Pedantic Pete
Where TIMESONLINE page dated January 12, 2008 When 8th March 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments How do they know the recordings can be heard?
Where Sunday Express When 16th March 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments I’d have expected the police to set a good example
Where Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, near Calgary When 6th April 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments The sign does say ‘NO SWIMMING’. Dry humour perhaps?

What
 A school bus with a sign on the back ‘STUDENT DRIVER’. Unfortunately I didn’t have access to my camera.
 Where
On the road between Lethbridge and Calgary
 When
8th April 2008
 Contributor
 Pedantic Pete
 Comments
 I suppose it’s one way of reducing costs
You may also like to visit Pete’s less pedantic brother’s collection
Where The hospital on Guernsey When Contributor Roger Finning Comments No impatient visitors please
Where Stanley Park, Vancouver When 10th April 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments I suppose I’ll have to find somewhere else to park the car then
Where Vancouver airport When 11th April 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments I bet they can pass wind too
Where Evening Standard on thisislondon.co.uk web site When Report (by Ross Lydall, City Hall Editor) dated 26th February 2008 Contributor Dave Ormandy Comments Can you actually hire free bikes, or is that classed as borrowing them?
Where Daily Telegraph - Digital Life When 19th June 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments Doubles?
Where Daily Telegraph - Honest John in the motoring section When 21st June 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments Does the writer really value cheapness above his wife’s safety when choosing a car?
Where Hay Bluff When May 2006 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments A bit unfair, this, as an arrow points to an alternative path, but seemed funny when I first saw it.
Where Near Hadrian’s Wall When May 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments Big gate missing but sign on little gate says ‘Please Shut the Gate’ - but why?
Where Vancouver When August 2008 Contributor Dave Ormandy Comments Argument classes perhaps? ..... Could rock the boat!
Where Morrisons supermarket in Hereford When 16th August 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments I’m sure I’ve seen soap powder for sale there too
Where Deli Lounge, new (good) restaurant in Hereford When 16th August 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments It was, in fact, closed
Where Outside the Stork Inn, Billinge When 31st January 2008 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments Can’t think of anything sensible to say

What
 A sign advertising “Instant Passport Photo’s - processed while you wait”.
 Where
ASDA’s photo shop
 When
August 2008
 Contributor
 Dave Sidebotham
 Comments
 Surely if they are processed while you WAIT - then it's not INSTANT. Or have definitions changed?
Where e-bay - The-BikeRite-Shop When 21st October 2008 Contributor Dave Ormandy Comments ‘Buy 5 Get 5 Free’ offer seems a bit dodgy given that earlier on the page the number in stock was given as 3.

Earthquake special
What
 Locals’ experiences of an earthquake with its epicentre near Bromyard, Herefordshire
 Where
BBC News web site at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7692225.stm
 When
October 2008
 Contributor
 Tony Scott
 Comments
Morfey, Worcestershire: “Yes, I felt it. I was watching TV and I felt on my back a vibration as if my neighbours had slammed a door very hard and shook the house.” Strange, since they are not normally that rough.
(how rough are they normally ?)
Bromyard, Herefordshire: “We heard and felt an underground train, but then the house rocked! It woke the dog”
(are you sure you live in Bromyard, not London?)
 Belmont, Herefordshire: “The whole house shook”
 (how did you find the time to check the whole house?)
Where
The web
When
23rd November 2008
 Contributor
 Tony Scott
Comments
All of these are legitimate companies that didn't spend quite enough time to
consider how their online name might appear!
1. 'Who Represents' is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is: www.whorepresents.com
2. 'Experts Exchange' is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange
advice and views at: www.expertsexchange.com
3. Looking for a great pen? Look no further than 'Pen Island'.It can be found at: www.penisland.net
4. Need a therapist? Try 'Therapist Finder' at: www.therapistfinder.com
5. Then there's the 'Italian Power Generator' company. Check it out at: www.powergenitalia.com
6. 'IP computer' software, there's always: www.ip_anywhere.com
7. And the designers at 'Speed of Art' await you at their wacky Web site:
www.speedofart.com
Where Australia When January 2009 Contributor Rog Finning Comments OK that’s the front end parked - now where do I put the rear end?
Where Among the junk mail that comes with magazines When January 2009 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments Homebase 15% off vouchers - there are two here - 1 with Saga Magazine, 1 with Lifeboat Magazine. Both say they are exclusive discounts.
Where Asda When January 2009 Contributor Rog Finning Comments "Think it contains a bit more than just 'traces'!". (the packaging says ‘THIS PRODUCT MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF NUTS OR SEEDS’)
Where Daily Telegraph When 26th January 2009 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments How can car registration number 1 0 be rarer than any other unique registration number?
Where zoopla.co.uk When 12th April 2009 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments How can username be unique if everyone use peter123? I’ve sent an email to Zoopla to ask them
Where BP garage on Ross on Wye bypass When September 2009 Contributor Tony Scott Comments Not really free cash as they take the money out of one's bank account.

