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Del’s Size’s

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Readers Like You
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Apparently there are multiple menu items belonging to Size and Sandwich at Del’s

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Ice Cream Man, 1973

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Readers Like You
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My sister and I always looked forward to a visit from the Ice Cream Man!

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A Food Stand Owned by a Man Named “Ketchup?”

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Readers Like You
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See in Ottawa, Ontario in July.

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Dodgy Menu

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Readers Like You
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The food is very nice at this place, but every time I go I struggle to see past the blatant abuse of the apostrophe going on in the menu.

I don’t have the heart to tell them they need to get all the menus reprinted.

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What do fresh pies possess?

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Readers Like You
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In the main breakroom at my place of work. The other technical writer and I can chuckle about this; I doubt (m)any others notice.

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Culinary Catastrope

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Readers Like You
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Found on a kiddie-ride at the mall. No wonder the next generation is grammatically challenged.

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Steam’ables

Posted on October 26, 2012 by MattDuffy
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One of the more bizarre and inexplicable cases I’ve seen! Perahps it’s supposed to read as a contraction for “steamed vegetables”?

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AA: I love that justification for the apostrophe!

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Greedy cheese mongers!

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Readers Like You
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The employee of Mars Cheese Castle in Wisconsin get to keep all of the good cheese for himself!

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Specialty Pizza’s

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Readers Like You
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Chip’s

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Readers Like You
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These belong to a guy named Chip, but he’ll sell ’em to ya for $1.39.

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