A few malapropisms, eggcorns, and misplaced modifiers from my readings

[cimorene]

• He firmly refused to temp himself with the unattainable.


• tripping over the little table by the door and unleashing a string of epitaphs


• Better to air on the safe side


• a toe headed little boy


• this was really beyond the pail

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

Some of these make hilarious mental pictures.

[cimorene]

Now that you mention it, the first one is the only one I'm not sure how to illustrate... well, epitaphs could be challenging, but I think would be possible: maybe like miniature gravestones would work. But I'm not sure what "to temp oneself" would actually mean (to take a job as a temp worker as yourself???)

[mecurtin]

i kind of want a "this was really beyond the pail" icon

[zana16]

Oh dear, the mental image of that toe headed boy.

[cimorene]

Reminds me of the viral text post from ca. 2012? (post-Avengers) that was something like 'Jeremy Renner looks like a handsome thumb'

[cimorene]

I thought this would make a good candidate for lettering, but I did't hit on a style and layout that complemented it perfectly.

[krait]

A string of epitaphs! I pictured this in cartoon style, and instead of a string of mixed #%$##%^&*# symbols coming from the character there was a little row of mixed tombstones. :D

this was really beyond the pail

I believe the appropriate phrase here is, "I'm too Homestuck for this." :P 'Beyond the Pail' is definitely an Alternian porno title!

[cimorene]

It sounds more like, idk, an academic article ABOUT Alternian erotica or sexual practices. Possibly a newsletter or affinity group name for a (relatively mild) kink.

[krait]

A good point! It's probably an Alternian porn company/channel/magazine. :D