What
 A report by Frank Gardner, BBC security correspondent
 Where
BBC (television) News at Ten
 When
3rd December 2009
 Contributor
 Pedantic Pete
 Comments
 (Talking about the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden):  “...... nobody knows where he is or what he’s doing ...... he’s got a small number of people, very loyal to him, who know where he is .....”.
Where Huby, near York, outside Burns Hall hotel Debbie When 28th March 2010 Contributor Debbie & Chris

What
 A sign on the back door of a Gloucester ambulance:
‘PLEASE KNOCK
 AS TREATMENT
 MAYBE IN PROGRESS’
Where
On Dave’s drive home
 When
15th April 2009
 Contributor
 Dave Sidebotham
 Comments
 Dave thought PP would insist on ‘MAY BE IN PROGRESS’. PP is not sure but does wonder why Dave should be asked to knock while driving
Where email from ‘Vodaphone and Phone Frenzi’ When 25th November 2010 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments Free or from £30?

What
 One of those pretty blonde ‘sports reporters’ they have on news broadcasts
 Where
BBC tv news
 When
11th December 2010
 Contributor
 Pedantic Pete
 Comments
 After warning that Match of the Day would follow the news bulletin she advised viewers who didn’t want to know the results to look away after which she announced the results.

What
A reporter talking about the floods in Brisbane.
 Where
BBC Radio 4
When
11th January 2011
 Contributor
 Dave Sidebotham
 Comments
After describing the carnage everywhere, he went on to describe how big the problem was by telling us that “the area under water is now about 1000 square miles wide”.
What Stella Artois ‘free DVD’offer Where Stella Artois promotional pack When July 2011 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments Refers to an 8 digit code inside the pack - mine was 7HLMWJBQ
What Menu board Where Bullring pub in Kingstone When September 2011 Contributor Tony Scott Comments 1/4 Beefburger for £5.25, that's £21 for a whole burger, quite expensive ....
What Menu board Where Cafe at Croft Castle (NT) in Herefordshire When September 2011 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments Hard to believe the tea room really uses all the fruit and veg grown in the garden ...... could possibly be true I suppose
What Item in the Hereford Times When 1st December 2011 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments Says that when a lorry hit a rail bridge at Ledbury a spokeswoman said that ‘examinations had revealed only structural damage’. That’s a relief then.

 What
One of our illustrious BBC reporters (whilst standing by a flooded road) - “More weather is on the way”
 Where
BBC tv
When
September 2012
 Contributor
 Dave Sidebotham
 Comments
Of course it is - tosser !!
Where Leominster When April 2012 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments If you’re going to make a big sign, check your spelling ....

 What
A picture of some NY houses on fire with the headline “Fire rages through flooded houses”
 Where
FOX News
When
October 2012
 Contributor
 Dave Sidebotham
 Comments
 The Oxford Dictionary defines to flood as “to cover or submerge”. So a flooded house is unlikely to be on fire.
Where In the window of Chapters Charity bookshop in Hereford When 1st November 2012 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments I wonder what they buy ...

What
 An insurance spokesman on the radio talking about flood insurance 'we don't want to leave our customers high and dry' ....
 Where
Sorry, didn’t note which station
 When
26th November 2012
 Contributor
 Pedantic Pete
Where M&S Outlet at Gloucester Quays When 13th February 2013 Contributor Pedantic Pete Comments Really up to half price? So nothing more than half price?

What
 An ‘expert’ on the Jeremy Vine show talking about killings carried out by Oliver Cromwell’s troops in Ireland said that 25 percent of the population was/were decimated.
 Where
BBC Radio 2
 When
 December 2013
 Contributor
 Pedantic Pete
 Comments
 So why not just say 2.5 percent of the population?


 What
 Following the broadcast of the Downton Abbey Christmas special an announcer said that a brand new series will return next year.
 Where
ITV
 When
 December 2013
 Contributor
 Pedantic Pete
New - herd and Miss Hurd