The Cranky Copy Editor: 'Your' an idiot

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Stupid people should not be allowed to create bumper stickers. I was driving to work this morning and saw the following:

If your going to
ride my ass
pull my hair

I'm going to market my own sticker, but this one will be for smart people:

If you're going to
put something idiotic on your automobile,
at least use proper punctuation.

I guess I'll have to edit it down to fit. Any suggestions?

Unknown said...: I like "Stupid people should not be allowed to create bumper stickers" because it goes beyond copy editing. Thanks for keeping an eye out for us.

Julie; January 29, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Lee Anne Peck, Ph.D. said...: "Your" right, of course!; January 29, 2009 at 9:08 AM
. said...: Or, you could have a bumper sticker made to put on your car: "No, I can't go faster; I'm proofreading the bumper sticker ahead of me."; January 30, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Anonymous said...: Are poems always punctuated?; January 30, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Lynn Klyde-Silverstein said...: yes, but not if you're ee cummings; January 30, 2009 at 5:28 PM
William Quincy Belle said...: I was looking for other examples of this error and fortuitously ran across your blog. Thank you; I enjoyed this read and others.

I trust I did not make any mistakes, being new to the blogging game. :-)
http://wqebelle.blogspot.com/2010/08/your-idiot.html; August 13, 2010 at 3:02 PM