22 March 2004

The damage done by a missing apostrophe

Driving through Nowra (NSW south coast) on Saturday morning I saw this sign "Were No 1". I'm sure the owner of this establisment meant "We're No 1", which sounds much more like something you might advertise.
It also reminded me of one of the best along these lines which I saw on a 'night soil' truck many years ago on the Spit bridge in Sydney - "We're No 1 in the No 2 business".

22 Mar 2004 05:57:14 | Public Relations

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kimbofo

This is brilliant!

Posted by: kimbofo | 06 July 2004 at 01:28 AM

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