Playing Catch Up

Here are some submissions that I found sitting in my Spam folder -- thanks, GMail!

...gotta be fake, right?


Other Famous Billy's!


I guess you could force this one to mean it's a dance for 4 time Grammy nominees that lasts all night...


(Thanks to Peter, Amy, and Lois)

Apostrophe Picking in Michigan

David writes:

My family went blueberry picking in MI this past weekend and found these signs. To put it simply: These farmers don't allow weekends or dogs as freely as they allow apostrophes.

RA peeved about resident apostrophe

Joey writes:

This shirt was a gift to all the RAs at the end of my last year as an
Resident Advisor. I love the idea behind the shirt, but I pretty much only wear it to bed because the apostrophe in RAs bugs me, especially since this shirt was designed by a woman with a masters degree.

Have you seen Father's Love Knives?

April writes in with:

This banner was put up outside this store in Austin, TX, just before Father's Day and is still up. I'm not sure what Love Knives are (and I am scared to find out) but Father has them.

Thanks April!

Assorted Tea's at Wild Oats

Becky sends in this example from her local Wild Oats store:


No word on if this abuse has led to new "anonymous" postings by Whole Foods CEO John Mackey.

Contract offers cheese pizza with extra apostrophe

Rhonda sent in this picture of a contract she was given for her son's birthday party at a local bowling alley:


A nice little pair with Pizza's and Pitcher's.

How much to remove the apostrophe?

Spring sent in this flyer for a tattoo parlor in Clearwater, Florida:

Abuse from Down Under

This is from a Sportsman's Warehouse sports store in Canberra, Australia.


(Thanks, Harp!)

It,s all about the fish

Bethany writes in with:

I'm not sure if this qualifies as apostrophe abuse or just plain
punctuation abuse, but check out this T-shirt spotted in my local
Walgreens.

...and if it's all about the fish, what about that poor whale?

Crepe's at Belle & Herbs

Lisa spotted this one in Fremont...

My Last Photo's?

JR sent in this example of "GI Humor" from a forwarded email... perhaps the soldier who created the sign grew up with a "My First Photo's" album.

My First Apostrophe Abuse

Sara sent in this photobook she saw at the local Babies "R" Us in Bakersfield, CA: