Comments on: Do not drill here http://wordsplosion.com/do-not-drill-here/ Showcasing the best of the worst of the wide world of words Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:19:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Calli Arcale http://wordsplosion.com/do-not-drill-here/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Calli Arcale Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:37:55 +0000 http://wordsplosion.com/?p=538#comment-440 Could be that whoever put the sign together was told by the legal department that it must exactly reproduce the legend "DO NOT DRILL HERE" and the person was just a little bit too literal about that and included the quotation marks? It reminds me of some of the peculiar constructions I've seen in data rights assertions, where someone is slavishly reproducing a legend exactly within a larger sentence, even though this renders the punctuation (and sometimes the sentence structure) illogical. Could be that whoever put the sign together was told by the legal department that it must exactly reproduce the legend “DO NOT DRILL HERE” and the person was just a little bit too literal about that and included the quotation marks?

It reminds me of some of the peculiar constructions I’ve seen in data rights assertions, where someone is slavishly reproducing a legend exactly within a larger sentence, even though this renders the punctuation (and sometimes the sentence structure) illogical.

]]> By: JSug http://wordsplosion.com/do-not-drill-here/comment-page-1/#comment-427 JSug Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:46:30 +0000 http://wordsplosion.com/?p=538#comment-427 That's a coincidence. I saw these stickers on a bulkhead during my daily bus ride home a couple days ago, and thought about bringing my camera to get a picture for this blog. I guess someone beat me to it. That’s a coincidence. I saw these stickers on a bulkhead during my daily bus ride home a couple days ago, and thought about bringing my camera to get a picture for this blog. I guess someone beat me to it.

]]> By: Onkel Thorsen http://wordsplosion.com/do-not-drill-here/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Onkel Thorsen Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:07:13 +0000 http://wordsplosion.com/?p=538#comment-424 ... or Jimmy Lasers … or Jimmy Lasers

]]> By: Naked Bunny with a Whip http://wordsplosion.com/do-not-drill-here/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Naked Bunny with a Whip Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:50:51 +0000 http://wordsplosion.com/?p=538#comment-423 Maybe Electrical Cables is related to Max Headroom. Maybe Electrical Cables is related to Max Headroom.

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