" height="58" /></p>


<p>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/infrarad/224079901/">infarad @ Flickr</a></p>

<p class='issue' style='display:none'><span id='issue-link-cont-72'><a href='#' class='issue-link' id='issue-link-72'>Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this!</a> &raquo;</span><span id='issue-hide-link-cont-72' style='display:none;'>&laquo; <a href='#' class='issue-hide-link' id='issue-hide-link-72'>Ah, I get it now!</a></span></p>
<ul style='display:none;' id='issue-72'>
<li>The initial version was correct &#8212; the &#8220;ARE&#8221; correction was misguided
</li>
<li>However, sentences shouldn&#8217;t start with a number
</li>
<li>Better version: &#8220;One in five children is sexually solicited online.&#8221;
</li>
<li>Best version in a perfect world: &#8220;Children are never sexually solicited online.&#8221;</li>
</ul>
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		<title>He die for you in a croos!!</title>
		<link>http://wordsplosion.com/he-die-for-you-in-a-croos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital punishment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Whatsthisbigkeyfor?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I sense your urgency! Photo by drcorneilus @ Flickr Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this! &#187;&#171; Ah, I get it now! &#8220;ROSE FROM THE DEATH&#8221; should be &#8220;ROSE FROM THE DEAD&#8221; &#8220;HES COMING&#8221; should be &#8220;HE&#8217;S COMING&#8221; There should be a space after &#8220;SHORT,&#8221; &#8220;REPENT!!!&#8221; and &#8220;croos!!&#8221; should only have one exclamation point [...]]]></description>
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<p>I sense your urgency!</p>


<p>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrec/241291771/">drcorneilus @ Flickr</a></p>

<p class='issue' style='display:none'><span id='issue-link-cont-65'><a href='#' class='issue-link' id='issue-link-65'>Wait, I don&#8217;t see the problem with this!</a> &raquo;</span><span id='issue-hide-link-cont-65' style='display:none;'>&laquo; <a href='#' class='issue-hide-link' id='issue-hide-link-65'>Ah, I get it now!</a></span></p>
<ul style='display:none;' id='issue-65'>
<li>&#8220;ROSE FROM THE DEATH&#8221; should be &#8220;ROSE FROM THE DEAD&#8221;
</li>
<li>&#8220;HES COMING&#8221; should be &#8220;HE&#8217;S COMING&#8221;
</li>
<li>There should be a space after &#8220;SHORT,&#8221;
</li>
<li>&#8220;REPENT!!!&#8221; and &#8220;croos!!&#8221; should only have one exclamation point
</li>
<li>&#8220;He die for you in a croos&#8221; should be &#8220;He died for you on a cross&#8221;
</li>
<li>&#8220;Mount of olive church&#8221; should be &#8220;Mount of Olive Church&#8221;</li>
</ul>
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