Sunday, August 27, 2006

Actually, He might be at HIS wit's end, what with signs like these.....























submitted by frequent contributor Miss Kitty, GA
...at least I know I am.
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"If you always seem dog tired, maybe you growl too much."
submitted by Sarah Hairston, Rocky Mt. NC
Or maybe you pee on too many fire hydrants.

"In every failure is the seed to success."
submitted AND reviewed by frequent contributor David Finch, DC
So if I were to use logic...in every success is the seed to failure. Probably true, but not quite as inspiring.

"If God has a wallet, would your picture be in it?"
submitted by Eva, Blue Bell PA
If Satan had a "Most Wanted" list, would your....oh forget it.

I also think the above sign would fit in the "Crummy Grammar" category, but I yield the floor to our resident English expert Miss Kitty on that one. Something about verb tenses, I think.

"God did some awesome stuff for you."
Anonymous submitter, sign from O'Fallon, MO
Rich Mullins really missed the boat with that song of his. Shoulda been "Our God did some awesome stuff..."

"Sin causes body odor. Gen. 3:19"
Anonymous submitter, sign from O'Fallon, MO
The Fall of Mankind...isn't it hilarious?!?

"Cold towards your mother? You'll be warmer later."
submitted by Johnna Hays, sign from Liberty SC
The only way this sign could have been worse is if they added the phrase "...just make sure it isn't when she is cold herself!" to the end.

"You were created to be an answer."
submitted by soon-to-be-added frequent contributor Nickie Albert, Mobile, AL
And this guy was created to be a Question.....

"Please keep your temper, nobody else wants it."
submitted by soon-to-be-added frequent contributor Nickie Albert, Mobile, AL
But I will take your tempura, if you're offering.



Thanks to Christopher Huston for supplying a picture of the sign from a couple of posts ago. As if it wasn't confusing enough before......
















A couple of things:
1. School just started (I'm a teacher AND a grad student) so updates will be a little less frequent, but a little larger each time.
2. Because of time constraints and a VAST increase in the number of submissions recently (not to mention the number of slams....heh heh) I have to pick and choose the really crummy ones. If I don't use yours, please don't feel offended. I either already reviewed it, or it just isn't crummy enough.
3. Also because of time constraints, I can't write everybody back and thank them for submissions. So: THANKS!!

Keep 'em coming.

3 comments:

  1. Oh thaaaanks. Now I'll be singing that dang "God did some awsome stuff" song for the rest of the day!

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  2. These are truly awful. Joel, you've outdone yourself. Sheesh.

    RE: "God's wallet," you're right on. The shift in verb tense is very confusing. The sign was crappy already, though, so I'm not sure any verb corrections will help it.

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  3. Re: God's wallet:
    It should be either "If God had a wallet, would your picture be in it" or "God has a wallet: is your picture in it?"

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