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Americans, I implore you: buy a dictionary and use it!

FoxwellFoxwell Posts: 142
edited September 2008 in A Moving Train
This picture came from the Republican National Convention just moments after John McCain claimed education was "a civil rights issue of this century."

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u165/foxwell2000/mavrick.jpg

...because placards don't have spell-check!
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    it's just so fucking sad
  • MonsterOfTheMidwayMonsterOfTheMidway Posts: 416
    Best part of McCain's speech.
    16

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  • BetterThanYouBetterThanYou Posts: 853
    you know what bugs me almost as much as someone that refuses to spell check their spelling? people that don't realize they're using a mercedes benz logo instead of a peace sign. who are these morons?

    http://polizeros.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/eddie-vedder.jpg
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    you know what bugs me almost as much as someone that refuses to spell check their spelling? people that don't realize they're using a mercedes benz logo instead of a peace sign. who are these morons?

    http://polizeros.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/eddie-vedder.jpg
    yeah that bothers the hell out of me!!
    *nice catch!!
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  • FoxwellFoxwell Posts: 142
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    you know what bugs me almost as much as someone that refuses to spell check their spelling? people that don't realize they're using a mercedes benz logo instead of a peace sign. who are these morons?

    http://polizeros.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/eddie-vedder.jpg

    Maybe he's referring to the war on...BMW's?

    nope, I can't defend that one.

    But speaking of morons...

    http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u165/foxwell2000/morans1.jpg
    "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." -- Albert Camus

    "He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that." -- John Stuart Mill

    "Mongo just a pawn in game of life." -- Mongo
  • BetterThanYouBetterThanYou Posts: 853
    i really want to see what the pics are that you posted, but my job put a blocker on the pc's, and photobucket is one of the sites i can't access :(
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    i really want to see what the pics are that you posted, but my job put a blocker on the pc's, and photobucket is one of the sites i can't access :(
    ...
    http://www.damnfunnypictures.com/images/morans.jpg
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  • BetterThanYouBetterThanYou Posts: 853
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    http://www.damnfunnypictures.com/images/morans.jpg

    lol, thanks cosmo. that pic's old, isn't it? i could swear i've seen it before.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    http://www.damnfunnypictures.com/images/morans.jpg
    Hey!!!! Quit picking on Erin Moran and her family....if you lost your virginity to Scott Baio, you would be traumatized too. :D

    As for a dictionary, America does own one...but I think someone in Vermont was using it this week.
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Foxwell wrote:
    This picture came from the Republican National Convention just moments after John McCain claimed education was "a civil rights issue of this century."

    http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u165/foxwell2000/mavrick.jpg

    ...because placards don't have spell-check!

    the best thing about all those "hand made" posters in the RNC ... they were made by the RNC ... I heard that on *Fox* ... so, it must be true. ;)
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  • FoxwellFoxwell Posts: 142
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    lol, thanks cosmo. that pic's old, isn't it? i could swear i've seen it before.

    I'm sure it is. I collect such pictures to show my students.

    They're like visual cautionary tales: real life examples of why learning English matters.

    Here's one I took in my neighborhood just last week:

    http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u165/foxwell2000/beautyful.jpg

    For those without access:

    The city recently repaved the sidewalks; one of the local bards decided to use the fresh cement as his medium.

    He inscribed, "Leah is beautyful."
    "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." -- Albert Camus

    "He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that." -- John Stuart Mill

    "Mongo just a pawn in game of life." -- Mongo
  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    yeah that bothers the hell out of me!!
    *nice catch!!

    That was posted on here years ago. It was talked about and teased a little. Then we all moved on and it's not like vedder is making the same mistake now (well I don't know for sure) I mean i'm sure he knows the diff. Unlike the other pics of other people and those signs/placards

    Or maybe it was about the BMW/Benz automobile war lmao!
  • TDMize15TDMize15 Posts: 166
    Foxwell wrote:
    This picture came from the Republican National Convention just moments after John McCain claimed education was "a civil rights issue of this century."

    http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u165/foxwell2000/mavrick.jpg

    ...because placards don't have spell-check!

    I'm glad I'm not the only one that caught that. That was a bright spot in a RIVETING speech.
    All the rusted signs, we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead...

    And he who forgets, will be destined to remember...
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    MrBrian wrote:
    That was posted on here years ago. It was talked about and teased a little. Then we all moved on and it's not like vedder is making the same mistake now (well I don't know for sure) I mean i'm sure he knows the diff. Unlike the other pics of other people and those signs/placards

    Or maybe it was about the BMW/Benz automobile war lmao!
    i've seen that photo many times and never even noticed...
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    i've seen that photo many times and never even noticed...

    Right, it seems like an honest slip. Unlike some of the other errors we have seen.

    So to tie that photo with some of the others, to my mind, does not make much sense. It's a visual error I believe, and I would not be surprised to find that eddie vedder was not the artist for that.

    But I could be wrong on all counts. I don't really care. I'm just joining in for fun.
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    That's almost as bad as an illiterate tattoo artist (who I assume would also vote Republican).
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    I was confused by the guy waiving his sign that said "Environmentalists for McCain" while chanting Drill Now Drill Now Drill Now after McCain was discussing his plans to drill offshore.
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  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    i noticed that last night and pointed it out to a friend. :D
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