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What else is wrong with this sign 😉


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 7:45 pm
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Grass needs cut.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 7:53 pm
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Cable ties need trimming.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 7:55 pm
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Oh very dear.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 7:56 pm
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There should be a colon after 'bastard'.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 7:57 pm
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Dot over the I.

Racism.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 7:57 pm
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It's railway land behind the gate, they never cut the grass.

I like how the zip ties are lined up with the word Pikey. Not happy with the lowercase "i" used with captials 🙁

One for the copyrighters I think 🙂


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 7:57 pm
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Should have gone with raw and a clearcoat on the gate, looks much better than galvanized .


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 8:04 pm
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Should have been "stop, you're flytipping"


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 8:04 pm
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Should have been "stop, you're flytipping"

😯


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 8:09 pm
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Didn't say please?

Politeness costs nothing.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 8:11 pm
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^negatory


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 8:12 pm
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Inability to space 'stop your flytipping' properly across the full width of the available cardboard...
The whole block of copy should be justified left

Tut...


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 8:18 pm
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Love the fact it took them two attempts to spell 'you're' correctly.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 8:26 pm
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Needs to sort out the kerning, and he should have centred it on the sheet.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 8:30 pm
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Full stop after being

I also don't like the "Bastard" being on a new line. Assuming the ridiculous spacing, it should read.

TO
THE PICKEY BASTARD;
STOPY YOUR FLY TIPPING.
YOU'RE BEING WATCHED.
YOU'RE A FILTHY SHIT!


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 8:36 pm
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TO
THE PICKEY BASTARD;
STOPY YOUR FLY TIPPING.
YOU'RE BEING WATCHED.
YOU'RE A FILTHY SHIT!

I think we're being the picky bastards.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 8:40 pm
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CAPS = poor show, even when ranting and the font's unimaginative

The holes, while lining up with "pikey", are offset and causing a dreadful misalignment with the gate (unless a cleverly set-up correction for a poorly hung gate, of course)

I also think "jibber-jabber" would work better than "flytipping" here

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Posted : 15/07/2015 8:48 pm
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I'd have said "Shite" instead of "Shit"

I also think Pikey is too kind.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 9:22 pm
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Funny would be the flytipper being the pedant, in a Life of Brian, Romans go home, kind of way


 
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I like how the zip ties are lined up with the word Pikey. Not happy with the lowercase "i" used with captials.

WTF are 'captials'? You need talk, you can't even **** spel!


 
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TO
THE PICKEY BASTARD;
STOPY YOUR FLY TIPPING.
YOU'RE BEING WATCHED.
YOU'RE A FILTHY SHIT!

That has more wrong with it than the original!


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 9:39 pm
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One for the copyrighters I think

*Copywriters


 
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Posted : 15/07/2015 9:54 pm
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Posted : 15/07/2015 9:56 pm
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I like how the zip ties are lined up with the word Pikey

Not 'zip ties', it's 'cable ties' this side of the Atlantic.

Bugger off with your Microsoft english! 😀


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 10:04 pm
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Can pikeys actually read?


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 10:10 pm
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@esselgruntwhaever
https://www.englishclub.com/writing/caps.htm
@martinhutch
I missed that one 🙂
@spursn17
Always been zip ties for me, never cable ties. I'm a MS bitch 🙁

So who is going to formulate the correct definitive version of the above sign? Who is brave enough 😉

Could this defeat STW ?


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 10:34 pm
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Drac - Moderator
Grass needs cut.

Grass needs cut what, exactly?

I believe you meant to say, "The grass needs to be cut."

Such laxity of grammatical correctness in a moderator is shameful.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 10:41 pm
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I like how the zip ties are lined up with the word Pikey. Not happy with the lowercase "i" used with captials.

WTF are 'captials'? You need talk, you can't even **** [b]spel[/b]!

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Posted : 15/07/2015 10:50 pm
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Ha Ha, esselgrunfuttock goes to jail every day ...


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 11:14 pm
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I'm [s]a[/s] an MS bitch

FTFY.
I also think "jibber-jabber" would work better than "flytipping" here

This I fully endorse, but it would also require amending "stop" to "quit" for complete linguistic compliance.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 11:45 pm
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Grass needs cut what, exactly?
I believe you meant to say, "The grass needs to be cut."

I suspect you may have overlooked the subtle irony in this joke...


 
Posted : 16/07/2015 3:25 am
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I suspect you may have overlooked the subtle irony in this joke...

No he hasn't, I just typed it how people would speak.


 
Posted : 16/07/2015 6:26 am
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Ha Ha, esselgrunfuttock goes to jail every day ...

It was a personalised reprimand 🙂


 
Posted : 16/07/2015 6:59 am