World Teachers' Day

If you can read this, thank a Techear.

Remember, remember

The 5th of November.

Or should that be the 3th?

Picture: Silverfernz/Reddit

The bottom line

As Dennis A points out, some poster designers don't know their arse from their elbow.

Flushed cheeks

Remember the Lady Parts garage Jon C found in Palo Alto?

Well, just a few blocks away in Menlo Park he also found this showroom.

Most guys don't even talk about their pipes and ballcocks, never mind put them on display.

Hallelujah

As BBC Radio York pointed out on its Facebook page, on this occasion it would seem highly appropriate to ask, 'Would you like another T, Vicar?'

Go compare

I feel like I'm 12 years old again.

I came across this banner ad...

...and thought it might be interesting to go on one of those web sites where I could compare Mycock with some of the others.

Counting the cost

Here in the UK we're in the middle of an election campaign during which no photo opportunities are missed or wasted.

Since, as political commentator Paul Begala once said, 'Politics is show business for ugly people', the results of such opportunities can be pretty horrific.

Few are in Hillary Clinton's league, however, when it comes to photographic gaffes.

Chorlton High School

There's a new banner outside Chortle Chorlton High School proclaiming the success of its students in Mathematics and, er, English.

Exposed by Saturday's Daily Mirror and sent in by Bev L.

Parking lots

Jon C has long since departed these shores but he made a nostalgic trip back to Peterborough recently.

However, realising that little had changed, he didn't stop to park.

You can understand why.

Where to go and how much it would cost him remains a mystery to this day.

Unspeakable date

Driving through Santa Clara CA, Jon C was just about able to capture this banner outside the Portuguese Hall of Santa Clara on Lafayette Street.

It's interesting, not least because the Sociedade Do Espirito Santo (the SES) is an organisation whose aim for nigh on 120 years has been to preserve and promote Portuguese culture.

But the sound th doesn't exist in the Portuguese language.

So not only is November 22th meaningless to all and sundry, it's also unpronounceable by the very people at whom the banner is directed.

Still Game Day

Gameday... The Right Way is the 'fan conduct initiative' implemented by the San Diego Chargers American football team.

When it was introduced, Jim Steeg, the Chargers’ Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer said, 'All of the parties involved in our game-day experience have stepped up and will do whatever it takes to promote a positive environment and deal strongly with those few individuals who over-indulge.'

Damn. If only they'd got to the Banner Printer in time.

Hic!

And, if you missed the headline, this might help.

Time ferk offee

Thanks to Dennis A and Wendy R, among others, who sent in this photo of the back of a café in St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster.

Photo: Ross Parry

What? You didn't think that...

You people!

It's a F*ck-in T.

Losing count

Not quite what you'd expect to find in Waitrose's window.

What's that you say? A disgruntled photographer taking the picture from that exact position? Or a disaffected employee placing the poster behind the pillar to create maximum negative impact?

Whoever's behind it, there are clearly more with the same idea.

Happy Buddah

Feeling esurient down the King's Road?

You might like to try this place to put you on.

Feeling corpulent down the King's Road?

You might like to try this place to put you off.

Pubic house

In the UK we have many unusual pub names which refer to a local historical incident.

The Cow And Snuffers in Cardiff.

The Vat And Fiddle in Nottingham.

The Clog And Billycock in Blackburn.

And this one in Truro which Deb B sent me.

What went on in the courtroom on that particular occasion is anyone's guess.

State of the Union

In and amongst the current talk of independence, you might have heard some people in England say that they would be happier if the other members of the Union were forced further towards its periphery.

Well, this flag, which was hoisted by Manchester City Council above the city's Central Library for Remembrance Sunday last week, provided us with a fascinating graphic representation of such a suggestion.

You'll see that the red cross of St George looks as though it's flexing its muscles against the crosses of St Patrick and St Andrew, pushing them both to the side.

Do you think it was a deliberate ploy by subversive infiltrators at the flag manufacturer?

Or am I reading far too much into a straightforward misprint?

Losing face

Does anyone else, apart from myself and Jon C, keep seeing this advert on Facebook?

Now, if she really was from London, she'd be a Mum, not a Mom. And, at 200 miles away, do they really think that London is local to me? Or to Jon C who happens to be over 5,000 miles away?

But my main point is no, she doesn't look 25 years younger. In fact, the truth is she looks like a he.

An extremely poorly-Photoshopped he at that. Complete with bushy eyebrows and a dreadfully mis-shaped and incorrectly-sized nose that ends right on top of his lip.

Unless, God help them, that this is actually an example of their work.

But what's even more worrying on a personal level is that these ads are targeted.

Is that the best that Facebook's algorithms can come up with for me?

If so, I'll get me coat.

Or perhaps Facebook should.

I before E

Jon C takes us back to Peterborough today. Specifically to the Virgin Media shop there.

The Manager was doing so well when writing this poster.

'I before E except after C, I before E except after C, I before E...'

Doh.

What's that? Except students?

Must have been giving the Manager too much stick about the spelling.

Peterborough academia

Do you remember the times I had a bit of a go at Peterborough City College and University Centre Peterborough?

I realise that we've not visited Peterborough for a while and I was wondering how its educational establishments were progressing under the watchful eye of long-suffering Peebo resident Jon C.

Oh, I see. Not very well, apparently.

He tells me that these ads appeared on the Peterborough Telegraph website last week.

I'm wondering whether the College runs a course in English. Its unlikely.

But, if there is such a course, clearly spacesare limited.

And the University (yes, I know, but that's what it calls itself) can't even spell its address.

You have our sympathies, Jon, as I'm afraid your suffering is set to continue.

Learning to spelll

At the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which finished last week, we were reminded of one of the many reasons why it's good to go to college.

You learn stuff. Like how to, er, spell college.

Well done to Howie Lindsey (@howielindsey) for being the first to spot, photo and tweet it.

But he's a writer by profession, so not so well done for his critical assessment.

He tweeted, and I quote, 'Great googly moogly'.