tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44146503901276146872024-03-13T23:43:14.414-07:00Re-sign please!A blog devoted to signs that really need to be re-made or where the designer needs to do the honourable thing and re-sign.Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-53322444026886725562012-01-04T14:25:00.001-08:002012-01-04T15:08:24.209-08:00ASDA competes with Tesco<div><p>Not to be out done, ASDA has excelled itself with the following price tickets. Both seen in ASDA, Frome.</p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OugT5g0S7UM/TwTR0zu_9nI/AAAAAAAAAFw/oo_A8PYhTwA/1325715694806.png" /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And if this offer was not good enough....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oaHAH3cPIaQ/TwTRzzcoeVI/AAAAAAAAAFo/w-M9ck8iZWg/1325715625751.png" /></div></div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-26392163256227293322011-12-16T16:18:00.001-08:002011-12-16T16:23:15.767-08:00Buy two and save NO MONEY!!!!!<div><p>Tesco once again proving that buying more than one of an item doesn't save you anything....</p>
<br/><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hl5wcemgRcE/Tuvfu9XXOgI/AAAAAAAAAFg/vswWT3EfFEY/1324080975511.png' /></div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-30362053050091543652011-12-15T12:39:00.001-08:002011-12-16T16:28:10.727-08:00Buy a large pack<div><p>What can I say?  Tesco once again prove that buying in bulk doesn't really save you money...</p>
<p>Sorry for the image quality... </p>
<br/><img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eDcV25qHv9s/Tupa_NDsByI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/_7BDEg9PRSQ/1323981513229.png' /><br/><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fdbsXTVvVls/TupbGRMExvI/AAAAAAAAAFY/uHekSWCjX6s/1323981475794.png' /></div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-36427976128151661552010-08-13T06:53:00.000-07:002010-08-13T07:12:31.305-07:00Trust the Trust....When things got quiet on the sign front, it took a visit to <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-snowshillmanor">Snowshill Manor</a> and some nifty bad signage from the National Trust to pick things up.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TGVP7WlNz1I/AAAAAAAAADc/mQtbp5E6qSY/s1600/DSCF0518.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TGVP7WlNz1I/AAAAAAAAADc/mQtbp5E6qSY/s320/DSCF0518.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504894000622849874" border="0" /></a>It's be lead lined has it? I could forgive this chalk sign if there was a space where the 'en' had been erased from 'been', but as there isn't....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TGVP8Br0jgI/AAAAAAAAADk/ceqXKt6qJ0s/s1600/DSCF0528.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TGVP8Br0jgI/AAAAAAAAADk/ceqXKt6qJ0s/s320/DSCF0528.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504894012193279490" border="0" /></a>Not suitable for wheelchairs? Who would have thought it!<br /></div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-40176490520939266102010-07-12T13:07:00.001-07:002010-07-12T13:19:16.706-07:00Pardon?<div>I saw this in a lift in Bournemouth and tried very hard to picture myself doing it:</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TDt25x5UWbI/AAAAAAAAADU/ciJGsrldj2U/s1600/Photo-0010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 368px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TDt25x5UWbI/AAAAAAAAADU/ciJGsrldj2U/s320/Photo-0010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493114905526819250" /></a>I am not sure <i>how </i>you can do this excessively, but clearly it is such a problem here that they need a sign to advise people <i>not </i>to do it.<div><br /></div><div>However, it pales into insignificance with this sign in a <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=50.717261,-1.873453&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=19&sll=50.717133,-1.873298&sspn=0.001432,0.004128&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=19">Bournemouth car park</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TDt2RXS6DII/AAAAAAAAADE/5tCtpU8NqMg/s1600/Photo-0008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 368px; height: 460px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TDt2RXS6DII/AAAAAAAAADE/5tCtpU8NqMg/s320/Photo-0008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493114211191622786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Disabled Must Pay!!!!</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">How threatening is this? It is the largest text on the sign.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Maybe Bournemouth has decided to take revenge on all those disabled, excessive-door-holding people.</div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-74099956898003062432010-05-31T13:00:00.000-07:002010-07-12T13:06:34.641-07:00Mixed vegetables<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.9722px; ">...well, fruit, really.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Saw this in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=tesco,+trowbridge&sll=51.274911,1.077733&sspn=0.022632,0.066047&ie=UTF8&hq=tesco,+trowbridge&hnear=&radius=15000&ll=51.31729,-2.204261&spn=0.005485,0.016512&t=h&z=17">Tesco, Trowbridge</a>:</div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TDt1ICgjq3I/AAAAAAAAAC8/ZgJjBQux0cE/s320/Photo-0007+(2).jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 368px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493112951481281394" /></div><div>Yes, folks, extra large pineapples cunningly disguised as melons. Not a pineapple-looking pineapple in sight! No wonder they were half price.