Mask We Have Fail (Updated)

Posted May 11, 2009, 11:44 p.m.

As submitted to the English Fail Blog (I’ll link to it if they choose to publish it), this sign I saw in my local CVS drug store really made me scratch my head.

“MASK WE HAVE!” it says. “HAVE MASK .99 FOR ONE[,] 25.00 FOR A CASE.”

What mask[s]? And what language was this written in?

I am tempted to ask for a case of the mask they have [?], but on the other hand I’m a little afraid to find out what they’re talking about. Are these anti-swine-flu masks, or used Hillary Clinton Halloween masks, or Israeli gas masks? I’m so confused!

Updated 5/12/2009: This photo has been featured in the English Fail Blog here.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.

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