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Grammar Cop: Pore Judgement
Complaint: Misdemeanor placement of a comma between an adjective and a verb; printing said transgression on posters and mounting to the interior of Metropolitan Transit Authority trains; creating a creepy mental picture, with a single comma, of gorgeous skin somehow capable of looking at you.
Defendant: The 'Board Certified' dermatologists at 1-800-BLEMISH.
Report: Officer was sitting on a northbound A-train when he witnessed the illegally positioned comma above a seated Asian lady. Being somewhat self-conscious, the officer was forced to wait until the lady exited the train because he didn't want to stand in front of her and take a picture.
Fine: $85; Advertising agency to be placed on probation for three months.
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Comments
Or indeed the message can be read as Hey gorgeous, you're looking skin. Maybe if President Bush fails to get re-elected he could get a job with the ad agency - after all, he already speaks their language.
Posted by: John | February 24, 2004 3:47 AM
They deserve an additional reprimand for the awkward(, looking) and inconsistent use of non-italicized capitals.
Posted by: ll | February 24, 2004 9:00 AM
Then you'd have to talk to Graphic Cop.
Posted by: Brian | February 24, 2004 9:14 AM
Yeah, it was tough when the old Typesetter division was shut down to make way for the hi-tech Graphics section. It was said at the time that problems like this would arise and that nobody would look after the widows and orphans.
Posted by: John | February 24, 2004 9:18 AM
HA! brought to you by the people that created the
1-800-PODATRIST ads, no doubt.
Posted by: kowgurl | February 24, 2004 11:46 AM
who would really want to dial 1-800-blemish anyway?
Posted by: liz | February 25, 2004 8:45 AM
No one you'd want to meet.
Posted by: Brian | February 25, 2004 8:54 AM
If Trevor McDonald made advertising, this would be his. For our friends across the pond, TM is an English newsreader who specialises in emphasizing the wrong syllables on words.
Posted by: Alex | February 27, 2004 2:01 AM
Whoever is affected by such pitiful thing is a pitiful person. It is almost a joke that we'll step on anybody's toes in order to feel acknowledged.
Posted by: Tessa | September 23, 2004 3:05 PM