I’ll keep this short and sweet for Valentine’s Day because you’re probably too busy (1) hugging your sweetheart or (2) wishing you had a sweetheart or (3) marketing to sweethearts. Which is what this store attempts:
I’m awarding a D- grade to the person who typed this sign, especially the last line. (“Your love one”? Really?) I’m also giving a D- to anyone who thinks caviar is a better Valentine’s present than chocolate. Or roses. Or even a trip to a fast-food place without kids, cats, or in-laws in tow. I mean, caviar is fish eggs, right? Don’t expect an “A+” from me for fish eggs! But I’m a grammarian, not a gourmet, so if “your love one” likes fish eggs, go for it. Just don’t call the gift “your caviar.” You’re a sweetheart, not a sturgeon.
Maybe caviar is the perfect gift this Valentine’s Day as it’s also Ash Wednesday, LOL!
An advantage I hadn’t thought of! Good call, Catherine.
I’d also give the person a D-, but for design–the heading should be in san serif type. You, on the other hand, deserve an A+ for the savory language you cook up.
Thanks, Bill. Hope you get chocolate or flowers or whatever you like this Valentine’s Day!
Hey, at least they didn’t say *you’re* caviar, or *you’re* love(d) one. Sighhhh. Small mercies, huh?
Very small mercies, but mercies indeed!