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1. “.20 CENTS” should be “20 CENTS”

   You’re making an assumption. ^^

   

   Naked Bunny with a Whip

   30 Jan 09 at 5:08 pm
2. At least they didn’t spell it “cloths”.

   

   GuanoLad

   30 Jan 09 at 6:34 pm
3. Jeez, even 50 Cent gets it right! Oh, wait…

   

   Noob Saibot

   30 Jan 09 at 10:10 pm
4. Unless I’m doing my math wrong, at that rate, one would get a mere $4 per ton of clothes.

   Ooops, I mean “…a ton of cloths !!”

   This sign really makes my eyes hurt.

   

   Allanimal

   31 Jan 09 at 12:41 am
5. Apostrophes can be abused by omission:

   “Well even pick it up”

   Somewhere, there’s an apostrophe sobbing quietly to itself because of that sentence…

   

   Les

   31 Jan 09 at 2:58 am
6. Ye maths are right. Ye olde sign maker is clever.

   Sign maker’s cunning calculation:
   (0.20¢/cloth_pound) * (1$/100¢) = 0.002$/cloth_pound
   Thus,
   (0.002$/cloth_pound) * (2000 cloth_pound / cloth_ton) = 4$/cloth_ton

   A more ethical approach:
   (20¢/cloth_pound) * (1$/100¢) = 0.2$/cloth_pound
   Thus,
   (0.2$/cloth_pound) * (2000 cloth_pound / cloth_ton) = 400$/cloth_ton

   [BTW, units follow quantity for math problems; so, don't nail me on that.]

   

   Noob Saibot

   31 Jan 09 at 3:47 am
7. That fractional cents error is too frequent.

   

   Ben

   3 Feb 09 at 3:01 pm
8. This sign is a Wordsplosion buffet. There are so many errors I hardly knew where to look first. Thank you, Mark and Sara, for this site.

   

   lillian

   26 Feb 09 at 2:34 pm
9. Closets to full, turbines to speed, batteries to power…

   Oh, wait –
   Closets TOO full!

   

   Mike (Wally) Cocke

   27 Mar 09 at 9:07 pm
10. The voices in my head are getting louder….

    Where clothes? There clothes! Their clothes are there! They are, even!

    

    Mike (Wally) Cocke

    27 Mar 09 at 9:16 pm

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