Driving home from a night out (!) with another couple on Saturday, we noticed a new, large, lighted sign for a restaurant that is opening soon near our home. Here is what the sign said:
JACK SPRATT'S
Great food-less fat!
Everyone seemed to think it was going to be a really neat restaurant, and began chatting about it. I, on the other hand, kept repeating the slogan to myself, and became more and more baffled by the second.
I kept saying, "What the hell is "foodless fat???? That makes absolutely no sense. I don't GET IT!!" Everyone else in the car kept trying to explain to me the meaning of Jack Spratt, and they couldn't understand exactly WHAT I didn't "get".
I finally realized it means to say, "Great food! Less fat!" There should have been SPACES between the hyphenated words, and maybe even some capitalization, like this:
Great Food - Less Fat!
I'll bet there are a whole bunch of confused citizens of our town wondering just what "foodless fat" is. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PUNCTUATION, PEOPLE.
***P.S.*** Stupid blogger is screwing up MY spacing now. Not my fault. Swear.
Labels: I *heart* punctuation, Mommy Brain
9 Comments:
I hear you. I get irritated when people use your and you're incorrectly; two, too, and to; and of course, they're, their, and there. Drives me freakin' batty!!
My favorite sign is "SLOW CHILDREN AT PLAY". Really? Any mom knows that children never move slowly when playing!
i love grammar and punctuation. well, when it's used properly, that is.
foodless fat makes me laugh.
Man, I could use some foodless fat. Uh, what?
Sometimes I totally eat foodless fat. Mozzerella sticks? Practically just that. Mmmmm Foodless fat...
Only here can you get foodless fat! Like for instance, fudge cake.
Erica, that was DAMN good fudge cake. Yay for foodless fat!
Hysterical!
It really tans my hide when I see a sign that says:
"SALE"
I mean, is it an imaginary sale? A quote, sale, unquote?
Insane! Insane I say!
I sure enough don't no what the hell ya'll is so pissed about? Grammar-we ain't got no grammar class in this here school. :0)
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