It’s amazing that it doesn’t take us long to come up with another pack of ads that deserve mention. Here we go. They have these new Ford commercials telling you that you should really drive a Ford, and one of the big things they’re all proud of is how much electronic stuff is packed into …
Category Archives: wording and grammar
We Notice Too Many Ads
Here we go again with the comercials. I saw an ad for Iams dog food that said that the food would produce the seven signs of healthy vitality. Uh, what other kind of vitality is there? I’ve never heard of unhealthy vitality. I guess cancer could have healthy vitality that would be unhealthy for you, …
Proofreading? What’s That?
We often talk about the horrible lack of proofreading in newspapers, advertisements, and all other things that are written down. Ann Adams sent me a nice pile of these examples. She knows how to make me laugh. *Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn’t you say?* Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and DaughterThis one I …
A Bunch Of Stuff From My Head
I’ve been thinking about afew things. Here they are in no particular order. My Trixie dreams have taken a new twist. They’re of two types: One has me going back to training, and some of my classmates are there, only this time, Trixie is with me. We just end up having a refresher, and I …
If I Ever Need Saving, I Know Who I’m Not Calling
Here’s a snip from an article about a bunch of puppies that weresaved from a fire,or maybe not, if this guy is to be believed. When firefighters reached the basement of the home, the same area where it is believed the fire started, they found two adult Yorkshire terriers and 15 puppies. “They were pretty …
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Talk About Sleeping Your Way To The Top
Hooker named Indoor Athlete of the Year Bonus: The Hooker in question is a pole vaulter.
Today’s Newspaper Headline Crash And Burn
Plane Wreckage Found, Pilot Killed This is either poor headline writing, or there were some mighty fucked up people in that search party.
No Laughing Matter
This story about Mark Cassidy is funny for two reasons. He ran a comedy club and he died from an overdose of laughing gas. But the other reason it’s funny is for the following line: “A COMEDIAN died after accidentally overdosing on laughing gas while watching computer porn, an inquest heard.” So…computer porn…is that where …
Here We Go with The Ads Again
Here we go again with more slogans that caught our attention. What a mishmash this is. Every timeI see commercials for denture grip, the stuff that holds dentures in place, it says “now with less ooze!” Ug! Doesn’t that sound wonderful? The idea of stuff oozing around my gums just makes me want to gag. …
Lawn And Order, Crazy Bastards Unit
Oh man. This story about Everett Keith keeps making me laugh. I could read it several times and I’d still laugh. How many times do you get the chance to see the words “saunter”, “mosey”, “wrythe” and “pilfer” in the same story? Our drunken fool walked, no no, sauntered, into a restaurant with a cigarette …