RunningAHEAD - Topic: My race T shirt is a grammatical nightmare.

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My race T shirt is a grammatical nightmare. (Read 821 times)

waytogomom	posted: 5/19/2008 at 12:52 AM
	I guess I'm just way too anal about these things....sigh. Here's exactly how it reads: Real athletes run other's just play games

havanarnr view log	posted: 5/19/2008 at 12:57 AM modified: 5/19/2008 at 1:07 AM
	Well seams like theyd get the simple things ~~rite~~ write.
	Goal HM under 2:00:00

waytogomom	posted: 5/19/2008 at 1:08 AM
	Lol...you'd think so, huh? And evidently even the shirt printers didn't catch it, either. It looks like I have yet another sleep shirt. It's a shame, too, because this is the first time I have actually gotten a small. I always ask for a small, and they never have them.

horsemom2b RIP, Henry, my soul mate	posted: 5/20/2008 at 2:18 AM
	waytogomom, what is up with the lack of smalls?? I've noticed the same thing at all my races. They ask for your preferred size at registration, but there are never any smalls. The fact that they ask in advance, combined with the fact that a lot of runners are on the skinnier side due to the demands of the sport, makes me think race organizers could plan better. What gives? Anyone know?
	First Half Marathon - Marine Corps Historic Half 5-18-08 2:10:30

Daddyo view log It's BQ year!	posted: 5/20/2008 at 2:29 AM
	Quote from havanarnr on 5/19/2008 at 12:57 AM: Well seams like theyd get the simple things ~~rite~~ write. seams = seems, although seams is a clever pun in the light of the fact we're talking about t-shirts
	Dave ~ Marathon Maniac #1166 www.daddyo.ca Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

waytogomom

posted: 5/20/2008 at 2:51 AM

Quote from horsemom2b on 5/20/2008 at 2:18 AM:

waytogomom, what is up with the lack of smalls??

I've noticed the same thing at all my races. They ask for your preferred size at registration, but there are never any smalls. The fact that they ask in advance, combined with the fact that a lot of runners are on the skinnier side due to the demands of the sport, makes me think race organizers could plan better.

What gives? Anyone know?

I've wondered why they even offer small as a choice on the form if they won't have any. I've thought about getting a kids' XL.

Mr Inertia view log Heck of a Guy	posted: 5/20/2008 at 1:30 PM
	As if sending the 10k runners the wrong way last year wasn't enough to show what a class act the Cleveland Marathon was, this year they decided to put a typo right on the front page of their website.

SimonR view log	posted: 5/20/2008 at 3:30 PM
	I sell cellular phones and have a demo line provided by the company. Every month the bill is sent to my boss, who is addressed as "Dealer Principle". I have called four times and explained the difference between "principal" and "principle", no change on the address! I have often noticed signs in local supermarkets that I find amusing, but also annoying; here are two examples: 1) Bananas- from the tropics! (As opposed to Alaskan bananas?) 2) This checkout closed, another cashier will be only too pleased to help you. (If they are too pleased to help me could you find someone slightly less pleased, who will help me?) Simon, Grammar/spelling geek and grumpy old man.
	10k PB 46:19 1/2 marathon PB 1:42:58

Girl In Motion	posted: 5/20/2008 at 3:43 PM
	Lol, I can't stand misplaced apostrophes. There's a large local flower shop with a huge sign outside that says Rose's and it isn't the shop's name. Rose's what? House of Bad Grammar?
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waytogomom	posted: 5/20/2008 at 5:21 PM
	Girl In Motion, I'm with you! There's a sign here in town advertising music lesson's. I always want to rip it out of the ground.

BadDawg view log	posted: 5/20/2008 at 5:58 PM
	There is a pizza shop near me that used to be known as Charlie's. It kills me that they had a sign professionally done that reads Formally known as Charlie's rather than Formerly.
	Ed Tuesday Good Times 5K series in Lowell, MA HTFU "The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self." Whitney Young

Ennay view log Bif! Bam! Pow!	posted: 5/20/2008 at 6:04 PM
	Quote from BadDawg on 5/20/2008 at 5:58 PM: There is a pizza shop near me that used to be known as Charlie's. It kills me that they had a sign professionally done that reads Formally known as Charlie's rather than Formerly. Maybe they mean "but our friends call it Chuck's" I used to work for a non-profit and the newsletter editor had no idea what to do with apostrophes so she put them everywhere...just in case.
	Beware the Pink Boxing Gloves of DOOM! "It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds" - Captain Hammer 2009 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM M I failed the 12 minute run in 11th grade...

millertime1980

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Reproduction Specialist

posted: 5/20/2008 at 6:26 PM

I do all the print work for the college I work at and it's amazing what people miss in proofing. The most recent was the two reprints I had to do for a big event invitation that was sent out. The first round they put the wrong room on the invite and the second round they fogot to put the time of the event. The bad thing is that some people received two seperate invites with wrong information on them and then finally the correct version.

Greg Rowe

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A lost gladiator

posted: 5/20/2008 at 6:45 PM

Quote from millertime1980 on 5/20/2008 at 6:26 PM:

The ING Miami Marathon and Half marathon gave out hats this January with 2007 embroidered on them. Smile

They were nice hats. Apparently the misprint happened to late to be fixed.

Teresadfp view log	posted: 5/20/2008 at 6:57 PM
	I worked for a precast concrete company for awhile. We were making a sign for a local school, so we sent the lettering to a local firm to get the template made (back in the dark ages, before we could just do it on a computer). The small proof came back fine, then they sent a full-size proof, all rolled up. I think the sign was about 10' long. I almost didn't unroll it, figuring it was bound to be fine since the first version was. Thank goodness I checked, because it read, "THORNTON ACADAMY."

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