Badly worded advert!
By Munchkin547
@Munchkin547 (2778)
October 10, 2008 11:25am CST
I have just been on facebook and a little advert popped up on the side, it made me chuckle because i obviously read it wrong - it said "are you are parent living in the UK? We have companies who want to give you free samples for your baby" it's probably me being dopey, but to me it read that these companies wanted to give you these samples in exchange for your baby! hehe Have you ever read something wrong and completely mistunderstood what it said?! xxxx
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@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
13 Oct 08
ha ha ha ha ha... that was what I read as well when I first read what you wrote.
Let's for discussion sake, how would you make the message more obvious if you were to use punctuation to correct the sentence?
ha ha ha ha ha... imagine, trading your baby for some samples. ha ha ha ha ha... still gives me the chuckle when I read the sentence again. 
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@Munchkin547 (2778)
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13 Oct 08
I'm not sure it's the punctuation as much as the wording, although it could just be that we are both nuts!! I should imagine that sometimes new parents after nights of no sleep and constant crying would probably have moments when they wouldn't say no!! lol glad a made you smile!! xxx
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@Munchkin547 (2778)
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13 Oct 08
It is!! it makes me think i should be more careful about what i write in case people read it wrong - it's be easy to upset someone without even realising it that way!
xxx
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@mands61123 (2098)
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15 Oct 08
lol it does sound like that lol my mate was saying the other day at the take away pizza place how they had spicy on one line of the menu and spicey right below it. She notices thinks like that all the time suppose it comes with being a lawyer it's kind of ingrained to proof read everything and iron out mistakes.
For some reason i thought when i first read this that you had read an inuedno wher it shouldn't have been cos that is one i do all the time lol
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@Munchkin547 (2778)
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15 Oct 08
haha i usually see innuendo everywhere but this just read as being really odd to me!! i always notice spelling mistakes on things it drives me mad! i once turned a job down because in the offer letter they spelled sincerely wrong, i thought there is no way that i want to work from a company where the manager either can't spell or is too lazy to proof read!! lol xxx
@Munchkin547 (2778)
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10 Oct 08
lol i suppose it's easily done!It's funny when you read things wrong though, the meaning changes completely, ususally to something funny!! hehe xxx
@ellie333 (21016)
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11 Oct 08
Hi Munchkin, That is funny I read it worse than that and the samples were to make the baby LOL, naughty me. I have read loads but right at this moment in time my mind is completely blank, sorry. If I think of any though I will share. Huggles. Ellie :D
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@Munchkin547 (2778)
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11 Oct 08
lol you're worse than me!!! i do have a habit of doing this, especially when i am not concentrating properly!! hehe xxx
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@carinio98 (2929)
• Philippines
10 Oct 08
well it saids free samples for your babies not free samples in exchange for your baby... sometimes it is very hard to catch up the word but if you think of it you will realize whats the meaning of it.
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@Munchkin547 (2778)
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10 Oct 08
I think it was me being a bit thick rather than the advert to be fair!! hehe xxx
