I am sad for our country. And you should seriously consider an entire book/section/or separate blog just to beat people up for selling items that violate copyrights.
These computers these days… they have this neat thing… it is called “spell check”.
“Oh, Steampunk Alien lady, I don’t ‘have’ spell check on my computer!”
Well, there’s this nifty website with a smug attitude called “Google” and if you go there and type in your word and it comes up misspelled, the smug Google gnomes will say: “Did you mean….” with the proper spelling of your word.
Unless you suck so fucking hard that even Google can’t help. Then you just need to get off the Goddamn Internet!
The Mary Jane Bath Bomb, for people who never want to be employed again! Or for the weed dealer that wants to seem reputable but doesn’t want to risk getting jipped while s/he’s stoned out of his/her mind.
You know how to spell “collage” but not “America.” What is Amarica coming to? I’m so upset I could eat an entire large arregino pizza all by myself in my stduio apartment while wearing my ordament appliqd tshirt and watching the History channel’s special on Trogan Greek Mathalogy.
Buzzkill Crying Glitter Eagle
September 30, 2010 at 5:35 pm
HELEN YOU HURT MY BRAIN. Why did you show me this? Why did I look? Somehow this hurt more than seeing a man spray purple paint out his ass for some reason.
I’ve seen so much misspelling on the internet that sometimes I have to look up a word that I do know how to spell, just to make sure I’m right. In a paperback dictionary that is always on the shelf over my computer, because spell check annoys me for some weird reason.
Ah, so these are like lolcats. Without the funny cat pictures. Maybe these ads were written by a certain 10 pound Himalayan cat wearing a Jeff Goldblum costume that doesn’t like to be photographed.
As far as I’m concerned, ‘Amarica’ is now correct. You can only hear it pronounced that way for so long before your mind naturally starts spelling it that way too.
I’m actually disappointed the bath bombs have been removed. I’d never USE them, but they’d be an awesome gag gift, wouldn’t they? Etsy users continue to disgust me with their refusal to cater to a little good humor.
WE BUY YOUR STUFF, DUMBASS.
wait…oregano??? Is that what the first one says? I would have never guessed that.
Not that I want to smell like bong water, but wouldn’t oregano in a warm bath make me smell more like pasta sauce? I think I’ll stick to boring ol’ lavender.
Anyone else think the Mary jane is more like soylent green ? Maybe it’s just me having the feeling that if we continue to dumb down, it won’t be long before we’re eating it.
Welcome to the Acrapolis.
Before my first spelling test, in kindergarten, my teacher told us to sound out the words that we didn’t know how to spell. I spelled ‘it’ as ‘eyt’. If only Google existed in 1991….
@LeeLooDallas: Firefox comes with a red pen – it automatically spell-checks everything you enter in a text box. I don’t know if other browsers do that, but seriously, how much easier CAN they make it?
Maybe instead of the arregino bath, the seller can make a toomeric bath bomb.
Then I’ll come out looking like Lindsay Lohan in an nice shade of mustard.
@BillsBayou-
If you put it out there, be ready for the red pen police.
I just argued with my 7yo last night correcting her homework. She insisted that “gonna” is a real word.
What I really wanted to say is that if you add “rrhea” to it, yes, but that’s not right. Spelling mistakes are just one zit on the face of what’s wrong with the United States of Amarica. Unbelievable.
Buzzkill Crying Glitter Eagle
October 1, 2010 at 7:57 am
@Wilma, “gonna” does, in fact, show up in song lyrics and dialogue in written works. So your child may have seen these letters in that combination in a legitimate text and concluded that it is a real word. It may not be a *proper* word, but vernacular is also real.
Is a ‘bath bomb’ really a thing? I was under the impression it is ‘bath balm.’
Baths are supposed to be relaxing (or so I’ve heard), so I imagine ‘bombing’ the bath is not high on anyone’s priority list.
@Wilma#54, if you take a toomeric bath, not only will you be yeller, but you’ll be anti-inflamed-it has great anti-inflammitory properties. But you’ll still be light years smarter than ms. Lohan , and if there are any leftovers, you can make a nice curry.
@knitten-kitten, I know what you mean. I’m highly suggestible when it comes to food-just a mention of an ingredient that appeals to me is enough to plan an entire feast around & get me out the door to begin the menu plan.
