I’m used to people misspelling “phoenix” as “pheonix,” but this one is truly painful:
Category: You Must be Mistaken
Sorry, sir, we don’t handle those cases.
From a bill for legal services:
“Messenger Delivery Fees UPS – CALL TAG – THE RETURN OF RECS FORM DR COLEMAN’S LOST GATOS CA”
UPS? Those poor kitties.
Only 306 Days Left!
Today I got a renewal notice from Network Solutions:
Your domain name registrations will begin expiring on
Jan 14, 2004. Act now.
Truly Terrible Typo
Yesterday’s LA Times included a “Parent Reading Guide” sponsored by Verizon and the Reading By 9 program. Amazingly, it included a full-page ad showing the alphabet followed by this catchy headline:
Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
There’s your problem!
A few weeks ago, the floodlight in our entryway went out. This was the first built-in fixture to burn out, so we checked with the apartment office to see whether we should replace it ourselves or ask maintenance do it. They said they’d take care of it.
A few days later, the light was still out, but we got a service report with one line written on it:
Upon reading “replaced blub,” the manager joked, “There’s your problem!”
Shortly afterward, the bulb was replaced.
Check your math
Installing a security fix for Internet Exploder, with a few other items, and I see this gauge:
Last I looked, 1.5 was considerably less than half of 9.6. Either their math is really lousy, or they’ve decided to keep the gauge moving even when nothing’s going on.
Not sure what this was for…
…but if the date is to be believed, I haven’t bought it yet.