Now if they mentioned this trick, they would at least be helpful. |
It's on every box of food we've opened since the 1950's. I think we've got it mastered.
2. Repeat.
As in, "Lather, Rinse, Repeat." They just want us to use it up twice as fast. It's like, "Apply Liberally" = "Use Way Too Much."
3. Check engine.
Please, how often, really, do we need to check the engine? Every time I go into Mike's Garage for this, Mike says, Oh, yeah, we just have to reset a little something. What Mike means is, we just have to reset the "Check Engine" light.
The "universal" No Shoplifting sign. I wonder what they use for No Hiking. |
So... let me get this straight... you're saying that stealing is not allowed here? Well, I'll just take my shoplifting elsewhere. I've even seen this sign in stores: "Shoplifting Is Stealing." Do they think the problem stems from limited vocabulary?
5. Do Not Hold Over People.
I ran across this in the course of my "research" for this post. It is on my coffee pot. I'm thinking I may be the only person who ever read it. I really can't imagine a situation around this occuring in nature. So, worn or not, this just needs to go:
"Do not fold, spindle or mutilate". Does anyone mutilate any more, or is that left over from the 18th century?
ReplyDeleteOnce in a while, when I just can't help myself, I spindle. I know, I shouldn't....
ReplyDeleteDoomo arigatoo gozaimashu, tapusama.
ReplyDeleteDude, you really do speak Japanese?? In Alabama, what the hell for?
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