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 thought that was “grammer”.
It sounds like an inappropriate joke intended to emphasize that he really did not appreciate the sign.
Yep - good thing the sign didn't have a lot of lines that weren't broken up into paragraphs...
“The past participle of wear is appropriate here, not the simple past tense.”
OK, just don’t blow anything up over it, OK?
Your field of expertise is narrow, but I’d wager that you still have a lot of work. ;-)
Rule of 65
On obtaining the age of 65 and the associated wisdom, one is entitled to spell as he chooses
“Rule of 65”
Spellchecker is a senior’s best friend.
Now, if I could just remember where I left my laptop.
Send this to the spelling nazi:
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