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Entries Tagged as 'Illiterate'

Momentary panic attack cured by proper spelling

June 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Not one of my more lucid moments this morning. Tried to log onto my blog and kept getting the dreaded
404 Not Found
We’ve either moved ‘ /dairy or deleted the page. Sorry.

Kind of made my blood run cold. I thought, Hmmm I paid my bill, I know I posted there…. damn what’s the problem. Logged onto [...]

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Tags: Blog Help · Blogging · Catpaw's Mad · Day in the Life · Illiterate · Technical Problems · Whines

Hey guess what? I’m rich!

June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Seriously, I am. I just got a letter from Barclays Bank stating I may/or may not be related to someone who died in an air crash. I’m in stiches over this letter. It beggars belief that anyone will fall for this, but inevitably someone will. Not only is it ludicrously ungrammatical, it is just plain [...]

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Tags: Corporate Greed · Curiosities · Day in the Life · Illiterate · Rants · Silly Moments · Utter Stupidity

I’m having a Monty Python Moment Here

November 30th, 2007 · 8 Comments

 
I’m having a real Monty Python moment here in Toronto. I wander all over the city and see lots of signs - I tend to ignore most of them. But this one always gets to me. Take a look at it… it says “No Live Animals Allowed” and it shows a picture of a parrot [...]

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Tags: Bad Labels · Curiosities · Day in the Life · Humour · Illiterate · Rants · Silly Signs · Toronto

The decline of the articulate insult - some random thoughts

October 19th, 2007 · 7 Comments

I’m at my usual place - my favourite cafe, eating and drinking cappuccinos and have begun to ponder the decline of the articulate insult. Insulting one’s opponents was an art form no so long ago. It took flair and certain amount of literary panache to come up with an intelligent insult. Today, alas, insulting someone [...]

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Tags: History · Illiterate · Obnoxious People · Politics · Rants