Monday, November 17, 2008

Question Mark Catastrophe #1

It appears that apostrophes aren't the only form of punctuation that grocery stores screw up. Here's an odd choice for the end of this friendly reminder:


How noncommittal of them. Maybe it was written by one of those uptalkers who makes everything sound like a question.

Thanks to Carrie for sending in our first question mark catastrophe!

3 comments:

Left Field said...

Maybe this one started as "Forget your flu shot?", then they added the don't and forgot to subtract the question mark.

It could have been worse, they could have subtracted the question mark without adding the don't. Then it would read:

"Forget Your Flu Shot"

Becky said...

I agree. That's probably how this catastrophe happened.

Rollin said...

Ugh, those uptalkers. I don't know what that term means, but i do hate those snarky bastards who're always phrasing things as questions.

Can you explain me that word, please?