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At a hardware store in a small town in deep red upstate New York. (Original Post) StrictlyRockers Nov 2020 OP
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Nov 2020 #1
Just adding the image so people don't have to click on the link. TheBlackAdder Nov 2020 #27
K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #2
So gracious. moondust Nov 2020 #3
Worth a kick! Ninga Nov 2020 #4
Ouch!!! Initech Nov 2020 #5
Perfect! judesedit Nov 2020 #6
Nailed it. K & R catbyte Nov 2020 #7
Perfect! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #8
Kick! love_katz Nov 2020 #9
KnR Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #10
Great, but punctuation errors make me groan. CaptainTruth Nov 2020 #11
They use a word like "efficacy" Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #24
The use of Republicanese has become very pervasive DFW Nov 2020 #25
Your write, but u left out parent's parents'. There gonna be mad at all yall's nitpick's. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #30
I barely remember what a decoder ring is DFW Nov 2020 #35
Argh! Bushisms ... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #37
Now THAT is the way to be... 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #12
Succinct, clear, and powerful. It doesn't get any better than that. n/t. NNadir Nov 2020 #13
SO PERFECT. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2020 #14
Yep they're too busy to waste time arguing with the assholes FakeNoose Nov 2020 #15
Nail, Meet Hammer! ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #16
I'm still regretting Nate McMurray's loss in Western New York's 27th District NBachers Nov 2020 #17
dead skunk RicROC Nov 2020 #38
Hi from a Spencerport native; born in St. Mary's NBachers Nov 2020 #39
I was born at St. Mary's, too. RicROC Nov 2020 #41
Great sign but too many words for Trump Humpers to read. "Efficacy" is gonna go right over. Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #18
BOOM! Hekate Nov 2020 #19
That's keeping it real. nt iluvtennis Nov 2020 #20
Oh. . . .Snap! DinahMoeHum Nov 2020 #21
Wow! Karma13612 Nov 2020 #22
Wow. Just wow. Joinfortmill Nov 2020 #23
I think the first paragraph alone would have been the better way to go. mtnsnake Nov 2020 #26
K and R..Thank You for posting.. Stuart G Nov 2020 #28
Boom! SammyWinstonJack Nov 2020 #29
AWESOME! ShazzieB Nov 2020 #31
If the first part of the sign didn't make an impression on you, the second DEFINITELY should. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #32
SAVAGE!!! Knicks007 Nov 2020 #33
The idea for the sign actually originated at a vintage store in Phoenix, AZ mtnsnake Nov 2020 #34
here was one of the replies orleans Nov 2020 #36
My local hardware store 90 miles north of NYC Woodwizard Nov 2020 #40
Ballsy. I love it! n/t SpankMe Nov 2020 #42

DFW

(54,370 posts)
25. The use of Republicanese has become very pervasive
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 06:16 PM
Nov 2020

One of the main traits of Republicanese, namely using an apostrophe to form a plural, is to be found on almost ANY board in the USA these days, no longer just on Republican boards. Nowhere in any school in the English-speaking world are children EVER taught to use an apostrophe to form a plural, and yet you see it almost everywhere. It is one of the main differences between English and Republicanese.

e.g. English: There are so many stars in the sky tonight, they are like snow flurries.
Republicanese: There are so many star's in the sky tonight, they are like snow flurry's.

As you might expect, Republicanese also eliminates the use of an apostrophe where English mandates it, thus the difference between parents' and parents.

And you have to admit, punctuation or not, it was a GREAT notice for the store to post!

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,342 posts)
30. Your write, but u left out parent's parents'. There gonna be mad at all yall's nitpick's.
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 08:30 PM
Nov 2020

Get your own decoder ring!

DFW

(54,370 posts)
35. I barely remember what a decoder ring is
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:03 AM
Nov 2020

As W used to say, that’s using some ecolectic terminology.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,342 posts)
37. Argh! Bushisms ...
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 03:43 AM
Nov 2020
"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand
cut off by Saddam Hussein."

-- G. W. Bush
Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004


"But I also made it clear to [Vladimir Putin] that it's important to
think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew
each other up, the world would be safe."

-- G. W. Bush
Washington, D.C., May 1, 2001

NBachers

(17,108 posts)
17. I'm still regretting Nate McMurray's loss in Western New York's 27th District
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 05:00 PM
Nov 2020

but we knew it was a long shot in Paladino county. They don’t even know what they lost.

RicROC

(1,204 posts)
38. dead skunk
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 10:35 AM
Nov 2020

I live in western NY State, not in Nate's district so I couldn't help him with a vote, although I did send $$.

In these towns (Republicanese: town's) the Repubs could put a dead skunk on the ballot and it would still beat a living Democrat.

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)
26. I think the first paragraph alone would have been the better way to go.
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 07:07 PM
Nov 2020

It says everything that is needed to keep anti-maskers from entering the store. I think the second paragraph is just asking for trouble with the anti-mask morons.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
32. If the first part of the sign didn't make an impression on you, the second DEFINITELY should.
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 08:38 PM
Nov 2020

If it doesn't, and you think you should enter anyway, you are a f'ing moron.

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)
34. The idea for the sign actually originated at a vintage store in Phoenix, AZ
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 10:07 PM
Nov 2020

The owner of the shop said grandmothers from all over the world have called and left voice mails thanking the store for standing up for them.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/us/arizona-vintage-store-mask-sign-trnd/index.html

orleans

(34,051 posts)
36. here was one of the replies
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 02:36 AM
Nov 2020


Contrast that with Iowa where we have stores banning customers who do mask.

(iowa has a 50 percent positivity rate oh by the way)

Woodwizard

(842 posts)
40. My local hardware store 90 miles north of NYC
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 12:16 PM
Nov 2020

The owners and staff do not wear masks I will not go anymore and it sucks they have the best plywood in the area. They were tea party during Obama but the mask thing I can not deal with, the owner and his wife are both in their late 60's.

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