Typos and other stuff.

I wish that I had taken a photograph on the day that the new signs were being installed at a London railway station.

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I can laugh, but I have seen plenty of mistakes when we had to hang those letters over the cinema canopy, reaching up from the top of a pair of steps.

 

Ha, none on Google???

I will look. lol

 

I always wondered whether the sign on the other side of the station read "BRISH RAIL"
Those cinema signs were often funny the following morning after a strong wind.

 

Found this. lol

 

I cannot believe that I have found a picture of the signage that became a legend in the London theater.
You have to remember that after a film closed the previous day, the signage had to be installed on the morning of the premier, so it was a huge undertaking on a building with complex architecture, where everything was custom made.
Someone had the idea of fitting a pump to supply blood to Dracula's teeth, which dropped off into a tank below and recirculated. Everyone was delighted with the results and the press were reminded to make a point of filming it on the night of the premier.
The queue formed all around the building, which included film-stars, directors, and all the usual people who attended a Royal event.
The doors opened and as people started entering the brightly lit foyer, they discovered that they were bespectacled with red paint.
No one had realized what would happen when a strong wind hit the corner of the building.
As you can imagine, the claims cost the theater a fortune, particularly when you consider how people use a film premier to show off their new fur coat.

It was before my time with the company (1958) but the theater closed the following year and I joined the company shortly after it reopened as the Haymarket odeon, so I worked with a lot of people who had worked on that disastrous evening.

 

Wow I so love your posts.

Or pozts best keepz on toopic. Lol

 

i had the opposite typo back when i had a government job. our street department had a sign posted that showed an entire lengthy ordinance, but included a line banning the carrying of guns in pubic areas.

 

I just looked at this again. I have used terms such as "toilet, cum bathroom" and "kitchen, cum dining room" without giving a second thought to the possible double meaning.
I will need to be more careful in future, or I will end up hot water...... Hopefully on my own.

 

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Oh, I may say come. lol

 

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I typed clam instead of calm!!!

 

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Hahahaha

 

A priest, a minister and a rabbit walked into a bar. The rabbit said ......... I think I might be a typo

 

I wrote Astronaught instead of Astronaut. Bless the one that thought that was a Brit spelling. lol

 

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i got an email at work today that was supposed to include "i apologize for the inconvenience" but instead said "i apologize for the incontinence."