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Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:18 am
by watchpalooza
Sometimes translating from German yields surprising results…
Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:27 am
by peskydonut
watchpalooza wrote:Sometimes translating from German yields surprising results…
So what's the mistake here? You're saying that steel vaginas
don't rust?
Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:34 am
by Sussa
I'd like to meet the person with the vagina that dulls knives. Much respect, and more than a little fear.
Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 10:32 am
by pdsf
Sussa wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 8:34 am
I'd like to meet the person with the vagina that dulls knives. Much respect, and more than a little fear.
It has no character though.
Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:23 pm
by The Sultan of SoWhat
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Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:29 pm
by The Sultan of SoWhat
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Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 12:45 pm
by The Sultan of SoWhat
Went to make some egg salad today. Cracked 2 eggs. Discovered that I hadn't cooked them previously. Oh well, fried egg isn't bad.
Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:56 pm
by The Sultan of SoWhat
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Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:54 pm
by The Sultan of SoWhat
1959 mistake:
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Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:46 pm
by The Sultan of SoWhat
From The New Yorker, Jan. 1960:
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Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 7:29 pm
by MoT
I absolutely adore reading things like that. That representative has the patience of a saint.
Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 2:01 pm
by BostonCharlie
Reading The Sultan's post recalls a story of my father's. One of my brothers gave him a Rolex as a gift. Not having any experience with watches he graciously accepted it although he suspected his son was pranking him with a fake (both my Dad and brother enjoyed no-tell deadpan humor). Time comes for a trade show in Germany, and as he's boarding the plane a passenger stops him: "Sir, did you drop this?" It was the crystal from his "Rolex." In Munich, out drinking with his buddy after the show, they come upon a Rolex store. Joking around, his buddy says: "Hey, maybe they can fix your watch." So they walk in, Dad cupping the watch in his hands like a supplicant: "Could you fix this for me?" Before they could even reach the counter a clerk violently berates them and chases them out of the store. Back on the street and laughing, Dad asks his buddy, who knows German: "What did he say?" "He said: Buy another watch."
Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:48 pm
by The Sultan of SoWhat
I list this as Mistake of the Day because I can't imagine a crazier product name.
Huggies Special Delivery Diapers
Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 4:10 am
by pdsf
Why should Rolex have all the fun?
Re: Mistake of the Day
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:35 pm
by The Sultan of SoWhat
Mistake of the Day, 1964 edition.
From
The New Yorker:
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