Someone sent me a list of funny notices that he had found somewhere. Among them, I found this one particularly ticklish:
Sign on a doctor's door says Specialist in women and other diseases.
Reminded me of Gerry Durrell's hilarious opus, My Family and other animals.
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Ooh, that's a rather wicked one.
'My Family and Other Animals' has got to be one of my favourite books. And to think that I didn't read the book until I was in college (I think) even though the title had always tickled me.
Other animals indeed, and some mightily interesting...Leslie running full sprint across the yard in a bath towel - in full view of the horrified guests - threatening to kill Gerald for putting some kind of an animal inside the bath-tub while the mummy scorpion with all her babies escapes from a match-box and are running helter-skelter across the picnic lunch table terrifying the guests. Did all that happen in one scene? Maybe I should read the book again.
Here are some notices that I found ticklish for different reasons of course....
In a hotel during a conference: For anyone who has children and doesn’t know it, there is day care on the first floor.
In a Laundromat: Automatic washing machines. Please remove all your clothes when the light goes out.
On a fence: Salesmen welcome. Dog food is expensive.
On an established New Mexico dry cleaning store: Thirty-eight years on the same spot.
Outside a second-hand store: We exchange anything - bicycles, washing machines etc. Why not bring your wife or girl-friend along and get a wonderful bargain?
Quicksand warning: Quicksand. Any person passing this point will be drowned. By order of the District Council.
One a zoo fence: Please don't lean over the railings. You may fall over. The animals may eat you, and they may fall sick.
Hmmm...
Take care, Suvro da.
Oh, here's another one.
At a clothing store: Wonderful bargains for men with 35, and 36 waists.
P.S: Sorry for the typo in the previous comment. It should have read 'On'.
Notice, Shilpi, that people can't even think of writing humorous rejoinders here!
Here's some more - not exactly poetry, but still........
Proofreading is a Dying Art these days!
Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn't you say?
"Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter"
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.
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I just couldn't help but send this along. Too funny.
"Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says"
No crap, really?
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"Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers"
Now that's taking things a bit far!
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"Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over"
What a guy!
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"Miners Refuse to Work after Death"
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!
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"Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant"
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
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"War Dims Hope for Peace"
I can see where it might have that effect!
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"If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile "
Ya think?!
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"Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures"
Who would have thought!
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"Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide"
They may be on to something!
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"Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges"
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?
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"Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge"
He probably IS the battery charge!
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"New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group"
Weren't they fat enough?!
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"Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft"
That's what he gets for eating those beans!
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"Kids Make Nutritious Snacks"
Do they taste like chicken?
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"Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half"
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
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"Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors"
Boy, are they tall!
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And the winner is....
"Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead"
Did I read that right?
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My dear Anonymous,
I am sorry (in case you are the decent type), but I have made a rule of deleting comments from anonymous sources without reading them. If you have something interesting to contribute, do use your full and real name.
Dear Sir,
I was browsing through your old posts when I came across this brief but hilarious post.It is hard how people come up with such awkward adverts.
Thanking you,
Subhajit Chakraborty
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