Twenty items or FEWER

[Chocolatepanacea]

I laugh every time I look at the "20 items or less" signs. I think it is a coping mechanism to deal with the fact that whoever designed those signs was too stupid to write: "20 items or fewer."

What other botched signs have you found? Do they annoy you, sadden you, or humour you?  

[Niccea Majeare]

"Antique furniture made daily"

Sorry. Dumb.com is full of things like this.  

[eJayPierre]

Poorly Written Sign

These doors are covered by surveilance camera's any unauthorised use will be reported to centre management.

I quote said sign verbatim. The only punctuation mark in the middle of that sentence (which should actually be two sentences, or at least two clauses) is an incorrectly-used apostrophe.  

[Elanchana]

Whole Foods says fewer! One of the many good things about that supermarket.

I haven't seen any other botched signs but Lynne Truss is full of them.  

[Chocolatepanacea]

There was a sign in our public toilet saying: "PLEASE fush when your done."

I acquired a sharpie and corrected the sign, fuming all the way. This sign was made by a sophomore in college.

crying  

[The MoUsY spell-checker]

Even though I agree with its goals, I don't like the name of "one less car" because it should be "one fewer car".  

[-x x kyoxtohru x x-]

Cause a thousand words,
Call out through the ages,
They'll fly to you,

I'm sure I've found plenty of botched signs.
And I literally laughed out loud at "PLEASE fush when your done."
xD.

Even though I can't see ,
I know they're reaching you,
Suspended on silver wings.

 

[Kuo51]

From a Golfcourse: "Any persons (except players) caught collecting golf balls on this course will be prosecuted, and have their balls removed." eek  

[Sachiko13]

Kuo51

From a Golfcourse: "Any persons (except players) caught collecting golf balls on this course will be prosecuted, and have their balls removed." eek

rofl rofl rofl  

[MyOwnBestCritic]

I've seen plenty of funny signs, and plenty of gramatically incorrect ones. They're inevitable, just like death and cheating taxes.  

[Abnormal Munchkin]

Well, it turns out that the special on friday is "baked potatoe"


burning_eyes  

[Bruce of House Banner]

Haha! These are great. There's a sign at a furniture store near my house that says, "We Sell Ashley!" rofl  

[The MoUsY spell-checker]

On the topic of using "less" where "fewer" should be used, I've inherited a pile of "one less car" stickers (as well as some others) which I'm supposed to sell, and I find it annoying that the grammatically incorrect "one less car" sticker is the most popular of all the stickers.

I want to print some "one car fewer" stickers and sell those instead, but I'm worried that no one will buy them (and I can't stop selling the incorrect ones because I'd be letting down the people from whom I inherited the stickers).  

[DarkElf27]

Kuo51

From a Golfcourse: "Any persons (except players) caught collecting golf balls on this course will be prosecuted, and have their balls removed." eek

Yikes, that's one way to scare off potential thiefs! eek  

[Jerba]

They corrected that at my local Stop & Shop. Now it says '12 items or fewer'.