Help Wanted
There’s a coffee shop downtown that is seeking summer help. They have a sign posted in their door to this effect. The sign reads:
Now Hiring For Summer Jobs
Maybe it’s because I’m out of contacts and back to glasses this week, maybe I’m just not paying enough attention these days - but I read the sign as:
Now Siring For Hummer Jobs
The H and the S somehow jumped places and hilarity ensued - well, in my mind anyway. I wonder what my facial expressions are like at moments like these? I probably don’t want to really know the answer to this. There’s a grammatical term for mix-ups like these, but I can’t place it. I thought it was malapropism, but I’m not certain malapropism applies to written word or just spoken, or if malapropism is right at all.
Anyway. Again. Because it’s just that funny:
Now Siring For Hummer Jobs


