This Week in Unnecessary Apostrophes
This week’s offender: Lots-O-Bagels, on Broadway in Astoria:
I hope they paid by the character for their awning. They deserve it.
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May 8th, 2007 at 8:51 am
says:Could the store owner’s name be Lot, and he’s selling Irish Bagels? If so, then the sign is correct. Sorta.
May 8th, 2007 at 9:13 am
says:Beej: Good try, but wouldn’t it be called Lot’s O’Bagels?
May 8th, 2007 at 10:06 am
says:Misplaced apostrophes make me want to break things. A misplaced apostrophe in a sign will actually influence whether I buy from that store.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:16 am
says:Maybe Mr. Lot has orgasm inspiring bagels?
May 8th, 2007 at 11:52 am
says:Maybe Mr Lot was going cheap on having an image of a Bagel, so chose -O- instead?
May 8th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
says:Shop’s everywhere seem to have apostrophe’s wrong on their sign’s. I don’t understand these thing’s.
Glad you’re stepping forward to call these folk’s out.
Thank’s.
May 8th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
says:thats nothing. there is a bar by me that sells $3 miller lite on monday’s
May 8th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
says:you know what would have been good? If this store was named “Lox O-Bagels” because ‘lox’ sounds like ‘lots’ but it’s also a delicious addition to bagels with cream cheese.
God, I am a marketing GENIUS.
May 8th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
says:am i the only one who is wondering why the fuck you were in ASTORIA?
May 8th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
says:Is it possible that misplaced apostrophes can make me want to scream, cry, and laugh at the same time? My professors would kick me out of their class if I did that!
Thanks for exploited other’s stupidity.
~kikki
May 8th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
says:hilarious!!!
May 8th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
says:For that offense, the owner should be turned into a pillar of salt.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
says:good job astoria.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:22 am
says:Excellent idea.
May 9th, 2007 at 7:04 am
says:or maybe the owner’s English just isn’t that hot because he came to this country speaking another language and tried to make a life for himself here by opening a little bagel shop in Queens.
But that is reason enough for a stoning him in the town square, right?
May 9th, 2007 at 9:32 am
says:Sadly I’ve actually had a bagel from there before. And I noticed the same exact thing.
There is a Chinese food place that opened up near my house- they didn’t speak a word of English when they opened and had three signs for the window- “Chin”, “ese” and “Food”. They put them up as “Chin-Food-ese”.
May 9th, 2007 at 11:04 am
says:Ha, I love it.
Keep up the good fight!
http://apostrophe-abuse.blogspot.com
May 10th, 2007 at 7:44 am
says:I’ve got one for ya. Everyone - yes, you, EVERYONE - open your wallet. Take out your license. Read what it is. Is it a driver, driver’s, or drivers license? Inquiring minds want to know…