Not Washed or Cooked, # 173

Spotted in the States by Josh Polchar:

no traspassing

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 21

Des Pond of Slough has submitted this Tweet, which is accidentally about selling bicycles…

Link: Twitter, Warwickshire Police, SNT Rugby Town North

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 20

Spotted in a pub in Northampton:

You have been warned!

Not Washed or Cooked, # 8

It's difficult to decide which thread today's mangles best fit — all of them, perhaps…

The second of three guest contributions by John Holloway begins with a rather unexpected instruction (perhaps even two) from the Metropolian Police:

It doesn't get any better when you read on:

Now Try It In English, # 2

This was quoted in a Daily Telegraph report that was rather generously supplied with mangles:

Link: The Telegraph, 'we would crime it'

A trawl round the internet shows that, so far at least, this mangle seems not to be widespread, though it's not unique —

Link: Yahoo, 'Crime Referrance Number'

— and it may, of  course, be standard police jargon, as this clip from a PoliceUK.com forum suggests:

 Link: PoliceUK.com, 'crime it'

The slogan 'Stamp Out Crime' was once common. How about 'Stamp Out "Crime" As A Verb'?

Spellchecking Is Never Enough, # 12

A headline gem from yesterday's Daily Telegraph — another the spellchecker wouldn't flag. (The subheading gets it right.)

Link: 'Italian policy…'