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In bookshop:
Customer:"I'm trying to find the complete works of Karl Marx"
Person working in shop: "Who is it by?"
    Posted by RvA on 23 Dec 2009. + (7) - (0) Permalink
J.K. Rowling. Everything's done by her.
    Posted by Tiger on 23 May 2010.

Woman 1: "Those have gone up too - they used to be two for £1, now they're three for £2."

Woman 2: "Yeah, but at least it's better value if you get three."
    Posted by JT on 5 Nov 2011. + (1) - (0) Permalink

"These are false, baseless accusations which [we] will defend vigorously in court"
    (From http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/...)
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 7 Apr 2011. + (0) - (0) Permalink
Shouldn't there be an "against" in there somewhere?
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 7 Apr 2011.

"The stationary supplies have moved!"
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 16 Dec 2010. + (2) - (0) Permalink
Sign in my office, where the stationery cupboard used to be.

I'm sure we've all seen this typo before, but this is the best form I've seen it in for quite a while.
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 16 Dec 2010.
I've seen the "typo" (genuine speling errur in most cases, IMO) a million times, but never in that particular environment. Excellent!
    Posted by JT on 18 Dec 2010.

"My son has invented a new word, who do you sell them to? I can't tell you what it is in case you steal it, it's a good sensible word, how much would it be worth?"
    (From http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/...)
    Posted by JT on 1 Oct 2009. + (9) - (0) Permalink
I thought sensible was already a word.
    Posted by Tiger on 31 Oct 2009.
where i live, 4 eggs and a potato
    Posted by Moosh on 9 Nov 2009.
You sell them to.... the Patent Office!
    Posted by breadbocks on 4 Apr 2010.
Who... sell you!
    Posted by Tiger on 12 Dec 2010.

"The 10 days free data credit we gave you 7 days ago have now expired"
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 11 Oct 2010. + (2) - (0) Permalink
A text message I just received from T-Mobile.
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 11 Oct 2010.

"SOLAR - Full Moon Party. Every Thursday." - sign advertising a party in Cambridge.
    Posted by JT on 31 Jul 2010. + (3) - (0) Permalink
I liked the flyer for a gig which was billed as being on the "5th Thursday Every Month".
    Posted by Wrongfellow on 2 Aug 2010.

From Windows Live: "Why you're still fat" underneath "Britain's best chippies"
    Posted by Ghost on 6 Jul 2010. + (2) - (0) Permalink

"You're Breakfast." (Sign on snack van parked alongside the A23 just outside Brighton)
    Posted by JT on 18 Jun 2010. + (3) - (0) Permalink

"Who'd pay five quid for that? It's broken!" - Entirely serious member of the public looking at a 30cm tall reproduction of the Venus de Milo that I was selling on a market stall.
    (From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de...)
    Posted by JT on 18 Mar 2010. + (4) - (0) Permalink
Now that you mention it - Why is she missing her arms? Did some psychopathic maniac cut them off?
    Posted by Socky on 18 Mar 2010.
She was a compulsive nail-biter.
    Posted by JT on 19 Mar 2010.