33 Comments - efudd - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 9:42 am: Another eerie reminder that proof reading is going the way of the shoe cobbler. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 9:44 am: “Oh dear” - thunderspirit - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 9:44 am: This is one tradition I’d very much like to break. That said, I, for one, welcome our offical overlords. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 9:45 am: I guess DoIT forgot to upgrade Spell Check? - Skeptic - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 9:53 am: “I guess DoIT forgot to upgrade Spell Check?” They had trouble scheduling a meeting for the Steering Committee. - Bruce (no not him) - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 9:57 am: It has now become a tradition. Just hide a few, here and there, and make it a contest to find them all. - JS Mill - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 9:57 am: Isn’t “Business” misspelled? Shouldn’t it be “Bidness”? - Hynes Guy - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 10:09 am: Better than O’Fecal… - Keyrock - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 10:11 am: Do they get partial credit for correctly spelling “Illinois,” “state,” and “fair?” - SpfdNewb - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 10:19 am: -It has now become a tradition. Just hide a few, here and there, and make it a contest to find them all.- A state fair version of find Abe in Springfield, I’m surprisingly OK with this. - Jerry seinfeld - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 10:33 am: Pritzker’s crack team at work - Rich Miller - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 10:35 am: ===Pritzker’s crack team=== BPIA™ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 10:42 am: “But do you like the colors?” “The seal is like a watermark. That’s fancy” “After 9 emails and a PowerPoint, I think we nailed the font” “I think we forgot the 3rd ‘s’ in business” “We added a blue ribbon, a piece of flair at the fair, if you will” #OhDear #YouHadOneJob - Ok - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 10:47 am: I believe the Offical is actually the state bird of New Mexico - Lost In Chicago - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 10:48 am: Is it pronounced “Off-fecal?” Cause with all of horse, cows, pigs, etc at the fair, it might be fitting. - SAP - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 10:56 am: Speling is hard. - Northsider - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 11:35 am: That’s offal… - Spelling - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 11:39 am: You have to expect this with Team Organzing - Blue Dog Dem - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 11:45 am: Any reports on attendance? - Rich Miller - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 11:46 am: ===Any reports on attendance? === Purely anecdotal, but the place was packed Saturday. Perfect weather. - King Louis XVI - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 12:42 pm: No one on JB’s high-paid communications staff can spell? - Sayitaintso - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 12:43 pm: It is a capital offcene for so many of these jerks to still get paid and have a plegoria of mis-writing. They should be burned at the steak. - What's in a name? - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 1:07 pm: Could we bring back the dunce cap and have the employee responsible stand next to his or her work for the duration of the event. Do that once and I suspect the spelling will improve. Oh, and we do need to spend more on education … - DarkDante - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 1:51 pm: ==BPIA™== Is this abreviation “Best Pritzker in America?” /snark - Rich Miller - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 1:52 pm: ===Is this abreviation=== Best Paid In America. Wordslinger invention. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 1:53 pm: Best… Paid… In… America. (tm) A - Wordslinger - special. - JoanP - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 2:39 pm: =They misused the word “marquis” for the second year in a row…= Probably a cut-and-paste job. All the more reason to double-check. =It is a capital offcene for so many of these jerks to still get paid and have a plegoria of mis-writing. They should be burned at the steak. = I believe you mean *capitol* offcene. Pun most definitely intended. But I am really in no position to grouse. I found myself splitting an infinitive earlier today. - Earnest - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 2:43 pm: As RuPaul says, Reading is fundamental. - revvedup - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 3:08 pm: Oh, D’oh. Here we D’oh again. Maybe Illinois is just plain jinxed. I mean, C’mon now. Can you imagine the carnage of a Statewide spelling contest for adults? “Bring me your pour, you’re tired…” - State of DenIL - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 3:25 pm: Sounds like a good fair. Nice job by the organizers to nail it on the obligatory gaffes and blunders. - Demoralized - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 3:56 pm: All of the golf cart placards are being confiscated and will not be replaced. - LINK - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 4:38 pm: Sounds like they need to update their spell-check software. Que the professionals at DoIT… - Dotnonymous - Monday, Aug 12, 19 @ 4:52 pm: How will Brad Cole know if they are offical or official? Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.