</div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-30751042403527390262010-05-15T12:40:00.000-07:002010-07-12T13:25:48.322-07:00Unsatisfactory StaffSo, we were wondering around <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=winchester+uk&sll=39.210975,-78.084984&sspn=0.22425,0.528374&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Winchester,+Hampshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.089831,-1.164637&spn=0.022723,0.066047&t=h&z=15">New Arlesford</a> and saw this sign on the public toilets:<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TDtwnn1hyPI/AAAAAAAAACs/pqMjT1IFC-0/s1600/Photo-0003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 368px; height: 460px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TDtwnn1hyPI/AAAAAAAAACs/pqMjT1IFC-0/s320/Photo-0003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493107996519155954" /></a>What is it with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Wincester</span></span> City staff that the public are advised to call up to report that they have seen them in an unsatisfactory state?</div><div><br /></div><div>On the subject of toilets.... we saw this while getting tyres replaced in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Canterbury,+UK&sll=51.089831,-1.164637&sspn=0.022723,0.066047&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Canterbury,+Kent,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.274911,1.077733&spn=0.022632,0.066047&t=h&z=15">Canterbury</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TDtyEepkveI/AAAAAAAAAC0/MId5nxQVxNc/s1600/Photo-0005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 368px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/TDtyEepkveI/AAAAAAAAAC0/MId5nxQVxNc/s320/Photo-0005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493109591780933090" /></a>...how many things are wrong with this? Both apostrophes, just to start with. Do they only have one customer? Or just one toilet and, if so, where is the noun at the end of the sentence?</div><div><br /></div><div>*shakes head in exasperation*</div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-47218788227857875702010-05-03T13:50:00.000-07:002010-05-03T14:00:52.775-07:00Confusing Messages<div>What can I say. The Labour party is trying everything it can to win the <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=A361%2FEstcourt+St&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=FZqSDwMdnqfh_w&gl=uk&mra=mr&sll=51.352648,-1.986294&sspn=0.013722,0.028453&ie=UTF8&z=15">Devizes </a>seat, including promising:</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9835WS14aI/AAAAAAAAACk/udW_8M2FBAY/s1600/Photo-0004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9835WS14aI/AAAAAAAAACk/udW_8M2FBAY/s320/Photo-0004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467149931027751330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I want my future fair now!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">The next we saw in a shop - we can't remember which one - but the labelling seems a little confusing:</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9835PUkPsI/AAAAAAAAACc/RigJz6ysvR0/s1600/Photo-0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9835PUkPsI/AAAAAAAAACc/RigJz6ysvR0/s320/Photo-0001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467149929155935938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>...one pack, two pack, heat pack, cool pack...</i></div></div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-65699931522832963342010-04-28T13:36:00.000-07:002010-05-03T13:50:14.185-07:00Animal MagicTwo signs sent in by my parents show that the National Trust can be both skillful sign-writers and have interesting wildlife at <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-dyrhampark">Dyrham Park</a>:<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S981RdrknhI/AAAAAAAAACM/nhXSHtL9kq0/s1600/ST830465.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S981RdrknhI/AAAAAAAAACM/nhXSHtL9kq0/s320/ST830465.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467147046792502802" /></a>Okay, this just needs a bit of punctuation, for example, "Please drive slowly - livestock". That is, unless they <i>are</i> referring to the livestock.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S981RtSbe3I/AAAAAAAAACU/tZFodWaRWes/s1600/ST830471.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S981RtSbe3I/AAAAAAAAACU/tZFodWaRWes/s320/ST830471.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467147050982013810" /></a></div><div>Need we say more? The National Trust putting conservation first!</div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-13491826563187758242010-04-25T04:17:00.000-07:002010-04-25T04:32:30.643-07:00EMPHASIS, Spellinks and Mis-Directions<div>We have just spent the last week staying in a very <a href="http://www.devere.co.uk/our-locations/royal-bath.html">nice hotel</a> in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=bournemouth&fb=1&ei=bibUS6ePO4_y0gSv4dnfDQ&ved=0CBQQ8gEwAA&view=map&geocode=FZHzBQMdAVbj_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Bournemouth,+Dorset,+United+Kingdom&ll=50.729067,-2.009811&spn=0.222535,0.716858&t=h&z=11&iwloc=A">Bournemouth </a>that seemed to have a little trouble with its signs at breakfast.