The Greek mathalogy pillow was made with a “Trumpunto” technique, which I’m guessing is similar to trapunto (a quilting style). She also has a “Roaring ’30s” pillow for sale. This lady obviously paid attention in both history and English classes!
September 30, 2010 at 4:35 pm
I want people to be confident that they come to my business for an STD anytime.
September 30, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Mys spellin iz nun of yer bizznes. U R sew dum and meen.
September 30, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Don’t know what to say.
The internet should come with a red pen.
September 30, 2010 at 4:44 pm
In all honesty , I tried smoking banana peel & oregano once or twice, but I’ve never been so loaded that I’d butcher a word so thoroughly.
September 30, 2010 at 4:47 pm
“Waiting For Superman”, indeed.
September 30, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Maybe they just said: “Fuck it, I’m Amarican!”
September 30, 2010 at 4:55 pm
The Greeks would call the last bit of fuckery a tragedy.
September 30, 2010 at 4:56 pm
If I’ve done the mathology right, $350 is a bit much for an ugly throw pillow.
September 30, 2010 at 4:57 pm
I mean, mathalogy.
September 30, 2010 at 4:59 pm
A time-line of grammar: people write however they want>proper spelling and grammar instituted>people write however the hell they want
September 30, 2010 at 5:03 pm
I am sad for our country. And you should seriously consider an entire book/section/or separate blog just to beat people up for selling items that violate copyrights.
September 30, 2010 at 5:04 pm
These computers these days… they have this neat thing… it is called “spell check”.
“Oh, Steampunk Alien lady, I don’t ‘have’ spell check on my computer!”
Well, there’s this nifty website with a smug attitude called “Google” and if you go there and type in your word and it comes up misspelled, the smug Google gnomes will say: “Did you mean….” with the proper spelling of your word.
Unless you suck so fucking hard that even Google can’t help. Then you just need to get off the Goddamn Internet!
September 30, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Mathalogy is HAAAAARD, Barbie.
September 30, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Hay now, that pilloe is made with trumpunto. Not trapunto, like all those other pillows.
September 30, 2010 at 5:11 pm
i would suggest that they subscribed to the Mark Twain philosophy of spelling, but I doubt they’ve ever read a book.
September 30, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Is Arregino related to Lou Ferrigno, hence the “Hulkish” coloring?
September 30, 2010 at 5:11 pm
The Mary Jane Bath Bomb, for people who never want to be employed again! Or for the weed dealer that wants to seem reputable but doesn’t want to risk getting jipped while s/he’s stoned out of his/her mind.
September 30, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Pillow is from the Spellin’ of Troy collection.
September 30, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I’ve never thought to myself, “You know what would good thing to smell like? Weed. Or oregano. Yeah, that’s that I want to smell like.”
As for the mathology pillow, I think $350 is a steal for something that combines ancient and modern times. Usually I just use hi-loft polyfill.
September 30, 2010 at 5:21 pm
You know how to spell “collage” but not “America.” What is Amarica coming to? I’m so upset I could eat an entire large arregino pizza all by myself in my stduio apartment while wearing my ordament appliqd tshirt and watching the History channel’s special on Trogan Greek Mathalogy.
September 30, 2010 at 5:23 pm
In these days of computers, it might be nice to introduce these people to something fairly low-tech that they obviously have never seen: a DICTIONARY!
My son, who was the spelling bee champ in middle school, would be having a coronary if he saw this.
September 30, 2010 at 5:26 pm
drats it’s been taken
http://www.dirtyhippiesoaps.com/
September 30, 2010 at 5:27 pm
OK, but I don’t see what the problem is with “mathology.” I mean, clearly that pillow shows Zeus finding the max and min points of a parabola.
September 30, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I sure hope the seller doesn’t put their nallage of greek mathalogy on there resumay.
September 30, 2010 at 5:35 pm
HELEN YOU HURT MY BRAIN. Why did you show me this? Why did I look? Somehow this hurt more than seeing a man spray purple paint out his ass for some reason.
I’VE SEEN IT. NOW I CAN’T UNSEE IT.
waaaaah.
September 30, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Why is Mickey wearing two pairs of glasses?
