Showing posts with label entertainment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label entertainment. Show all posts

Monday, 25 April 2016

Not Washed or Cooked, # 306

From Chris Gibbons comes this unfortunate slip in an illustration in a list of facts about the London Underground. (The complete infographic [sic] puzzled Chris further in stating that ‘Alcohol was banned on the Tube — and all London Transport — from June 2008’, which rather implies that users of public transport must buy from outlets close to home or not at all.)

Link: Hull Trains, ‘London Underground Facts: Infographic’
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Friday, 4 December 2015

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 91

Not actually a homophone, and definitely not the right word, as spotted by John Holloway in a mangle for which he chose the caption: ‘Interesting evening activities in Plymouth?’ The first picture shows the object described and part of the mangled sign; the second displays the mangle in full:


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