</div><div><br /></div><div>Firstly, it paid not to follow the signs for the contents of these three jars. Just to say, we were among the first down for breakfast, so this was the full brilliance of the staff shining through:</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QlHR3I2UI/AAAAAAAAACE/ADQfeqWE87A/s1600/Photo-0033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QlHR3I2UI/AAAAAAAAACE/ADQfeqWE87A/s320/Photo-0033.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464033054891235650" /></a><br /><div>This was only bettered by the spelling on this engraved plate:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QlHJyPsII/AAAAAAAAAB8/YoefOmokBoI/s1600/Photo-0032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QlHJyPsII/AAAAAAAAAB8/YoefOmokBoI/s320/Photo-0032.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464033052723228802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Do you muse over your muesli?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The following signs were seen at the office I had the pleasure of working in during the week:</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QlG_LFaZI/AAAAAAAAAB0/S17g9xBWk68/s1600/Photo-0031.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QlG_LFaZI/AAAAAAAAAB0/S17g9xBWk68/s320/Photo-0031.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464033049874622866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Remember <b>to </b>emphasise <b>THE </b>right WORDS when making posters.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QlGkLJ_dI/AAAAAAAAABs/n6XZ8Sdtt7k/s1600/Photo-0030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QlGkLJ_dI/AAAAAAAAABs/n6XZ8Sdtt7k/s320/Photo-0030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464033042627165650" /></a>This was lovely - in an emergency, I am meant to press and hold the alarm button while not using the lift. Yes, I know it is for two different emergencies, BUT!!!!!</div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-15274439664994588222010-04-24T03:51:00.000-07:002010-04-25T04:16:56.649-07:00Fake imitationsSo, we were shopping about a week ago and saw the following:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QiYgn5TvI/AAAAAAAAABc/MJb1ZEXRnhM/s1600/Photo-0029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QiYgn5TvI/AAAAAAAAABc/MJb1ZEXRnhM/s320/Photo-0029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464030052376727282" /></a><br /><div>In case you missed it here is a (blurry) close-up:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QiY-09RxI/AAAAAAAAABk/5Rm7cGjzj9Q/s1600/Photo-0029b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 69px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S9QiY-09RxI/AAAAAAAAABk/5Rm7cGjzj9Q/s320/Photo-0029b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464030060484577042" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Chicken 'flavor' noodles. Okay, so I can cope with that, even with the American spelling of 'flavour' in my British supermarket.</div><div><br /></div><div>I can cope with understanding that 'chicken flavor' noodles means it is unlikely to contain anything that has previously worn feathers, especially when the word 'VEGETARIAN' is written directly beneath the description.</div><div><br /></div><div>What I am have trouble with is that it is '<i>imitation </i>chicken flavor'.</div><div><br /></div><div>Does an imitation chicken flavour (or, indeed, flavor) taste even vaguely like chicken?</div><div><br /></div><div>Why not give it a different name if it is not actually chicken flavour?</div><div><br /></div><div>Or, maybe, why not just drop the 'imitation' part....</div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-37659050014328793152010-04-10T15:05:00.001-07:002010-05-13T16:44:40.464-07:00Spelling BeeSpot the mistakes. Enough said.<div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S8D2kBT0nJI/AAAAAAAAABU/5LXPwTNYz7c/s1600/Photo-0020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S8D2kBT0nJI/AAAAAAAAABU/5LXPwTNYz7c/s320/Photo-0020.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458633847060339858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">('Bagguettes' as seen in Devizes)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S8D2j1LilPI/AAAAAAAAABM/1Z7PSoFameQ/s1600/Photo-0018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S8D2j1LilPI/AAAAAAAAABM/1Z7PSoFameQ/s320/Photo-0018.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458633843804378354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">(Seen in Dorset, we think)</div></div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-52437552869993310222010-03-10T14:59:00.000-08:002010-04-10T15:04:34.845-07:00Roger who??So, two people at work decided to share teabags and put both their names on the box.<div><br /></div><div>You would have thought they would have realised what they were writing, but no.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the end of the day, you have to ask: is it a statement, or an order?</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S8D1fDxhzTI/AAAAAAAAABE/wUPDp3vmGFc/s1600/Photo-0012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S8D1fDxhzTI/AAAAAAAAABE/wUPDp3vmGFc/s320/Photo-0012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458632662310833458" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-62928531867658513532010-02-15T14:09:00.000-08:002010-02-15T14:21:06.058-08:00Traditional.... Ale's<div>We were driving past <a href="http://www.masonsarmspub.com/">The Mason's Arms</a> pub in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ba12+9bn&sll=51.203976,-2.178753&sspn=0.002763,0.007403&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Warminster,+Wiltshire+BA12+9BN,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.203825,-2.177042&spn=0.005526,0.014806&z=17">Warminster, Wiltshire</a>, and were.... amazed!