I’ve seen so much misspelling on the internet that sometimes I have to look up a word that I do know how to spell, just to make sure I’m right. In a paperback dictionary that is always on the shelf over my computer, because spell check annoys me for some weird reason.
September 30, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Ah, so these are like lolcats. Without the funny cat pictures. Maybe these ads were written by a certain 10 pound Himalayan cat wearing a Jeff Goldblum costume that doesn’t like to be photographed.
September 30, 2010 at 5:41 pm
As far as I’m concerned, ‘Amarica’ is now correct. You can only hear it pronounced that way for so long before your mind naturally starts spelling it that way too.
September 30, 2010 at 6:14 pm
I’m actually disappointed the bath bombs have been removed. I’d never USE them, but they’d be an awesome gag gift, wouldn’t they? Etsy users continue to disgust me with their refusal to cater to a little good humor.
WE BUY YOUR STUFF, DUMBASS.
September 30, 2010 at 6:15 pm
wait…oregano??? Is that what the first one says? I would have never guessed that.
Not that I want to smell like bong water, but wouldn’t oregano in a warm bath make me smell more like pasta sauce? I think I’ll stick to boring ol’ lavender.
September 30, 2010 at 6:17 pm
I don’t even understand what collage sheet is. The seller is going to email me a file that is in pieces and then I put it together? That’s unAmarican.
September 30, 2010 at 6:34 pm
I did not get where I am today by clicking on pictures from the Tea Party website.
September 30, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Combined with pictures of cats, misspelled words can be entertaining. Combined with a potential business transaction, they’re just painful.
September 30, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Amarica is what it sounds like you are saying to many of us native speakers of other dialects of English. Does Sarah Palin have a craft background?
September 30, 2010 at 7:24 pm
The worst part is that all of that stuff is garbage anyway. That has to be the ugliest pillow ever!
September 30, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Arregino- for the pirate chef!
September 30, 2010 at 7:55 pm
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September 30, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Rick James would have loved the bath bomb…
September 30, 2010 at 8:20 pm
You know I’m jaded when the spelling mistakes in this post horrify me more than a blue alien va-jay-jay with two clitorises.
Or I just have my priorities straight.
September 30, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Anyone else think the Mary jane is more like soylent green ? Maybe it’s just me having the feeling that if we continue to dumb down, it won’t be long before we’re eating it.
Welcome to the Acrapolis.
September 30, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Before my first spelling test, in kindergarten, my teacher told us to sound out the words that we didn’t know how to spell. I spelled ‘it’ as ‘eyt’. If only Google existed in 1991….
September 30, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Whither the trogan mathology trumpunto? It’s just a piece of fabric sewn into a pillow.
September 30, 2010 at 9:14 pm
I give up. I’ll be retreating to my unabomber shack now…
September 30, 2010 at 9:22 pm
@Hamoza-The Mary Jane bath bomb is………………..people!
I bet the Mary Jane bath bomb would taste a whole lot better than a cake with spelling errors that has sat in someone’s freezer for half a year.
September 30, 2010 at 9:49 pm
@LeeLooDallas: Firefox comes with a red pen – it automatically spell-checks everything you enter in a text box. I don’t know if other browsers do that, but seriously, how much easier CAN they make it?
September 30, 2010 at 9:53 pm
goodbye, civilization. sorry you had to collapse. i shall miss you.
everyone should know by now that it’s spelled “‘Merica”
September 30, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Unbeeleevibul.
I smell new Zazzle merch.
September 30, 2010 at 11:52 pm
This reminds me of my Aunt Mary Lou’s Bath Bombs. Except they weren’t in the bath, they were in the toilet.
I bet this “Mary Jane” oregano bath bomb clogs the tub drain just as much, though.
“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they get soggy and hard to light”.
October 1, 2010 at 1:06 am
I think the mathalagy pillow would sell better if they appliqed a Mickey Mouse ordament onto it.
October 1, 2010 at 2:04 am
OR MAYBE there’s a secret cabal of kindergardeners trying to take over Etsy. My son’s first written sentence would fit in well with these:
“In the howse all of my famerlie are siting nighsle.”
October 1, 2010 at 2:28 am
#3 LeeLooDallas:
but it does…
October 1, 2010 at 5:52 am
$350 for a pillow?
I want to know how it combines both ancient and modern times. Even if she can’t spell, the seamstress appears to have mastered time travel.
