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Archive for May 23rd, 2009

Hot enough for you?

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The Lansing State Journal (Michigan) newspaper reports on La Pachanga with this local headline:

“Jalapeño contest spices up LCC event”

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What comes to your mind?

Here’s what came to ours:

jalepeno contest.jpg

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What a difference a d makes?

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We were browsing the Journal & Courier newspaper from West Lafayette, Indiana and came across this item.

Just curious … is this coupon still good?

Hard to tell from the way it’s worded …

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coupon

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Pop the pork!

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Celebration in Lawrence, Kansas … as reported by this Lawrence Journal-World newspaper headline:

“Barbecue contest begins with bacon bang”

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What comes to your mind?

Here’s what came to ours:

bacon bang

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Priceless …

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Charge it?

Here’s a headline that caught our eye, from MSNBC:

“Credit card law a consumer benefit with bugs”

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What comes to your mind?

Here’s what came to ours:

 

credit bugsAre you kneehigh to a Gras-SHOP-per?

Do you put your money where your moth is?

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Words will never hunt me …

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Note to advertisers … make sure classified ads are translated correctly when they’re posted online, lest you are hurting your meaning.

Case in point … this item (goof) from The Tuscaloosa News (Alabama):

“Someone you know is …”

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hunting hurting

Tweet Me from https://grammarcops.wordpress.com

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Whatever floats your … beer?

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Today, we saw a headline in The Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News:

“‘Beer Snobs’ buoyant as bill becomes law”

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What comes to your mind?

Here’s what came to ours:

beer buoyant

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Explosive news …

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Today, a Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Journal newspaper headline reads:

“Highway named for atomic vets”

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What comes to your mind?

Here’s what came to ours:

atomic vets

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Juiced?

Posted in General, GrammarGag Reel (fun stuff), Vocabulary Builders, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »

OK, we admit, there’s nothing grammatically wrong with the pictured label…

However, in light of this definition:

lemonade. noun. n.  A drink made of lemon juice, water, and sugar.

We were very interested to see the “disclaimer” listed on the bottom right corner.

juiced

(“CONTAINS 0% JUICE”)

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