I subscribe to some Washington Post news alerts and today I got one with the following subject line:
Somehow my brain just subtracted a few letters to:
I thought – Al Stewart? The Year of the Cat guy? What the hell did HE do. That IS news.
I recently misread a sign. I saw “Porno Pix” when it really said “Promo Pix.” I even told other people about the sign that advertised the porno pix. Oops. :o
Loosest progressive sluts…on a sign in Reno, Nevada…
HEy, I was very tired, and I knew prostitution ws legal in some areas of Nevada, and I am not a gambler so I had never heard of progressive slot machines, nor that if they were ‘loose’ they paid out more frequently…and I was driving past the sign at about 70…
Drove by a giant billboard today that read "PARTY CATERERS."
I read it as "PARTY CATHETERS."
And I shrugged and thought “Well, I’m sure someone on the Internet is really into that stuff!”
Driving through a construction zone late one night I misread a sign to say BLIMP instead ofBUMP. Took me a few minutes to realize that the Goodyear Blimp was not actually hovering overhead (though some days it is!)
I’ve misread “Build to suit” as “Build to slut.” And I’ve seen the slogan “Ditches are deadly–stay away” (designed to keep kids from skateboarding in the irrigation channels) as “Bitches are deadly.”
Then there was the time I was reading a book about Led Zeppelin. It mentioned Jimmy Page’s guitar prick.
I was surprised and impressed, until I reread the sentences and realized the word was “pick.”
I complained about all this once to my mother, telling her I had a problem with my eyes. After I described some of the examples of misreading things she said the problem wasn’t with my eyes.
I guess Freud would have a field day.
On the side of a removals truck I misread uniformed staff and came up with uninformed instead.
Another sign I constantly misread is **shop lifters ** for shop fitters
Well for a start, this thread.
“Things I’ve missed recently”
No Parking 6 am to 8 am.
Misread to my discomfort, No Parking 6pm to 8pm.