http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com Dedicated to the butchering of the English language Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:09:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A warning sign posted in a bathroom in Orem, Utah. From the contributor: "If all we can flush is the paper, things could get ugly." http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/photos/do-not-flush/ Sign spotted in the Beijing Airport in August 2005: http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/photos/where-do-you-go-when-you-just-gotta-smork/ The following is a collection of tidbits from emails sent to the contributor as part of a dispute over a laptop sold on eBay: I will let you suspend with your credit. Because you sell the bad laptop to us. If no response in 3 days, I will let ... http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/email/you-will-know-what-will-happened/ I just posted the first entry here on the site in almost exactly nine months, which is, coincidentally, the gestation period of the human being. No, really, it's a coincidence. Yes, my wife DID give birth during this nine-month hiatus, but that had nothing to do with the ... http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/site-news/where-have-we-been/ A sign spotted on Beto's Mexican restaurant in Provo, Utah. http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/photos/we-are-change-of-name/ This was a comment posted here on this site in response to this post. It was too precious for me to just let it sit unnoticed in the comments. Note that the author, someone named Britt, uses 246 words (actually 250, but four of them should have only ... http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/email/you-would-be-nacked-and-hungry/ When the contributor was student teaching, she ended up having lunch with a first-grader who was kept in the classroom during lunch for disciplinary reasons. The two had the following conversation: Student: Did you make your own lunch? Teacher: Yes. Student: Is your mommy dead? http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/quotations/291/ World Wrestling Entertainment has a poll on its website allowing the fans to choose from four new t-shirt designs for wrestler Randy Orton. Check out the design on the bottom right (click the thumbnails to see the full versions; the first image is a screenshot of the four designs, ... http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/photos/who-says-wrestlers-are-dumb/ The contributor has an ad on several websites, looking for a roommate to move in when her current roommate moves out soon. She received the following email from someone who probably won't get the spot: From: XXXXXXXXXXX Date: Jul 28, 2006 8:16 AM Subject: The report mail it sends from the ... http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/email/english-it-cannot-do-well/ From an article about termites: Meanwhile, several signs to alert you to a subterranean termite infestation include: -Mud tubes. -Damaged or “hollow� sounding wood. -Dead termites or wings. -Live termites. -Swarming termites. http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/articles/or-maybe-its-termites/