English FAIL Blog

You never know when a purple crayon will come in handy—1001 uses, I guess.

The “them” should also be changed to “it,” unless the tampons are what’s getting stopped up…

should ’stops’ also be changed to ‘blocks’?
as in it blocks them up

“Tampons” is plural, so should it be “they”?

…it could be the action of “putting tampons in the toilet” that’s being referred to as “it”…

It’s actually perfectly valid to include the “because”; ie. “Please do not put tampons in the toilet because they stop them up.”

However, there is also a mistake in referring to multiple tampons, but only using “it” in “it stops them up”.

What’s the fail here?
Is there two?
“Please because”?
Or “it stops them up”?

Or maybe three.
All the tampons are doing is clogging them.
Which is what they’re made for.
Keeping something from flowing.

Why is everyone blaming the tampons!!!………..It’s not their fault.
Leave them alone!!!!!

I especially like the random punctuation of Do Not. Do they mean to emphasize it more, where all caps would have worked better? I guess not much thought went into this at all. Perhaps a lot of thought was put into it, and this was the best that the author could do.

How dare they tell me where to put my tampons!
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Funny shirts that smell like your mom… http://www.FAILshirts.com
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Couldn’t the sentence also be “they stop it up”… because tampons is plural but toilet isn’t.

However, there is also a mistake in referring to multiple tampons, but only using “it” in “it stops them up”.

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‘It’ can be used if it refers to an act of putting tampons in the toilet

But youre supposed to flush tampons, they are made to disolve…lol.

But youre supposed to flush tampons, they are made to disolve…lol.

Above is the next entry for the website.

Please Do Not put tampons in the toilet please, because it stops them up. Thanks Mgrs.
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“Do” and “Not” are not supposed to be capitalized. There is an obvious run-on sentence. Also the word “them” is vague and an incorrect reference. The word “please” is also misplaced.

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Please Do Not put tampons in the toilet; it stops them up. Thanks Mgrs.
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We see the “Do” and “Not” are still capitalized. There is a semi-correct use of the semi-colon, although it could have easily been fixed without using a punctuation mark that is rarely used properly. On top of that, the vague word “them” is still awkward.

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Please do not put tampons in the toilet because it clogs the toilets up. Thanks. Mgrs.
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In this correction, “do not” are not capitalized, there is the word “because” to join the two sentences previously joined by punctuation marks. Also, the word “stops” is replaced with “clogs”. The use of the word “stops” may also work in this case. However, I have replaced it with the more specific term “clogs”. “Them” is replaced with “the toilets” to fix the vague pronoun issue.

And yet in your in depth analysis, you still left a dangling preposition.

Mgrs?

youre annoying

No, because the gerund “putting” (the noun form of “put,” to which the pronoun “it” could refer) does not appear in the sentence. A pronoun should not refer to an implied antecedent, only to an antecedent that actually appears in the sentence.

Example: “Putting tampons in the toilet is a bad idea because it clogs it up.” (Still not a very good sentence.)

Jay,
I believe your second question should read “Are there two” not “Is there two”.

To be fair, I think they’re telling you (badly) where NOT to put your tampons. There are at least 1000 other places, including your coffee.
btw, what does YOUR mother smell like…?!!!

“you’re annoying” I think you mean

Must be a dialectical thing.

In the Southern U.S. (and, I’d assume, some other regions) toilets do get “stopped up.” If someone said the toilet was “blocked up,” we’d know what they meant, but we’d find it odd.

you could all do with a tampon you all talk like a load of c–ts

@OBSERVER
jerk

The “it” refers to the action of “putting tampons in the toilet,” so it is not wrong. I think “them” is what was meant also, and that it was supposed to be “toilets.”

all 26 commentators thus far seem to have missed the point:

Tampons are disposed of singly, not in multiple quantities.

The sign should read “please do not put your tampon in the toilet because it might cause a blockage.
Thank you,
The managers”

well…tampons arent they supposed to plugged shit up?

@OBSERVER hey can i borrow one of yours?

@OBSERVER …oh CATS…i like cats…

I thought OBSERVER’s joke was quite good…

It should be, “Please do not put your tampon in the toilet after use; The tampon may cause the toilet to get plugged up.

Thank you, Mgrs

“Please do not put your tampon in the toilet after use; The tampon may cause the toilet to get plugged up.”

Thank you, Mgrs