Cannibalism and Accidental Parallel Structure

[jducoeur]

So there's this Hannaford's ad that has been in heavy rotation lately. I've never bothered to actually *look* at it, but it starts out,

"Good news for the people... (beat) (beat) who feed the people... (beat) (beat) who eat... (beat) (beat)"

It then continues with, "and eat", since it's *supposed* to be aimed at mothers with a brood to feed. But my brain absolutely *insists*, every single time, on completing the sentence with "people"...

Comments

[dlevey.livejournal.com]

You needed a [C&C] warning there. That's the sort of thing I see too: unintentional misreadings of ads for fun and, well, fun.

[jducoeur]

"[C&C]"?

[dlevey.livejournal.com]

"Coffee and Cats". Generally, a warning to put away both lest your rather abrupt reaction to the (presumably) humorous contents of the post/link/whatever cause you physical harm or the ruin of your monitor/keyboard.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

heh!

I bet you're not alone!

[therevdrnye.livejournal.com]

But - you can't eat people!

"Eating people is wrong!"
"Don't be ridiculous! If the great Juju hadn't meant for us to eat people, he wouldn't have made them of meat!"

[jducoeur]

Okay -- now I have to find my Flanders and Swann, and get it over onto my iPod...