I did write to the state and told them of this mistake. They replied that they were aware of it and was going to replace it. I then wrote back and told them I was interested in obtaining the sign. They never got back to me. sigh
Posted on 06/01/2013 6:00:52 PM PDT by rickmichaels
An Oregon man is accused of claiming he tried to blow up a sign with a pressure cooker Wednesday morning because it had a spelling mistake.
The man allegedly plunked a pressure cooker on the counter of the Oregon Teachers Standards and Practices Commission office in Salem and told the receptionist he tried to blow up the sign outside.
"He walked quite confidently into our office as though he had a mission, and I think that was what alarmed me right off the bat," Vickie Chamberlain, the commission's executive director, told the Statesman Journal.
The suspect allegedly claimed the bomb failed to detonate because the instructions he downloaded to make the device were misspelled.
The sign in front of the office is missing a 'd' so it reads: "Teacher Standards an Practices Commission."
Chamberlain said she was unsure what happened to the sign, but guessed that the letter may have wore off over time.
Staff called police and the man was arrested nearby. The device wasn't a bomb.
Leonard Burdek, 50, is charged with disorderly conduct, police said.
I refuse to capitalize “nazi” on “principal”.
Don’t tell anyone, but at the age of 12 I decided to rebel and since then my signature is all small letters. People think I’m a Doctor.
absolutely capitol old chap
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Wouldn’t that be “capital”?
;-)
Watch out for pax, people. They capitalize on the mistakes of others.
I know that everyone thinks it was me, but it wasn’t.
“They capitalize on the mistakes of others.”
How low case of them.
They capitalize on the mistakes of others.
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LOL!
Good one!
Does he do yard work?
“They capitalize on the mistakes of others.”
How low case of them.
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Well, it’s a lot nicer than abbreviating.
Now if they’d misused an apostrophe, high explosives would be entirely appropriate.
I did write to the state and told them of this mistake. They replied that they were aware of it and was going to replace it. I then wrote back and told them I was interested in obtaining the sign. They never got back to me. sigh
Fo’shizzle
Don’t tell anyone, but at the age of 12 I decided to rebel and since then my signature is all small letters. People think I’m a Doctor.
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Lol!
(But “doctor” should not be capitalized here.)
“Well, it’s a lot nicer than abbreviating”
It’s
“Well, it’s a lot nicer than abbreviating”
It’s
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ROFL!!!!
(But “it’s” should have a period after it.)
It appears that the administration of the “Teacher Standards an Practices Commission” had little sense of humor but much sensitivity. On the other hand, the whole pressure cooker gag was corny. It’s already been overused. Jail him for being corny and obnoxious.
That was the case with my Uncial.
“Free” leonard???
Someone is a real leotard.
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Mmhmmm.
Lol!
Don’t forget the grammar Nazis!
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