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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by bwilson4web, Apr 2, 2020.

  1. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    "Australian shops ration booze to foil hoarders amid virus shutdowns"

    So my mind read, 'Australian shops ration booze to <aluminum> foil hoarders amid virus shutdowns'.

    So I had this mental image of people standing in line to get their ration of grog because they are aluminum foil hoarders. Meanwhile, the door is barricaded by "Virus Closed." <sigh>

    Bob Wilson
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    The headline that kept giving me double-takes recently was this one:

    Video from 2015 shared as woman commits suicide in US due to coronavirus infection - Alt News

    which I kept reading as "while someone in the US with COVID was committing suicide, somebody was sharing a 2015 video??"

    ... when what they meant was the 2015 video was presented as recent video of a New Yorker with COVID ....

    Really just using 'committing' instead of 'commits' would have fixed it.
     
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  4. The Electric Me

    The Electric Me Go Speed Go!

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    I think I've been a little stuck up lately about taking everything seriously.
    But I love this sign. It's hilarious And how can you criticize it too much? It get's the message out.

    Recently I think the standard public service like announcement, to simply wash your hands thoroughly and for 20 seconds just get's ignored.
    This get's attention, a laugh and a real message across....good work.
     
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    Gotta love bad proof-reading

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