October 1, 2010 at 5:55 am
Argh, someone kill the spelling mistakes before they breed!
October 1, 2010 at 7:00 am
Maybe instead of the arregino bath, the seller can make a toomeric bath bomb.
Then I’ll come out looking like Lindsay Lohan in an nice shade of mustard.
October 1, 2010 at 7:06 am
The pillow seller is a gold mine of these.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/51101305/shell-it-out?ref=v1_other_1
Well, ARE you tired of the same-o same-o?
October 1, 2010 at 7:08 am
Ooh, misspellings AND copyright violation – is it Christmas already?!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49016516/care-bears-fabric-book?ref=v1_other_2
October 1, 2010 at 7:21 am
“I don’t need to finish high school, Mom. I’m an artist. What can they teach me that will help me with my art?”
“How not to look like a fucktard when you go to sell it?”
October 1, 2010 at 7:21 am
Note to the sellers featured on this thread: We’re not laughing WITH you, we’re laughing AT you.
October 1, 2010 at 7:42 am
@BillsBayou-
If you put it out there, be ready for the red pen police.
I just argued with my 7yo last night correcting her homework. She insisted that “gonna” is a real word.
What I really wanted to say is that if you add “rrhea” to it, yes, but that’s not right. Spelling mistakes are just one zit on the face of what’s wrong with the United States of Amarica. Unbelievable.
October 1, 2010 at 7:57 am
@Wilma, “gonna” does, in fact, show up in song lyrics and dialogue in written works. So your child may have seen these letters in that combination in a legitimate text and concluded that it is a real word. It may not be a *proper* word, but vernacular is also real.
October 1, 2010 at 8:16 am
Is a ‘bath bomb’ really a thing? I was under the impression it is ‘bath balm.’
Baths are supposed to be relaxing (or so I’ve heard), so I imagine ‘bombing’ the bath is not high on anyone’s priority list.
October 1, 2010 at 9:16 am
@mad2#61-yes, a bath bomb is a real thing.
@Wilma#54, if you take a toomeric bath, not only will you be yeller, but you’ll be anti-inflamed-it has great anti-inflammitory properties. But you’ll still be light years smarter than ms. Lohan , and if there are any leftovers, you can make a nice curry.
October 1, 2010 at 9:38 am
@hamoza-
Or I can make a big batch of pickles if I take my bath with some cucumbers slices.
October 1, 2010 at 9:39 am
@buzzkill-
I know it’s out there, but if she uses it in school, she’s gonna fail.
October 1, 2010 at 9:43 am
@Wilma-homemade pickles, yum. That’s multipurpose!
October 1, 2010 at 9:56 am
Darn it Hamoza, now I want a curry.
October 1, 2010 at 10:13 am
@knitten-kitten, I know what you mean. I’m highly suggestible when it comes to food-just a mention of an ingredient that appeals to me is enough to plan an entire feast around & get me out the door to begin the menu plan.
October 1, 2010 at 10:21 am
Skank Yoda~ Says ” STD You I Owe!” (stduio)
October 1, 2010 at 12:23 pm
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October 1, 2010 at 12:23 pm
I admit it. I threw up a little posting that last one.
October 1, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Ya Bills, you can be a real pain in the pesto sometimes.
Not really, you’re just colorful & you are lurved.
October 1, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Since when does Mac from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia wear eyeliner?
October 1, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Amarica is sure proud of its digital fartists…
October 1, 2010 at 2:11 pm
The Greek mathalogy pillow was made with a “Trumpunto” technique, which I’m guessing is similar to trapunto (a quilting style). She also has a “Roaring ’30s” pillow for sale. This lady obviously paid attention in both history and English classes!
October 1, 2010 at 6:55 pm
In trying to pronounce these words I’ve frightened my sweet innocent dog. Thanks assholes that can’t spell.
October 2, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Finally, a “mary jane” bath bomb!! I have always, always wanted to show up at work smelling like Cheech and Chong’s futon …
Does she have “Eau de Hippie Ass” perfume, too? That could be a dealbreaker
October 3, 2010 at 10:47 am
MATHALOGY SOUNDS LIKE THE HARDEST SUBJECT EVER FUCK THAT NOISE
July 26, 2011 at 10:26 am
“Know question is to dum.”