Best Buy is really bad about this, too.
Simpson’s DVD.(printed release date poster)
broadband internets (the internet isn’t plural)
Lord of the Ring’s (ooh, lord of the Ring’s what?)
et cetera et cetera. (high school King and I flashbacks… I have to go.)
In Albany, there’s a bar called Cheer’s (how original :rolleyes: ) that had a really nice sign made up. Like Lobsang said–one would think that a professional sign maker would have the editing abilities necessary to correct punctuation errors. But I’m probably asking too much.
I know it’s a mild peeve, but the rogue apostrophe is one of mine. Ugh!
Regarding professional sign makers:
I used to do engraving for several years, including plaques, small indoor plastic signs, ADA braille, various awards, and so on.
In many cases when an error like an apostrophe slips through, our business made an effort to correct it. Sometimes, however, we engraved the sign in error because the customer asked for it that way. I sometimes tried to point out that a particular use or spelling was wrong, but in some cases it was kind of ambiguous.
Brass oval door place: THE SMITH’S or THE SMITHS? I always recommended without the apostrophe, but some people insisted upon it, and they’re the ones paying. Okay. You could make a case for the apostrophe; the SMITHS do own the house and this house is the SMITH’S.
Special award given by the coaches: COACH’S AWARD or COACHES AWARD? Who cares? Just pick something and I’ll engrave it. It’s your lousy team.
Sooner or later, I think a signmaker gets to the point where he says, “Look, I know what’s correct grammatically, but what are y’all gonna pay for?”
Too fucking right mate.
While we’re on the subject, I must blow my own trumpet here and say that my personal contribution to The Apostrophe Protection Society website was recently mentioned by Lynn Truss on page 7 of her wonderful new book Eats Shoots and Leaves: namely “Bob,s Pets”, which I photographed in Dublin last summer (column 2, row 5 on this page).
Can I also point out here that Lobsang’s usage of the word “hanged” is incorrect in this usage. He should have used “hung”, since “hanged” only refers to killing by rope.
Maybe Nod and Rod are busines’s partner’s.
There’s one from the BBC website on that page. One too bloody few! The BBC website is riddled with spelling and grammar errors on a regular basis!
I saw a T-shirt in a store a couple of days ago that said “Mom’s are great!” WTF? A freakin’ professionally made T-shirt!! Yeah, this one frosts my shorts (or should I say “short’s” :rolleyes: ) too!
Since this thread has turned into a “Let’s nitpick Lobsang’s posts” thread, I’ll just add that he also misspelled “disgrace.”
Better luck next time, chum. 
I don’t think “Smith’s” is ever right, unless the house belongs to a local blacksmith or something. The name is “Smith” so you could use “Smiths” to mean that the whole family was there. Or you could use “Smiths’” with an apostrophe after the ‘s’ to indicate that the house belonged to the Smiths, in which case it’s both plural and possessive.
Anyway, I love that guide from Bob the Angry Flower. I suspect we could alleviate a lot of stress on The Hamster’s (sorry…) by linking to that in a sticky at the top of the Pit.