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Great sign! (Original Post) Heartstrings Apr 2018 OP
Great !!! thbobby Apr 2018 #1
Too bad the sign maker doesn't know PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #2
I know, I wanted so much to somehow photoshop it... Heartstrings Apr 2018 #3
Maybe they realized there wasn't room for the whole contraction LakeArenal Apr 2018 #4
And it is LA! Heartstrings Apr 2018 #5
Down here, that means either Lower Ala., or Louisiana. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #26
Or.... Heartstrings Apr 2018 #27
Uhhh, it's not something that's left out. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #6
Dumb relative to who? ret5hd Apr 2018 #7
To whom. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #8
Sentiment was clearly understood. LakeArenal Apr 2018 #9
Hasn't bothered anyone else.... Heartstrings Apr 2018 #10
No it does not. Many adults do not know that. Shame on you Oppaloopa Apr 2018 #19
If a lot of adults think that your'e is a word, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #22
..."makes the sign maker looking dumb" klook Apr 2018 #24
that is one seriously misplaced apostrophe! treestar Apr 2018 #15
Grammar nazis will be sent to the camps by real nazis IronLionZion Apr 2018 #16
K&R Scurrilous Apr 2018 #11
Need the music. Whats the song? California_Republic Apr 2018 #12
Closest I could come....will need to adapt the lyrics. Heartstrings Apr 2018 #13
Roger Waters wrote the song for Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall. BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #25
Edges dangerously close to misandry jimlup Apr 2018 #14
You're kidding. Right? ornotna Apr 2018 #20
yes but the problem is that it isn't specific enough jimlup Apr 2018 #21
It's very specific as far as I'm concerned ornotna Apr 2018 #23
Well can we agree to disagree jimlup Apr 2018 #28
I agree ornotna Apr 2018 #29
cheers! jimlup Apr 2018 #30
Wonderful these kids are great. Oppaloopa Apr 2018 #17
Yep-yep-yep! calimary Apr 2018 #18

LakeArenal

(28,819 posts)
4. Maybe they realized there wasn't room for the whole contraction
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 08:10 PM
Apr 2018

But knew the sentiment would be the same.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,861 posts)
6. Uhhh, it's not something that's left out.
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 08:22 PM
Apr 2018

It's the apostrophe in the wrong place. Your'e vs you're.

Unfortunately, it makes the sign maker looking dumb.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,861 posts)
22. If a lot of adults think that your'e is a word,
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:38 PM
Apr 2018

I weep for literacy. I realize that things like spelling are often considered quite nonessential, and there are stupid things out there in which every single word is misspelled and the point is that a literate person can still read and understand, but given how much mockery is cast here on misspelled or mispunctuated signs that the Right puts up, my intention isn't to mock but to wish people everywhere would pay attention to things like spelling. And contractions. And punctuation. And grammar. And word usage.

Randomly dropping apostrophes in words makes the writer look dumb.

klook

(12,155 posts)
24. ..."makes the sign maker looking dumb"
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:46 PM
Apr 2018

Always so great when the accuser adds a new error! Very meta. Nicely done.

BigmanPigman

(51,608 posts)
25. Roger Waters wrote the song for Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall.
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:54 PM
Apr 2018

Most people know it as "We don't need no education...". It was the theme for my senior year in high school.

I made an anti-wall sign for the protest I attended near the border in San Diego a month ago that had his orange face/eyes peeking out from an empty "brick in the wall".

ornotna

(10,803 posts)
20. You're kidding. Right?
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:03 PM
Apr 2018


Prick. As in obnoxious asshole. Perfect description of Herr Drumpf if you ask me.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
21. yes but the problem is that it isn't specific enough
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:35 PM
Apr 2018

just imagine for a moment if the "sex" of the circumstances were interchanged. Would you say exactly the same?

Misandry goes without comment and is accepted in our current culture but it is not acceptable to me.

ornotna

(10,803 posts)
23. It's very specific as far as I'm concerned
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 06:40 PM
Apr 2018

The phrase clearly screams "asshole" and not even a whisper of penis.

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