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August 16, 2005 |
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I, Uh, "Won't"
FOUND by Craig Johnson
in Seattle, Washington
I found this crumpled up in a little ball on the floor of a beauty parlor washroom sometime back. It's now hanging in my own bathroom.
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I've been trying to teach my kids the proper use of quotation marks in writing--I don't think I will use this as an example.
This makes me think of the episode of Friends in which Joey keeps using the quotation mark hand motion incorrectly.
I think the referee should throw the flag on this one....excessive use of quotation marks
hm... I'm worried that noone has mentioned how toilet is spelled wrong.....
I think this note is one of the funniest out there. It was one of the finds that really hooked me on foundmagazine. I've even printed it out and hung it in my bathroom.
This is one of my favorite found items. Whoever wrote it sure has gone overboard with the quotation marks. I also like how they took the time to write certain words in red.
My husband and I have noticed that several Mexican businesses around here tend to over use quotation marks. No "checks", and something about "wine" Maybe it is a language difference?
I had to post a sign at work so that people would not use a malfunctioning automatic door. A particularly obstinate security guard was leaning over me the whole time, trying to convince me to put quotation marks around the whole thing so that people would pay more attention. CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT LOGIC, MA'AM!
How can so many people not understand how to use quotation marks. I see crap like this all the time where they are used to denote emphasis.
I know what happened here.
People are stupid.
Why would you uncrumple a piece of paper on a wash room floor yuk goodness me lucky this is all you found
I'm worried that a person who knows how to spell "toilet" correctly doesn't know that "no one" is not one word.
oh i think these kinds of notes are hilarious. my former roommate wrote a note similar to this one, except it was about slamming the door. It said, (and I hope I use the quotation marks correctly) "Please do not let the door SLAM shut behind you. Take a little extra effort an pull it closed. Thank you." She reasoned that the typed note with "SLAM" handwritten in red marker didn't have a tone. ...there must be some correlation between not being able to spell small words correctly and putting extra emphasis on words with red markers!
I saw a lot of signs just like this in bathrooms on my trip in Mexico.
I "don't get" why "so many" quotation marks are "in this" note.
"quotations" "are" "fun" "To" "play" "wi't'h"
Ah, the improper use of quotations. It's everywhere, and soooo irritating. I rarely see it as bad as this though! hahaha I think I'll print this one out!
I especially enjoy "MGM'T." If you are going to use an apostrophe to indicate omitted letters, it should be "M'G'M'T." Why use only one apostrophe? Maybe the writer used up all the apostrophes on the quotation marks.
Omigod, i thought it said "Mom'T." LOL
People do this allthe time where I live: someone added the quotation marks after the management put the sign up. Probably why the sign was crumpled up.
That use of quotations is absolutely not okay. I mean, the use of the mark is IN the name. QUOTation. It's not an empasisation.
i like how they embellished the P, (lower case) l, E, A, and E of "PlEASE" but the "S" needs no decoration!
To me they're just asking for it.There are people out there who after reading a sign like this,will cram a wad of paper towels the size of a watermelon down the toilet.
Yeah,and who would pick up a piece of paper crumpled up on a public restroom floor ?
Oh my gosh, I have seen this sign - in seattle. I thought it was the funniest thing ever - Every word was in guotes and I just thought "Who does that?" How totally cool is that?!
Why are so many people "irritated" so much by the "improper" use "of quotation" marks? :-p
I mean, I know that it's not grammatically correct, but that's what makes this note so special. If everyone was such sticklers about the quotation mark rule, this note wouldn't exist. Chill about the quotation marks, there are more important things in life to worry about, and just appreciate the beauty and humor in this.
this takes me back to the "THIS IS A NO POOPY BATHROOM" sign in my college dorm :-)
this looks like something my BFF would write. LOL!!!!!
http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/
C - because it is very scary and a little upsetting in my opinion.
I just "wonder" if that's "Scott's brother" "Craig".....
I love this for several reasons. (1)The quotation marks are awesome. (2) Red ink -- also unwarranted yet awesome. (3) Toliet. (4) This person picked up a crumpled piece of paper off the floor of a public restroom.
there is a website devoted to inappropriate use of quotation marks... i dont know it offhand.
Maybe the quotation marks indicate a double-entendre of some sort. Not sure what it means exactly, but there are websites devoted entirely to this sort of thing. Or you can ask Larry Craig.
no "problem". thanks for the "heads up".
While housesitting for my boyfriend's parents his Mum left a laminated note on the door which read: "Don't forget to put the rhubbish out on Tuesdays"
Dhon't worry I whont.
wow ma'am spells the ma'am backwards
I am so happy so many of you noticed the incorrect use of quotation marks. NOW-let's talk about the much-abused apostrophe...
Hmm... it would make sense IF the "quoted" words were actually metaphores or something...
"All" those "quotes" are making my "head" spin and "I" think "I'm" seeing "double." Wow. This must belong to the Bad Grammar Division of the Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
I'm not going to hate on the quotation marks simply because it made me read it that much slower, and pay that much extra attention to each word. If anything, it's effective.
That being said, to: Sofi in Hillsborough, NJ
if you look closely at the spacing of the words, you can tell the quotation marks were left there intentionally.
I saw this a long time ago, and I recently when to a party in some community building where there were rules for Bridge posted. I swear it's the same handwriting and quote usage.
Many years ago, my sister had to have a plumber work on the sewer line which tree roots had grown into. He pulled out a huge tangle of strings caught up in the roots. Guess where those came from? I've never flushed one since.
in bday cards to me, i've noticed my grandmother uses quotes excessively & so does my husband's granny. i think it's just something old ppl enjoy doing. particularly those born in the depression-era.