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Uhm, so, yesterday the above photo from Runs With Scissors' flickr stream popped on G'ist Contribute and, well, we've been scratching our heads over it since. It's not that any one part of it is so egregious, we often see crazy signs up in crazy store windows, it's more the combination of the moving "drift shop" and "bumping birdseed" along with the googly eyes that keeps making us quietly giggle. Anyone?
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hahaha i saw that sign yesterday
supper
OK, so "bumping" = dumping and "drift shop" is obvious. Someone explain "(Supper)" please.
super, as in superintendent.
Somebody dumps stuff for birds near my house, and it's disgusting- the bird poop that remainds afterwards could keep a farm awash in manure. Good for them.
so, where is this thrift shop? with spelling like this, i'm sure their PRICES ARE INSANE :-)
Ahh...god bless the NYU grads and their grasp of the English language. It's no wonder that it's the #1 dream school of trust-funders around the country.
Oh this thing is chock full of goodies but I think the fact that "person" is double underscored is quite funny. It's almost as though calling them a person is an insult.
Is "protey" the new abbreviation for property? Good thing they added that "e" in after proofreading, I would have never figured it out.
"Agents"? That is the farthest cry from "against" I've ever seen. I weep for the future.
papercutninja-
classic 101 textbook hate. couldn't get in, could ya? or wait, didn't even apply..but still bitches.
wait a minute...aren't these similar mistakes to what we see on gothamist all the time? it's as charming on those signs as it is here. good stuff.
Well if you think that "supper" is snippy, your should meet his evil twin brother "breakfast".
on first glance i assumed 'bumping birdseed' was some hipster slang for drug use or sex. and then i realized that it wasn't. and then i realized that it really, really *should* be.
where can i get this enlarged and framed? they'll make great christmas gifts...
notice how he had the most difficulty with the word...'the'.
miss,
Just click on the "Runs with Scissors" flickr link (first in the article). Then click all sizes and select the largest size. It's easily big enough for a high-resolution 8x10 printout, and even larger if you're willing to accept less than 300dpi.
I think it's a rule that Building Superintendents have 3rd grade educations. One wrote a sign saying not to Put "TOLIT PAPPER" into the "sinck".
Actually, all jokes aside.
The writer may be functionally illiterate.
Only this guy actually wrote something him/herself.
How do I know, I worked in a Hardware store in my teens and they needed a keymaker. The other guy couldn't read and therefore can't get certified by the City. I loved demo'ing tools for people.
i suspect a non-english speaker had a kid write the sign for them. i see those types of errors all the time as an educator. lol
i just called them up on their number and told them i am the bird seed bandit and i will never be stopped.