# Misread signs, labels, etc.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-signs-labels-etc/274233>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 11, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-signs-labels-etc/274233 "2004-11-11T17:53:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-signs-labels-etc/274233/21 "2004-11-12T19:19:56Z")

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In a tiny business complex in Roswell is a building with a sign in front that says:

FAMILY ROBOTICS

It took many trips by this place to realize it was ‘Facility Robotics’.

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-signs-labels-etc/274233/22 "2004-11-13T00:16:29Z")

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There’s always Souplantation’s “Please consume all food on premises” which is actually a misreading of meaning, rather than words or letters.

Just today, I saw a flyer advertising our school’s “CAN FOOD DRIVE”  
Either they’re collecting cans and food, or they really want to know: Can food drive?

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