> > > Heh, reminds me of another professionally made sign that's been up for several years in front of a restaurant that's not all that far from me: "SEAFOOD AT IT'S BEST".
> > >
> > > Ack. I mean, couldn't they just paint over that apostrophe once and for all? ;-)
> > >
> > > -- codeman"then again, I might be the only local who cares"38
> >
> > I don't know about locals in *your* area, but the sight of a misplaced apostrophe always drives *me* seriously nuts. There's something even worse, though, on a restaurant sign I go past every day on the way to work. This has nothing to do with spelling or punctuation, it's just so... so... arghh. The restaurant in question is a small and nasty Japanese eatery in a rather low-rent part of town, and it has a *huge* sign featuring a giant painting of a shark, and the name of the restaurant: The Hungry Bear. Yep. *Bear*. As in, an animal which is *not* a shark.
> >
> > Every time I look at this sign it hurts. Didn't they *know* what a bear was? Didn't they know what a *shark* was? Did they happen to have a giant painting of a shark which they wanted to use, and simply couldn't be bothered changing the name to "The Hungry Shark"?
> >
> > Whatever. I'm seriously considering going several streets out of my way when commuting, just so I don't have to worry about this any more.
> >
> > Brunnen-"the really scary thing is I'm the only person who seems to notice it"G
>
> A sign near here reads "For Sale 2.5 acers."
> Egad! I wish that land would hurry up and sell.
> Another sign reads "Fire wood four sell"
> And then there's the one that says "Buy you're Christmas turkey now." I think it's time to take that one down anyway. Then I got some junk mail that said "Your a winner all ready!" That one went into file 13 in record time. Ant then there was the classified ad that said, "Motorcycle for sale. Been road very little."
> Howar'd

Those highway signs!
"Drive Slow"
Road Work Next 2 Mile
Road Work Next 1 Miles
Slow Children at Play (A comma would help.)
And the newest one: No Parking 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
1/01/00 - 2/01/00 Monday - Friday except holidays
H.