OnTheBrink Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 McDonalds commercial just on advertising ice cream with the words: GET YOUR JUST DESERTS across the screen. Seriously, McDonalds? NO ONE there did a spell check on that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 According to spell check, it's correct;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAS in LA Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Well, if they're wanting us to move to the desert, fine. But I'm thinking that they're really pushing ice cream and not hot, dry climates. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Well, if they're wanting us to move to the desert, fine. But I'm thinking that they're really pushing ice cream and not hot, dry climates. :lol: But see, if you are in a hot dry desert, you'll crave something cold and wet. . . like ice cream!:auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 But see, if you are in a hot dry desert, you'll crave something cold and wet. . . like ice cream!:auto: *snort* :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I saw a spelling error on a Paula Deen set of cookware. The letters were HUGE. (Can't remember the word now.) I just think people's brains are falling out or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Ah! So it's a subliminal message! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pqr Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I remember watching reports on the tsunami in Indonesia. The CNN commentator had the words “Tsunami hits Indonesia” superimposed over the Indian flag. This stayed up there for 2 hours! Products of the ps system, in both cases, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 There's a huge sign at a used car place I pass at least a couple days a week that says "Satisfaction Gauranteed" Whenever I pass it, I wonder why no one bothered to check the spelling at either the car dealership or the sign making place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 We always laughed at the Burger King sign that said "Applications Excepted". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary in VA Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 A storefront church in the town we used to live in had a sign, "Feeding Hungary on Wednesdays." Really, they're feeding a whole country?! Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Well, it's not exactly a misspelling, though. "Get your just deserts," as a standard phrase, is spelled correctly: a "desert" (not pronounced like the hot, dry place, but as deh-ZERT) is a thing you deserve. The problem is they're trying to pun on "dessert," and for the pun to work in a written form, you have to pick one spelling or the other. I suppose they could have written "Get your just des(s)erts," but that's a little like explaining the joke, and makes it not funny. Not that it was all that funny to begin with; it's a pretty hackneyed pun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Aint no such thing as bad publicity :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 That is not incorrect. At the risk of sounding like a loon, how is it wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBeth Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 That is not incorrect. At the risk of sounding like a loon, how is it wrong? I was wondering this too. That's the correct spelling of the phrase. The pun comes in because it is pronounced like "desserts." (e.g. ice cream) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Our local grocery store is now stocking "moral" mushrooms. Cracks me up everytime! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Well, it's not exactly a misspelling, though. "Get your just deserts," as a standard phrase, is spelled correctly: a "desert" (not pronounced like the hot, dry place, but as deh-ZERT) is a thing you deserve. The problem is they're trying to pun on "dessert," and for the pun to work in a written form, you have to pick one spelling or the other. I suppose they could have written "Get your just des(s)erts," but that's a little like explaining the joke, and makes it not funny. Not that it was all that funny to begin with; it's a pretty hackneyed pun. Aha! Now it makes sense. Thanks for explaining it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 At Walmart garden center this week a handwritten sign announced the price of th "Shurbs". My first grader asked what a shrub is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margo out of lurking Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Can anyone find a link to the ad? I'd like to see it. Was it really a poor attempt at a pun, or is that just a possibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I was reading an article on 'missing girls' of India, and it showed girls wearing a hat with the printing 'Stop female focticide.' It should be an e, not a c (foetus not foctus). Anyway, this is not a misspelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewpeaceful Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 According to spell check, it's correct;) Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 At Walmart garden center this week a handwritten sign announced the price of th "Shurbs". My first grader asked what a shrub is? :lol::lol: I'm sorry but these kinds of things crack me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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