In order to balance things out a little I thought I would post a couple of pictures that came to me from New Jersey just so that North Idaho doesn’t look like the poorest spellers in the nation.

A friend of mine from Pittsgrove, NJ sent this picture to me via Facebook a few months ago:

Yes, it’s a real picture taken of a real misspelled traffic notice painted on the road. I can’t remember what intersection this was at in the Pittsgrove/Centerton area.

He also took this picture in nearby Pennsville, NJ and gave me permission to post it too:

So, there you go. Now I feel better, haha.

Sigh. Finding signs, advertising, and other major spelling and grammatical mistakes in my hometown area is occurring much too frequently.

Here’s a picture of sign in front of an “unnamed church” in Hayden:

Naturally my brother, being the observant excellent photographer that he is, managed to include the street address of the “unnamed” church. So, y’all can go figure out exactly which church it is now.

Beyond the fact that I find the quote to be theologically unsound and weird, it’s obviously misspelled.

I have a photo I have been saving that I received courtesy of a Lake City High School graduate (thanks Cesar) because I couldn’t come up with a clever, witty way to post it. But, I just received an email from my brother earlier today with a photo taken of a construction sign in Post Falls. The two signs seem to go hand in hand since they’re both from North Idaho.

Please don’t get me wrong – North Idaho is great. Our part of the country is gorgeous and the folks around these parts are pretty awesome. Unfortunately, they just don’t spell well or is it fortunate since it gives me great material for my blog…

*The posters “congratulating” the softball champions were hung up all over the school.

*As mentioned earlier, this sign was seen on a street in Post Falls. Nice, huh?

Just received payment from one of my clients and here’s what my check had on it:

Just thought I’d share!

It’s been too long since I have posted anything here and I apologize. It’s been busy!

But, in spite of not posting funny signs and other things that pique my interest I’ll have you know that I have been collecting items with the intention of posting them. So, at least I’m thinking and planning – right?

A couple of months ago, my brother sent me the following picture while he was attending a hockey game in Spokane. This picture is a “double-whammy” in my opinion. First of all, there is the creep factor of having two guys show up wearing matching, specialized jerseys. Second, there is the obvious misspelling of the word, psycho.

1. If you’re going to go out with your buddy and spend money on having someone print up customized jerseys for you it would be wise to make sure that you’re spelling the words correctly!

2. If you’re a screen printer or any type of printing company shouldn’t you exercise some initiative to ensure that what you’re printing is correct?

Anyhow…this one made for a few good laughs. I hope you enjoy it.

The week before we left on vacation, my sister-in-law gave me this printout from a communication that went out at the company where she works. This memo went out to everyone in their corporation. Yes, it’s a VERY large company and there were probably thousands of folks who read this piece. Interestingly enough, the communication was quickly deleted from their system – but not before my sister-in-law printed it out. Thanks Tina! And no, I won’t divulge the name of the company. For those of you who would like to know who it was that made this big-time foul up, I apologize for the incontin…er wait, inconvenience.

This picture is a little closer in case you aren’t able to read the first one.