Keep Klear

jks411

This made me laugh but how does it happen, surely someone must notice the error before it gets painted? Surely someone must say "Err, like why have we got two K's ?

Workers outside a fire station in Sussex repainted the Keep Clear sign wrongly.
The worrying thing is, they probably thought that was how its spelt. There have been a couple of things like this I've read and thought are these workmen real or are they on craic.
How do they tie their bootlaces in the morning? Its a good job velcro was invented.
Have any boardsies got any examples of incompetance?
Here are three from the bbc that I found: -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-15595548

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15371102

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8136532.stm

fonecrusher1

racist^

mackg

You're going to get crucified if there is a spelling mistake in your OP

SEPT 23 1989

Kool

jks411

mackg wrote: »

You're going to get crucified if there is a spelling mistake in your OP

I think you mean Krucified

mackeire

there's a sign up the road from me that says 'slow children at play'. I'm not sure how slow these children are tho!

Keep Klear Kids.

mackg

Deleted User wrote: »

Keep Klear Kids.

"KKK That's not good"

Pherekydes

jks411 wrote: »

Have any boardsies got any examples of incompetance?

^^^^^^^^^^^

Liam Byrne

There's a shop in Limerick that sells "Fishing & Shootinng" [sic] Supplies

Aside from that there are some chronic abuses of the apostrophe around the place.

There are signs on roads on Ireland that say "road liable to flooding" - it should be either "road liable to flood" or "road susceptible to flooding"

And then there's the stunningly ambiguous "Fine for Parking Here"

Kasabian

jks411 wrote: »

The worrying thing is, they probably thought that was how its spelt. There have been a couple of things like this I've read and thought are these workmen real or are they on craic.

Dancing at the crossroads?

Ellis Dee

It's hard to beat an unintentionally funny sign. Like this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/keribeth/199792721/ :D

Kasabian

Ellis Dee wrote: »

It's hard to beat an unintentionally funny sign. Like this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/keribeth/199792721/ :D

I reckon that was intentionally funny.

sheesh

jks411 wrote: »

There have been a couple of things like this I've read and thought are these workmen real or are they on craic.

It's spelt 'crack'
:pac::pac::pac::pac:

orourkeda

Bad spelling and grammar innit.

Bruthal

Pherekydes wrote: »

jks411 wrote: »

Have any boardsies got any examples of incompetance?

^^^^^^^^^^^

Normally sick of the spellcheck posters, but that is a good one. The perfect word to get wrong by the OP:D

Wetai

They must have been playing Mortal Kombat.

Solnskaya

we were doing work on a dunnes carpark and the lads turned up to paint the lines-they were all eastern european(dead sound, lousy english) and when they left, the entrance bore the words "Cuation - SOLW" in beautiful white 5 foot high letters. They also painted the lines highlighting the delivery area " DUNNSE STOERS DELIFERY". Oh how we laughed. When their boss called around in the afternoon he didn't really see the funny side and had a loud rant, which we found even funnier. They also managed to mix up the numbering on the delivery bays, it went 1,2,3,5,4. Not too sure how that was related to bad english though.....

cocoshovel

I was at the cliffs of Moher this week and there is a sign on the roof of that tower thing you can go up saying "keep of roof". :rolleyes:

Ghandee

Anyone cnow if any Irish Khannels show Cojak these days?

Solnskaya

lad down the road has a sign up on his gate-"Beware of Rothwhilers". I have no idea what a rothwhiler is, but if I ever meet one I will be sure to be wary of it.:)

nlgbbbblth

Don't let maxer68 see this thread.

smegmar

jks411 wrote: »

Workers outside a fire station in Sussex repainted the Keep Clear sign wrongly.

"INCORRECTLY", JESUS CHRIST MAN!! You notice a spelling mistake and then make the worst grammar error in the English language.

Ellis Dee

One of the funniest "dictionary translations" I ever saw was on a brass plate beside a washbasin in a Finnish hotel some years ago. What it said in Finnish was: "To prevent dripping, turn tap firmly clockwise." This had been translated underneath as: "To stop the drip twist cock to right.":eek::eek::eek:

jks411

Pherekydes wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^

Aaargh I spell checked it and all this incompetence is catching

"It's called crack"

I always wondered why I never got high.
I've been smoking the wrong sh1t


"Spelt wrongly"

Sorry Smeg I'll try betterer next time
(I can call you Smeg right?)

/Goes back to school

Isn't it spelled rather than spelt?

Bruthal

smegmar wrote: »

"INCORRECTLY", JESUS CHRIST MAN!! You notice a spelling mistake and then make the worst grammar error in the English language.

Theres those that have a laugh about it, then there are the fanatical ones:pac:

Ellis Dee

smegmar wrote: »

"INCORRECTLY", JESUS CHRIST MAN!! You notice a spelling mistake and then make the worst grammar error in the English language.

Putting on my grammar nazi cap, I was going to point out that this should be grammatical error. However, I looked it up and discovered that grammar error is also correct, and thereby did not make an eejit of myself this time anyway.:)

Deise Musashi

Isn't it spelled rather than spelt?

Unless you are baking bread

Solnskaya

or the one in Carragh- "Car Booth Sale" - gotta love it, wtf is a car booth?

languagenerd

Debenhams on Henry Street in Dublin used to have an Irish sign over the door that translated as "Thank you for the shopping eat Debenhams"

Eat Debenhams? All of it?