Archive for the ‘Unintended meanings’ Category

I bet it still tastes better than pumpernickel bread.
Photo by Dan Lee, via e-mail
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- “Sweat” should be “Sweet”


A message from the United Lawn Dart Workers Association.
Photo by Tye Power, via e-mail
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- “HANDICAP” should be “HANDICAPPED”
- There is no need for quotes around “CHILDREN”


I prefer the community chest.
Photo by Chris Hubing, via e-mail
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- “WAIST” should be “WASTE”


Off the record: they go where the hair is.
Photo by Jane Wells, via e-mail
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- “formally” should be “formerly”


But what about paprika?
Photo by Jane Wells, via e-mail
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- “hazel” should be “hassle”


God wants us to be pirates in a Disney movie, climbing the rigging?
Photo by Mark Jaquith
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- “in their mouth” should be “be in their mouth”
- “two edged sword in their mouth” should be “two-edged sword in their hand”


I think that illness is called “choking.”
Photo by Billy Davis, via e-mail
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- “foodbone” should be “foodborne”


He may be conscious, but all the unconscious caterers get to vote multiple times, so it’s pretty much a wash.
Photo by Mika A Epstein, via e-mail
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- “Conscious” is an awkward word for what they’re trying to say


It’s laminated… I think they’re serious.
Photo by Jeremy Visser, via e-mail
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- “ELSE WHERE” should be one word
- “CONVIENCE” is correctly spelled “CONVENIENCE”
- “CONVIENCE” should be “INCONVENIENCE”


Life vests from the people who brought you the software that takes 6 minutes to display a page of text.
Photo by Peter Carter, via e-mail
Wait, I don’t see the problem with this! »« Ah, I get it now!
- PDF should be PFD (personal floatation device)
