# Fortune-cookie fortunes and other places for typos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookie-fortunes-and-other-places-for-typos/628279 "2012-07-15T04:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookie-fortunes-and-other-places-for-typos/628279/1 "2012-07-15T04:52:41Z")
On the fortune in a fortune cookie I got yesterday, the “aphorism” reads: “Behind an able man. There are always.” That’s it. No explanation of what there are always. Nothing. I also saw a sign in front of a bowling alley reading “PUBIC BOWLING.” Post a sign–or a printed form–or a fortune-cookie fortune with a funny typo. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookie-fortunes-and-other-places-for-typos/628279/2 "2012-07-15T05:04:51Z")
Used to see a street sign that said: NO PED XIGN It was an area I traveled pretty regularly; can’t remember how long it was there but it did eventually get replaced. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookie-fortunes-and-other-places-for-typos/628279/3 "2012-07-15T05:27:13Z")
Hlep! I’m trapepd insied a Chinees bakkery. (obviously not real I hope) ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookie-fortunes-and-other-places-for-typos/628279/4 "2012-07-15T13:16:41Z")
Years ago, outside a bowling alley, was a sign that declared “Tuesdays is College night”. (Just don’t expect to find ant English majors in there.) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookie-fortunes-and-other-places-for-typos/628279/5 "2012-07-15T13:27:30Z")
In Belleville, Ontario, I saw signs saying “Whole chiken” and “Freash meat.” I live in Montreal, which is a predominantly French area, so you see typos/mistakes in English signs sometimes. There was a sign in a store that said “Sanitary dapkins.” French signs are also not immune to mistakes. I saw a hand-lettered sign saying “Fraise du Quebec”, which means someone was selling a single strawberry. I also see “every day” misspelled as “everyday” on signs all the dang time. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookie-fortunes-and-other-places-for-typos/628279/6 "2012-07-16T00:45:29Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > […](Just don’t expect to find ant English majors in there.) Now they would be hard put to push a bowling ball down an alley, whatever their major, eh wot? 😃 I didn’t know ants went to college… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookie-fortunes-and-other-places-for-typos/628279/7 "2012-07-16T00:53:13Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > […]Years ago, outside a bowling alley, was a sign that declared “Tuesdays is College night”. > (Just don’t expect to find ant English majors in there.) Now they would be hard put to push the ball down the alley, eh wot? Not too many ants\* go \*to college! :p:D ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookie-fortunes-and-other-places-for-typos/628279/8 "2012-07-16T02:01:10Z")
For years, a local business ignored the fact that the initial letters had fallen off the building’s sign so Boat & Motor was oat & otor for a loooong time. Grocery stores are a treasure trove of misspelled signs. I’ve seen pork lion on sale for 2.99 a pound! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortune-cookie-fortunes-and-other-places-for-typos/628279/9 "2012-07-16T06:42:15Z")
Pork lion? I know the Bible says the lion shall lie down with the _lamb,_ but _this_ is _ **ridiculous!!** _ 😃