What were they thinking?

Exposing myopia wherever we find it

 

Why is this boulder so special that it gets a reserved parking spot?

July 2011

 

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I'm in pretty good health,  But I'm still pretty sure that I won't be around in 161 years to get this delivery

May 2011

 

So when is the film "No Schedule Found!" showing?

Long Beach, November 2010

I'm confused; By using a double-negative, does South Carolina law actually demand that I feed or molest that alligator?

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, September 2009

Smokeless tobacco users don't have the image of being the brightest minds around.  This get-3-for-2-cents-more deal would seem to confirm that impression.

Dawsonville, Georgia, February 2008

Only government would think that it would be a selling point to advertise that a school was merely "adequate".

Dekalb Country, Georgia, July 2005

I'm sure that he's a fine gentleman and all, but would you really want to vote for someone named "Swindle"?

Atlanta, July 2004

And would you really want the class clown on your school board?

Atlanta, July 2004

If I had a seriously hurt foot or ankle, I doubt I'd be walking in.

Spanaway Washington, August 2004

Could it be that it was the bird who got the cat?

Vinings GA, October 2003

Who knew?  You can't blame this one on the folks who came up with this, but you can feel sorry for them.   The following is part of a brochure for a Georgia Tech Accounting for Non-Financial Managers course:

And what useful skills might you obtain from attending this course?  Let's ask the person responsible for the quote at the bottom.

You can now imagine the folks at the college hauling boxes of their expensive brochures to the dumpster and ordering some new ones with a quote from someone else.

Nope.  It was easier to just eliminate the quote.  Here's the updated brochure I received in the mail recently...

No Quote.

February 2003

Drinking water "From a Municipal Source"?  Wait, isn't that the same as my tap?

Kroger Drinking Water, September 2001

Step back in time by staying in a 1800's style cabin... with a Jacuzzi?  I guess the pioneers didn't have it as rough as we've been led to believe.

Pine Mountain Ga, April 2001

So, if I win I get a free ticket for a trip on a B-2 Stealth Bomber?  If so, I sure hope that it's round trip!

Insert in Discover Card bill for some discount-travel offer, 1995

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If you want Barbie's more modestly shaped friend "Skipper's" plane, you'll need "Coupon #32B".  And while we're talking about unrealistic proportions, notice that even Barbie gets gypped on legroom.

K-Mart circular ad, October 1999

Of all of the miracles, I never remember any mention of his creating of phone cards.

Atlanta Ga, December 1998

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