Who're you?

As re-tweeted by Richard Wiseman last week and sent in by Jon C.

When the name of your magazine is 'where', you ought to be more careful with the layout.

Scout's honour

Apologies in advance for posting this.

Both to the Scout Movement which helped shape my life and to the chap himself who is, no doubt, a very decent, fine and honest man.

But someone in the editing suite must have been feeling a little mischievous.

You see, in the programme Auction Kings, Gallery 63 had been asked to sell an old money-raising poster for the American WW1 effort on behalf of a client. It featured an image of Boy Scouts so the company brought in an expert in Boy Scout memorabilia to help them put a value on it.

And, like a lamb to the slaughter, in walks... well, you'll see.

I know, I know. I couldn't help myself either.

Sorry, Randy.

Where the 'ell?

I came across this blunder via David Bartlett's Dale Street Associates blog.

I've worked in Liverpool and I'm sure any Liverpudlian printer seeing this would be very amused.

It's what a Liver bird might do on its own doorstep.

In fact, there's a picture of one doing it right there.

No marks for Hampshire

Following on from our recent Welsh typos, thanks are due to Emlyn J for sending this in.

Adele Mallows thought it strange that she should find this sign in Purbrook, Hampshire.

That's about 120 miles from Wales.

Local Councillor Mel Kendal said Hampshire Council had not known that the bilingual signs were being used, and asked the contractor to replace them.

'Possibly because English language only signs were not available at the start of the works, the contractor used dual language ones instead,' he said.

'Of course, Hampshire does not require dual language signs and this would not be acceptable on a permanent sign, but the signs in question were only temporary and the important message was clearly visible in English and could be understood.'

Understood, yes.

But what he failed to say is that the 'important message' is completely meaningless in either language.

Why?

As Adele points out, the road markings are clearly there.

The bottom line

I laughed out loud, as they say, when I saw this from Jon C.

Presumably something you'd keep in your bottom drawer.

I believe the Oxfam Shop in Peterborough is fast becoming one of Jon's favourite haunts.

Not for its products, you understand.

Just for the craic.