PING
Er, did you *mean* to misspell the subject line?
Funny ping....
Thanks so much for posting this. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.
There's a bunch of these type of things in Jay Leno's "Headlines" segment and I have a book of excerpts from that. Also, National Lampoon's "True Facts" section has some books collecting some funny but true bits, including the "missing letters" (from signs) department:
COLON(Y) CLEANERS
(M)ASS DEPT OF REVENUE
MARC'S BI(G) BOY COFFEE SHOP
G(R)EEK VILLAGE
PAIN(T) 10 TO 50 PER CENT OFF
GOODWIVES (S)HOPPING
And there's one I can't really post directly as it appears but it's for a fast food restaurant and I'll leave you to
figure out what letter someone "stole":
NOW HIRING ALL SHIFTS --BE PART OF OUR TEAM
(hint) letter was taken from fourth word)
And then there was PENNI'S MARKET in Marblehead, MA.
For some reason, everyone kept taking one of the "N's"
from the name...
On a motel: HOT? COME TAKE A SWIM IN OUR POO(L)
I always used to like those Kermit Schafer blooper books until I read one that I knew for a fact wasn't true.
After that, I always assume these things are made up unless they include an actual citation--and I don't always believe them even then.
Varsity Blowing Team -- all you can eat spaghetti feed $3.
Not a typo, but I did see road signs once:
<---Clinton...................Prosperity--->