don't you need a degree to write copy? and to edit it?

I'm not going to blame this one on the printing company.

This was sent in by one of my readers, who is also one of my high school students. To quote him, "I also hope that most people are smarter than whoever wrote this advertisement.  If not, then the English language is in great peril."  Thanks Mike!

I wish I had seen this on the subway myself.  I would have post-it-ed the hell out of it.

if you're gonna screw it up, be consistent about it!

This happens to be my favorite mistake yet, though the bar on Ave A between E2 and E3 in the East Village itself leaves something to be desired.

The most incredible thing about this is that these signs are side by side in the same window.  Were they bought at the same time?  From the same neon company?

mens day fridays?

Without my dear friend, the apostrophe, three words near each other make a sentence not.

I see this error all the time!  Men's and Ladies.  Whatever happened to equal rights?  At this bar on Ave A between E 2 and E 3, ladies are not permitted to have any possessions. Especially not a whole night. 

My accomplice this particular evening was happy to give the ladies their rights back.

the question everybodys asking...

Oh Apizza on Ave A and 12th street...you're allowed to name your joint whatever you would like.  But your sign, well, it's Amissing an Apostrophe.

foot fetish?

Sent in by a reader afraid of what getting "toed" entails.  I'm thinking it's dirty.

if they had wine and beer there...

it wouldn't be a legitimate desert, would it now?

Clinton off Houston is definitely not the desert, last time I checked.  Although, with the heat lately, one can't be too sure.

mines?

Battery Park City.  I thought they talked classier down there.