Signs - and not The Five Man Electric Band kind

I have found a use for the camera on my cell phone. It is perfect for capturing those goofy signs that seem to be everywhere - The Five Man Electric Band was right about that. As long as I remember to turn on the white balance on the camera, the pictures turn out OK - I have forgotten to a few times and apologize for the quality of some of these.

#1 - Look what I found on a Plan-O-Gram


This was inside the plastic wrap they were supposed to remove when they stocked the tables on the end cap. Maybe they should have read the Spanish instructions which were below the English ones.

#2 - We don't need no stinking proofreading


This comes from the Dingo Dog Bone website. I guess consistency doesn't count. My dogs don't care - they still love the bones.

#3 - Don't Shoot!



The name of the business is...interesting to say the least. Note that there are no minimums - except for the minimum of 12 wallets.

#4 - It just seems so...incomplete



What should I feel free to do?

#5 - I wish them well too.



They were nice women and made a mean Chicken and Bacon Wrap. Grammar just wasn't their strong suit.

#6 - Parties and Party's, but no Parti Colored Cocker Spaniel



English isn't their 1st language, but I'm letting them slide on this one because the food here ROCKS!

Overheard at work...

The following is a true story - I couldn't make this up**...

Sales Rep: Why can’t we ship to Hawaii by Ground shipping?

Order Management: Because there is a big ocean between us and them and every time the trucks drive into it, the drivers drown.

Sales Rep: Well, what about Alaska? Can’t we ship there using Ground shipping?

Order Management: Well, there is a whole country (Canada) between us and Alaska and they don’t like us driving through it whenever we feel like it.

Sales Rep: But there is a whole section of Alaska that is down by California.

Order Management: --blank stare--

He’s right…there is a whole section of Alaska that is down by California. And Hawaii is just south of Texas!

**Parts of the above were paraphrased. I was laughing too hard to hear every word!

Another quote that makes me wonder...

From an article about the floods in Oregon:

"There are no phone lines or land lines available in Vernonia," said the spokeswoman for Columbia River Fire and Rescue in nearby St. Helens.

Aren’t land lines the same thing as phone lines?

Is there another kind?

I caught this in an article on the internet about the You Tube GOP debate.

Romney communications director Matt Rhoades: "And it was a personal attack of a personal nature”

It just makes me wonder...is there another kind of PERSONAL attack?

Bunny and Elephant and Bunny, Oh My!

OK, I paraphrased that famous movie with the ruby slippers. I couldn't think of anything else to describe the menagerie below. I spent the entire Thanksgiving weekend knitting the bunny on the left and the elephant (the one in the middle in case the long, crooked, trunk didn't give it away). The bunny on the right was completed a couple of weeks ago.


One if these bunnies is for my nephew for Christmas. The other bunny and the elephant are for the twin girls of a co-worker. Now I have to figure out what to knit next. Suggestions?

Here is a close-up of the newest bunny and the elephant


She's a cute bunny. From the back, she looks like Piglet. Well, except for the little white puff tail. Before the tail, she looked like Piglet.

Boy did my hands hurt on Friday! I knit half of the elephant on Thursday in between Thanksgiving meals (we ate twice). I finished all of the elephant pieces on Friday and put it all together on Saturday. The bunny got stuffed on Sunday and the faces were applied then.

Well, I guess it's time for a little pattern hunting. Wish me luck!

I have blog envy

I have been living vicariously through other blogs lately. Actually, other bloggers keep stealing my ideas. Maybe we are thinking the same thing at the same time and they just beat me to the punch. What is it they say about timing being everything?

So, I am sitting here typing this and Moose apparently wants my attention. Here's what she did.

She did this the other day and I wasn't able to snap a picture. I'm glad she doesn't give up easily (refer to my OCD Dog post for a refresher).

Back to the original post. Today I discovered the Passive Aggressive Notes blog. I was almost in tears when I read this one. I found this blog from the Apostrophe Abuse blog. I found that one from the The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks. Another good one is Literally, A Web Log. There are others that I haven't had a chance to check out some of the others which are linked on the Passive Aggressive Notes blog.

Oh, I can't forget...Anyone over the age of 35 should check out this one. Deb says Johnny Virgil is her new best friend, but I know she didn't really mean it.

I have to mention Abby's latest post as well. That one made me laugh too! In fact, I have Abby's, Roxie's, and Deb's blogs saved as favorites. (Boy, I sure hope I used the apostrophies properly.)

Does losing by 27 count as a THUMPING?!

I spent the evening at Deb and Doyle's where I get a spotty cell phone signal at best. On my way home, I received a text message letting me know the results of the Orioles game. (Yes, I am STILL an Orioles fan, but that's another post completely.) I thought I read the message wrong - after all, I was driving - but the Orioles actually lost by the final score of 30-3. Yes, that was 30. 30 runs! As soon as I got home (thankfully, the drive was all of 2.8 miles), I checked the internet to see if the text message was correct. All I can say is...UGH!

If you care to read the miserable facts: http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270822201&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines