I saw a sign today, in front of a gas station/convenience store that read:
SUMMER IS OMING! LET'S PARTY!
Hmm. Not sure what OMING means, but indeed, let's party!
Maybe OMING is what you put when you're too lazy to change a sign often enough. Come on, all they need to put up there is OVER instead of OMING - add three little letters - and it would work: Summer is OVER! Let's party!
Yes, it's a slow day around here. I really need a nap, but the two-year-old is sooo past that whole nap thing.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Summer is Oming!
Posted by Laura at 2:53 PM
Labels: Sign Typos
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I see it as a philosophical statement. "Om" of course is a common chant for practitioners of Transcendental Meditation. It centers the thoughts and focusses the mind.
So, the sign writer is saying that Summer is its own form of meditation. Summer is "Oming.."
Laura, When your kid wont take a nap, keep in mind, a little Rose goes a long way with a 2 year old...Have a good conference...
One of my favorite things to witness, other than these kinds of signs where letters are missing, is the funny words that are created in storfront signs when the lights go out on some of their letters.
Brian - I'm sure that's exactly what the Quickie Mart employee/yogi/transcendentalist had in mind!
Matt-Man - You know, my grandmother told a story of my uncle being a wonderful napper as a child, until she discovered her "nanny" was giving him liquor to "calm him." Wonder if that's why he's an alcoholic now. Hmm.
Allie - I love sign typos, too, especially those in lights, or featuring the word "ass".
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