does this take the biscuit?

[loobeylou]

OK, todays competition, can anyone beat this Christmas sign -

among the many "Xmas tree's for sale" and "Log's" I have seen around here this one in particular I find amusing and annoying in equal measure

"Holly Reaves for sale"

who on earth IS she??

I've seen Holly Reefs.

Holly Reef, cousin of Coral Reef no doubt!

Just as good!

oh my God!! Actually, I think it's a rule that people who write sighs outside shops/stalls put in extra apostrophes.

My Mum saw 'Peasant Soup' on a chalk board outside a restaurant!

Sorry, that should be signs! Who am I to criticise anybody

On a sligh tangent - "Nest Box's for Sale!" WTF!

oops I meant slight - no attention to detail!

can I add the sign for OBOS in the greengrocers ? (have posted before about this one)

Totally off the subject I've just remembered a "Laundry Mat" sign that wasn't even joking!

? peasoup ?

laundromat loobeylou

or is it laundramat ?

I noticed 'Festive Reaths' yesterday.

OMG, I just had a horrid feeling seeing your post, Loobeylou that Laundry Mat was the correct spelling and I've shown myself up disgracefully in my first ever visit to Pedants corner!

Anyone for 'Free leisure pass'es'?

pass'es !! excellent.
When I was at primary school I used to put an apostrophe before the last S of my surname

Talk of 'reefs' reminds me of something on another post read on mis-spelt baby names. Someone knew of a chap in his 40s called 'Keef'!!! That takes the biscuit for me I think (and shows that the decline in standards is not a new phenomenon). Poor man!

sorry to scare you peasoup !

just never heard of laundromat or whatever so did not get Laundry Mat(assume it is same as laundrette?)

perhaps the person who owns the place you cn wash your clothes is called Mat, hence Laundry Mat?