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Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

There were flyers in our building inviting people to attend a food event called A Taste of WWL.

The letters WWL stand for Windows and Windows Live, but the font they chose for the sign was confusing to me. The capital L looked like a capital I, and I misread the poster as an invitation to attend A Taste of WWI.

And then I thought, "Who the heck thought World War I was a fun event we'd want to re-experience?"

One of my colleagues, who also misread the poster, had a much more succinct response: "Mmmm... mustard gas..."

Published Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:00 AM by oldnewthing
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# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:06 AM by Spike

Who the heck thought World War II was a fun event we'd like to re-experience?

 http://www.britainatwar.co.uk/

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:27 AM by Nathan_works

At least it wasn't WWF, then you could wonder if there will be a folding chair from atop a ladder smackdown, or fuzzy cuddly animals to pet.. Or fuzzy cuddly animals served medium-rare..

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:54 AM by yum

My father reported that when his company crossed the English Channel in late June 1944, the men consumed hardtack stored since 1918, without complaint and without leftovers. Youth and a couple of years of Army service probably helped render that taste of WWI palatable.

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:59 AM by andy

Hm.. I misread your misreading (WWI) to WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation), and started to wonder what that dish would look like. Pasta?

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 11:22 AM by dave

>Who the heck thought World War II was a

>fun event we'd like to re-experience?

The proprietors of the _Somme World_ theme park, near Reading in the UK.

_Somme World_ is a plot device in The Fourth Bear, a comic crime novel by Jasper Fforde.

http://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Bear-Nursery-Crime/dp/0143038923

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:47 PM by James Schend

Yum: I heard a great interview with Ernest Borgnine about his WWII experiences. He was assigned to a PT boat and sent out hunting a submarine that had been spotted in the area. They found the sub, and he dropped depth charge after depth charge at it... turns out every single depth charge was a dud, and didn't go off. Ernest was terrified, thinking he'd screwed up somehow (forgotten to remove a safety, or set the depth wrong, or launched them wrong.)

The investigation of the event later on revealed that the ship was still stocked with WWI depth charges from 1917 that had never been replaced.

Sorry, this has absolutely nothing to do with the article, I just thought it was a funny anecdote.

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:44 PM by gkeramidas

having some problems reading this week, Raymond?<g>

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:57 PM by Tom

There are reports of British troops eating fifty-year-old biscuits during the American Revolution.  They were so hard they had to drop cannonballs to soften them.

Sending a PT boat after a submarine is like sending a motorcycle to attack a tank.

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:21 AM by Graham Reeds

There's a bakers in the UK called Greggs. They had a slogon of "Pop in a pastie". Unfortunately the typefont used meant the loop on the second p in pop was the same circle as the o next to it, combined with the fact that the brown lettering overlapped the picture of the pastie itself made it read "Poo in a pastie". I chuckled like a 4 year old everytime.

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:05 AM by Rachael

Graham Reeds: The Americans have a different meaning of "pastie" from ours, such that they'll probably find your story even more amusing.

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:46 PM by bobby

Who the heck thought Windows and Windows Live was a fun event we'd want to re-experience

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:52 PM by Mike

When I saw that flyer in the cafeteria, I had the exact same thought. Glad to know I wasn't the only one.

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:20 PM by Alexandre Grigoriev

"Who the heck thought Windows and Windows Live was a fun event we'd want to re-experience"

The same guys who thought "Heroes Happen Here" is a good name for an event.

# re: Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Monday, January 12, 2009 1:48 PM by configurator

What's a pastie? Isn't it that thing strippers hide their nipples with?

</non-native english speaker>

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