Temporary waiting area

Clutchslip spotted this sign to a "temporary waiting area":


What, as opposed to a permanent waiting area?

'Not suitable for children under 3 years old'

My colleague Clutchslip has forwarded on this extract from the latest edition of Transport News Brief, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' email newsletter:

Transport News Brief reader Owen Ryder of Cummins recently bought a birthday card for his baby daughter. On the front it read "Happy Birthday To A Special Girl On Your First Birthday". On the back it said, in small print "Not suitable for children under 3 years old". He's now not sure for whom this card is suitable.

For all your moroting magazine needs...

My colleague Clutchslip took this photo in WH Smith (sorry, I mean WHSmith):



The particular moroting magazines I work for aren't on display here. Wait, there's one of them in the rocner...

Please maintain the cleansiness of the toilets

Here's another photo taken by Clutchslip, this time in France:



(As you may have guessed, I'm away this weekend – normal service will be resumed tomorrow. And for the record, I really like the word 'cleansiness'.)

Police seize nipple clamps in council offices

Clutchslip has very kindly sent us the following photo. He says: "Seen in Horsham – I'd love to know the original story."




I've had a quick look on the West Sussex County Times (Horsham Today) website but to no avail...

And are there any other shots of 'personalised' newspaper billboards out there?

Micro-organisms vs micro-organists

Clutchslip forwarded on this amusing screengrab from the thisiscrawley.co.uk website ("brought to you by Crawley News").

As ever, click on the image to see a larger, more legible version.



"Must be a very small church," says Clutchslip.

Slightly more seriously, confusing micro-organisms with micro-organists is a rather strange error. An example of the Cupertino effect, perhaps?

Oh, and here's the offending article:
Council's rubbish decision leaves Crawley pensioner fuming

Are you living? These people do.

Clutchslip has pointed out to me this ad for Admiral MultiCar:


Question: present continuous. Answer: present simple. Hmm.


(If you can't see the image, the text reads: "Are you living in a house with two or more cars? These people do and they all made big savings on their car insurance!")