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  How to Prepare for the Rapture

  4598 readersWith the end of the world happening tomorrow, this may be the last apostrophe catastrophe I will ever post. It's a Friday and there's really nothing we can do about the impending apocalypse, so today's catastrophe will involve alcohol. Obviously.Besides the obvious apostrophe catastrophe in margarita's, every day should be two words. This restaurant's website

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  World Series / AT&T Catastrophe

  2200 readersMany of us are suffering from a bit of winter malaise, so I thought it might be nice to post a baseball-related apostrophe catastrophe. Pitchers and catchers report to spring training just one month from today!In this context, its should not have an ap...

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  Jumbo Hot Dog Catastrophe

  933 readersTo celebrate Opening Day, they fed us hot dogs at work today. I'm glad that they didn't come from this guy:Marty, who appears to have captured this double apostrophe catastrophe while driving (impressive!), writes, "Jimbo had a feeling there should be an apostrophe in Jimbo's Jumbo Dogs; he just guessed wrong. Which, unfortunately, only reinforces

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  Best Authors and Parents Ever

  836 readersToday's apostrophe catastrophe comes to us from my parents, who are both authors and who are both awesome, so I'm taking an opportunity to shamelessly promote them.My mom writes, "We, Becky’s parents, were horrified (and delighted at the same time) to encounter an apostrophe catastrophe on this road sign on a rural road in Oregon.

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  5 Secrets an 8-year old Natalie Wood Can Teach You About Persuasive Writing

  3673 readers Like a lot of people, every year my husband and I watch Miracle on 34th Street during the holiday season. One of my favorite scenes in the movie is right at the end when Natalie Wood is riding in the car with her mom and Fred Gailey. The camera focuses in on Natalie sitting in the back

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  Club Yesterday Is Dance Club

  791 readersThis dance club in a strip mall (classy!) either features an apostrophe catastrophe or its name gets the redundancy award for redundancy.It looks like it could be awesomely bad, though. I kind of want to pouf up my hair and go there. My iPod was playing Wham! this morning while I was getting ready for

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  Catastrophic Toys

  1290 readersJessica found the following double apostrophe catastrophe at Trombetta's Farm in Marlborough, MA. "It's a cute little place, so I feel a twinge of guilt poking fun at it," Jessica writes. "But not that much guilt. I mean, come on, TWO apostrophe catastrophes in one sign?"I think the mockery is justified. If you're going to

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  Canadian Hockey Catastrophe

  5435 readersAs the ultimate fair-weather fan, I managed to find a hockey-related apostrophe catastrophe to coincide with Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. Is there only one referee in the area?Go Bruins! It will be a catastrophe if the B's lose tonight.Thanks to Joe for sending in this apostrophe catastrophe from the TransAlta TriLeisure Centre

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  This Sh— Is Bananas

  964 readersToday's apostrophe catastrophe/spelling disaster comes from the the Harrisburg, Penn., Artfest. The person who made this sign clearly doesn't listen to Gwen Stefani because he or she doesn't know how to spell bananas.Nanci, who submitted this apostrophe catastrophe, is clearly awesome. She writes that the ice cream stand "had just taken down a handmade sign

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  Fitness Center Catastrophe

  3015 readersEverybodys Fitness Center in Auburn, Mass., looks like a beautiful facility, but I could never work out there because its name is an apostrophe catastrophe.Speaking of the gym, I have a new favorite pilates instructor. Her next workout will be to "Judas." Oh my Gaga. I'm calling dibs on any jokes about "Pontius Pilates."Thanks to