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Honey, I’m home!!
Posted on June 30, 2008 in Life, the Universe and Everything by Jay9 Comments »

TruckI’ve finally arrived home from our travels in the US, and as usual, I’m dead tired, jet-lagged, weary, aching, and this time I’m still nursing the remains of the bug I picked up out there, so I’m not quite back into the swing of things yet.

I’m starting to organise the pictures though, and just so you know I haven’t forgotten you all, let me leave you with this gem. I took the picture above at a gas station while waiting for my friends to fill their cars, and it is, as you see, a beautiful paint job. It positively gleams in the sun and the signwriting is spot on. Well, perhaps there is a teeny smidgeon of a blunder in there, but I’m sure you’ll agree it’s scarcely noticeable at all .. if you don’t actually read it, that is.

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Now, how on earth did this happen? Did the guy who owns the truck insist on having his own rather uniquely creative spelling immortalised on his vehicle, despite the best efforts of the signwriter to dissuade him? Or was it simply that neither of them knew exactly how to spell that word?

In case you’re also jet-lagged, dead tired and nursing a bug, I’ve enlarged the part you should be looking at.

9 Responses to “Honey, I’m home!!”

  1. on 01 Jul 2008 at 1:24 am1DP/Momma

    OMG – TOO FUNNY! You should send it in to Leno!

    Peace – D

    DP/Mommas last blog post..Skip Must Be in the Bar

  2. on 01 Jul 2008 at 3:47 am2Ruth Hull Chatlien

    Maybe the sign painter has a lisp and it was meant to be “wishing.”

    Ruth Hull Chatliens last blog post..Abraham and Isaac

  3. on 01 Jul 2008 at 3:43 pm3Mr. Nighttime

    Sigh…The American education system strikes again. It makes this freelance writer cry in his Webster’s Dictionary.

    Mr. Nighttimes last blog post..I gotta get outta this place…

  4. on 01 Jul 2008 at 3:48 pm4Jay

    DP/Momma – Send it to Leno? Does he like this kind of thing?
    Ruth Hull Chatlien – LOL! Maybe!
    Mr N – No kidding! But we have journos here that make this kind of idiotic mistake on a daily basis in our national newspapers. It’s one reason I never buy them anymore.

  5. on 01 Jul 2008 at 8:50 pm5jt

    I love it! That’s exactly the kind of mistake I would make. Luckily, I have spell check and I do nothing without it.

  6. on 02 Jul 2008 at 4:40 pm6Dawn

    does not surprise me! LOL!

    Dawns last blog post..Pale Tiger Swallowtail

  7. on 03 Jul 2008 at 1:48 pm7Coastal Aussie

    I bet neither the signwriter nor the owner has even noticed the mistake. Sharp eyes Jay! :)

    Coastal Aussies last blog post..Can frogs get up to no good?

  8. on 05 Jul 2008 at 7:30 pm8Kathy

    Yikes! That’s pretty bad. Not like the painter was scribbling a note too fast on a Post-it. It took TIME to paint that. You’d think there would be time to notice the error. Funny, though!

    Kathys last blog post..More Ventrogluteal Fun

  9. on 05 Jul 2008 at 8:28 pm9Jay

    I couldn’t help noticing, Aussie! But as you say, Kathy, it took time to write that, you’d think they would have!

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