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It's not just liberals and conservatives.
Shortly after our recent discussion of all the misspelled signs at Teabagger events (and someone's pointing out one sign from some liberal, somewhere, making a similar error) I spotted this lovely little example at a local Starbucks.

Starbucks sells these little snack packages, all kinds, all which seem to be "we're healthy for you! Snack all you want!" without appreciating that the secret to healthy snacking is not just picking up or two food-like things at Starbucks while you gobble down a 500-calorie Plenta Caramel Frappucino With Extra Whip, but having a decent daily plan for what you're going to eat when. The placards are done in Starbuck's signature pseudo-blackboard style.

This one caught my eye both for its misplaced apostrophe and it's appeal to the MILF-fetishist crowd.

Date: 2010-04-05 11:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cadetstar.livejournal.com
Not having seen the package, that could be grammatically correct if it was two - "Mom's in the Raw" as opposed to (Two Moms)' in the raw.

Though, what is Mom possessing in this case?

-Michael

Date: 2010-04-05 04:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elfs.livejournal.com
I realized after I posted that I was wrong: it's not grammatically problematic. In this case, it's a brand, "Two Mom", and their product "In the raw," associated with a possessive-of-responsibility. "Bob's Red Mill" is another example.

It's the double-take, and the lack of appropriate pluralization, that makes it so tasty.

Date: 2010-04-05 06:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lynx212.livejournal.com
>.< *nothing much to say here but nods in agreement*

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