silversilver

Today upon a visit to the ladies I encountered the following signage -


LADIE'S PLEASE PUT ALL TOILET PAPER AND OTHER LITTER IN THE BIN!


Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! Why do people insist on throwing them in when a word ends in an 's'?


Learn the rule - contraction or possession

Autonomy

*Ahem.*

silversilver

dubaiguy2011

I'm more bothered by the poop paper going in the bin (and not the toilet) than the hanging apostrophe...

seven seas

+1

auzdafluff

Sadly, I have to do that in my flat. Many of the toilets aren't designed to have toilet paper flushed down them.

Within the first three months, the toilet became blocked four times. And I don't use that much paper.

auzdafluff

As an ex-journalist, and someone still working in the writing trade, I know what you mean. I've lost count of how many times I've been tempted to carry a red permanent marker around with me and fix signs.

Boomhauer

Do you know how old your flat is?

I always flushed the toilet tissue down the loo, in Abu Dhabi, and I left the place in the early/mid 90s.

mentalist

Inserting a redundant comma before the word "and' makes me very angry.

auzdafluff

It's a bracketing comma so is perfectly legal. It's linked to the second comma after trade.

silversilver

I must stress I don't really pay attention to punctuation when texting or typing on forums or FB however if I was making a sign for the general public to feast their eyes upon on I would make sure it was right. (take note I have used only one full stop in that epic ramble)

I type the way I talk - lots and without a care for pausing or stopping in the right places.

silversilver

I have now permanently forgotten the apostrophe and am praying that I don't end up in your apartment block! On a positive note after reading your comment I have now pushed my bowl of Special K to the side........ A few more comments like that and I may be well on the road to a fast.

dubaiguy2011

Eating Ketamine for breakfast is not big or clever... Especially during the holy month

seven seas

Use the hose. Paper is unnecessary and inefficient.

rowell

This thread is "load of crap"