Tuesday, September 23, 2008

A Simple Matter of Context

A lot has been happening in my small world. My Schlotzsky's is closing on Friday for good.It is rather sad, but I have been putting in a crazy amount of resumes and applications to basically any place that is hiring. One of those will pan out. I just know it.

Speaking of work - while I am riding my bike to Schlotzsky's (which won't be for much longer) there are signs that people put in their yards which say: "Drive 25 - keep kids alive!". Now I know that what they mean by this is that if you drive slower you are less likely to have an accident and kill a child. However, to me at least, it looks like they are saying: "Hey! It is okay to hit kids as long as you are going 25 MPH!".

Ah the facets of the English language....

2 comments:

Demara said...

:0D haha the way you interpreted that sign was hilarious...I wouldn't have thought of it in that way, unless I were thinking about it a long time.

And I totally agree with you about your comment...I replied you here!

Mary Gunn FUNN said...

Stop Ahead
Stop! A head!
Oh, the difference a little grammar and punctuation can make!
Everyone should read "Commas Are Our Friends"

Love you, you little literal dissector, you!

Yo' Mama