teh Peda'nt's "anonymous" WEB sight

I do hope the title of this entry has caused you pain. Just think yourselves lucky - I was going to make it my journal title... ;)

Does anyone else have the same reaction I did to this pub sign, seen on one of my regular bus routes to work:

Sunday roast: £5.95
Children: £3.95

?

Mmmm... delicious children... (And they let me become a teacher?!)

Those of you who are less, or simply differently, pedantic might say "What's your point? Even after the sarcasm, you still clearly know what the sign means: adults' meals are £5.95 and childrens' meals are £3.95." To those people, I'd reply: just because you're right, doesn't mean I can't also be right. It's still an abuse of the English language, even if I know what it means :)

But I remain irritated by another pub on the same bus route which has a sign outside saying:

Bring your family to play in our garden. "We have two".

How to aggravate asthma in three easy stages.

1) Get a large man to drill off the plaster covering the walls in several rooms of your house.
2) Have him drill holes in the walls and inject an unpleasant chemical into the brickwork.
3) Clean up the resulting mess.

I think that actually says everything it needs to, but in case you're interested...( Far more blethering about my house than many people will want to know... )