</div><div><br /></div><div>Why.......</div><div><br /></div><div>....is food worth such an exclamation?</div><div><br /></div><div>Why is there an apostrophe in "ales" ("ale's"!!!)</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S3nGskIEgjI/AAAAAAAAAA8/_lLipfWoThU/s1600-h/traditional.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 195px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/S3nGskIEgjI/AAAAAAAAAA8/_lLipfWoThU/s320/traditional.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438596493940654642" /></a><br /><div>Why all the ..............</div>Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-30922404985972678852009-12-17T14:07:00.000-08:002009-12-17T14:27:56.031-08:00"Quality" FoodI only got the one photo in this <a href="http://www.markethousemoreton.co.uk/">tea shop</a> in <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=moreton-in-marsh&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Moreton-in-Marsh,+Gloucestershire,+United+Kingdom&z=13">Moreton-in-Marsh</a>, but it typifies the signs throughout. Needless to say, we were in fits reading these:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SyqtMfdvbBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/fgiLrYbvoew/s1600-h/S7300391.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SyqtMfdvbBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/fgiLrYbvoew/s320/S7300391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416331931982720018" border="0" /></a><br />We gently tried to mention this to one of the staff, but she totally failed to understand and proudly told us of the many "gluten free" items that they sell.<br /><br />Just as well the food was "well presented" by staff that "understood" how to use quotation marks.Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-90376813304167499252009-12-17T13:56:00.000-08:002009-12-17T14:27:14.062-08:00Work Harder, Slave!This sign caught my eye, but to my shame I only noticed the "payless" error after I noticed the "draw" error.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SyqqQNxvq4I/AAAAAAAAAAs/i2LZPZGW1Jg/s1600-h/Photo-0007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SyqqQNxvq4I/AAAAAAAAAAs/i2LZPZGW1Jg/s320/Photo-0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416328697419377538" border="0" /></a>Yes, you may only draw this tower unit three times according to this store (thank you <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=focus&sll=51.302072,-2.210226&sspn=0.02227,0.051241&gl=uk&ie=UTF8&radius=1.11&rq=1&ev=p&hq=focus&hnear=&ll=51.302072,-2.210226&spn=0.02227,0.051241&z=14">Focus, Trowbridge</a>!)Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414650390127614687.post-55443848456580532252009-11-05T10:20:00.000-08:002009-11-05T10:49:20.497-08:00Week One<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Okay, so I was not planning on doing this blog, but three signs in a week caught my eye in the sleepy little town of Devizes, and I thought, enough is enough.<br /><br />So...<br /><br />Firstly an old sign that... well. I <span style="font-style:italic;">know </span>what it means, or is trying to say, but.... (I'll let it speak for itself)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SvMZAXDaDEI/AAAAAAAAAAM/r-5mR3f20yM/s1600-h/IMAG0591.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SvMZAXDaDEI/AAAAAAAAAAM/r-5mR3f20yM/s320/IMAG0591.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400687872126356546" /></a>In case you missed it:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SvMZgzqQLLI/AAAAAAAAAAU/aNZzktwqvMk/s1600-h/IMAG0591+crop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 45px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SvMZgzqQLLI/AAAAAAAAAAU/aNZzktwqvMk/s320/IMAG0591+crop.jpg" border="0" alt="no cheese to be bored before the market day" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400688429561294002" /></a>Yes, in 1862 Devizes Town Council decided that market stall holders must keep their cheeses entertained before market day.<br /><br />Findeing my second photo of the week was exciteing. It was amazeingly easy to spot:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SvMZhHyDDqI/AAAAAAAAAAc/mv2lLGvaAS4/s1600-h/IMAG0590.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SvMZhHyDDqI/AAAAAAAAAAc/mv2lLGvaAS4/s320/IMAG0590.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400688434962697890" /></a><br />And finally, and by no means least, was the following sign in Tesco:<br /><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g2EUl-hAUF0/SvMZhYjDksI/AAAAAAAAAAk/1kVzGWXdH7I/s320/IMAG0594.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400688439463219906" /><br />I had to ask the assistant if it meant that I would pay more if I bought two together than in separate transactions, but he could not answer. While I was trying to explain how crazy it was, the security guard turned up - obviously I was a trouble maker - and tried to resolve the situation. He couldn't help.<br /><br />In the end, they just tried ringing it through the checkout.<br /><br />£1.34.<br /><br />Not £1.60.<br /><br />*sighs deeply*Fortytwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554016421521738911noreply@blogger.com1