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A for effort to hide it though!
Creativity WIN, morale Fail
Also, font selection fail.
That’s why it doesn’t get an A+ for effort
And then how would you rate them if they wrote “Free Cunt Breakfast”?
Epic win + little bit of fail?
FAIL FAIL FAIL
5 star FAIL
This is most definitely a win i believe
idea: win
implementation: fail
testicle size: win
I’d buy that T-shirt.
You can get a free T-shirt for only 500 yens
I don’t like open source T-shirts. Too breezy.
I don’t like breezy T-shirts. Too open source.
I’mma chicken.
So if I put on a Link outfit and repeated bash you over the head with a sword will hundreds of your brethren come to avenge you?
I see why they got the rating. they sold “ards” there. and nobody likes ards…
I live in Louisville, and lol because I saw it. Good work!
cards suck
nerd fail.
loufail –
“You can get a free T-shirt for only 500 yens”
how is it free if it’s 500 yens ?
FAIL
Comment WIN for awesome old videogame reference.
Language fail. The plural of “yen” is “yen”.
Fail and win?
500 me?
im pretty sure yen is plural and singular
That logic ain’t so soupy.
Camouflage WIN
it dosen’t get much better than a free cunt breakfast. HA!
*snickers*
Agreed, this is clearly win.
Very WIN, I would have matched the typeface though.
nobody caught this spelling fail?
ethical fail for restaurant
spelling/vocab fail for loufail
spell check elitism fail for everyone else
Spelling fail.
“Moral”
I do believe what we mean here is morality.
Correction FAIL.
Yes and no. Morale is a word, but is used incorrectly.
definition fail.
“morale” meaning “the state of the spirits of a person or group as exhibited by confidence, cheerfulness, discipline, and willingness to perform assigned tasks.”
understanding of morale fail.
Spelling Fail!!!!!
Dude, it’s MORAL not MORALE…
You mean Moral Fail.
Possible spelling fail: Did you mean “morals” fail?
Moral, not Morale. Knowledge of meaning Fail.
i would call that a win.
What’s really sad is that this is in my town…=___=;;; Then again our university is crap so I’m not surprised some over excited person decided to tack on their “c” rating to make it spell out the name of our school mascot/team. Way to go Louisville… *buries face in hands*
Hey they wanted to save on paper. Damned environmentalists
No, _C_ for effort because they didn’t even try to match the font!
man, so many things on this site say fail, while ther actually pretty much wins imho… like thisone, or that pic of that mercedes logo made of aluminum wire stuck onto that lada. if u guys dont know what im talking about, search it, its worth it.
If they woulda put as much effort into cleaning the place as they do luring unwitting customers in . . .
I would have been more impressed if they’d managed to mimic the font.
It doesn’t look that hard. They’re just idiots. It looks like Arial Bold or something, but they used Times New Roman?
That’s what I think.
And to also put the “C” in the middle of a word, not at the beginning. Slightly less noticeable too.
A for ingenuity
A for apple…
I for ingenuity ..
ErickB for win….. ir is that E
now im C- confused :S
And A.I. for Artificial Intelligence
C for creativity
… and for craptacular
C is for Sneaky like a Louisville restaurant.
err sneaky restaurant win.
…if it wasn’t for Fail Blog.
And those darned meddling kids!
Why is lunchbox sitting on the ground dressed as a monster with the head part on the ground beside him? He looks rather disgruntled.
Finally, intelligent life has arrived!!! Good morning to you!
*hugs Loz*
But srsly, what’s with the costume? And why is it so foggy here?
More importantly, why am I wearing a turtleneck and glasses?
Lmao! I figured you as Daphne, not Velma!!!
I guess that makes me Fred (to keep in line with the common misconception that I am of Aryan decent – blonde hair, blue eyes)
Hmmm… Actually, I pictured you more like Scrappy Doo, but if you want to be Fred, go for it. Let us know how the gender reassignment surgery goes, won’t you?
I’m pretty sure Fred was male.
Okay, so why am I wearing a neckscarf? I look like a regular hussy!
Jinkies!
As opposed to an extraordinary hussy? How do you tell the difference? You’re extraordinary in MY book!
Zoiks! I don’t know how you tell the difference, I think an extraordinary hussy says ‘thank you’ afterwards.
Yikes! Well, either way, I’ll always say ‘you’re welcome’. Would you care for some scooby snacks?
Duuude!
Ruh-Roh, Raggy, ron’t rook rehind roo!
Oh man, I can’t bear to look! Quick, Scoob, let’s make like a tree and get going!
Wait a asec! Avis wears glasses! Avis we need a Velma?
Dragon can be the creepy old woman who owns the big house in the midst of the foggy wilderness. With all the cats and the strange banging noises.
*was wondering when that would be noticed*
I’m here.
Oh man, I can’t bear to look! Quick, Scoob, let’s make like a tree and get going!
*apparently failblog doesn’t like it when I change my name, let’s try this again*
Like, wow man, I’m not gonna tell her(Dragon) that!
I wouldn’t recommend it. Her roasting skills are legendary.
*hides*
As Loz is about to find out…
*scoothches the hell away from Loz, and fast*
*scootches*
Scootches* that is
DAMMIT! What is with that phenomenon?! It’s like people are summoned by some invisible force as soon as their name is mentioned on failblog.
LOL! I was thinking the same thing
but it was something about the devil appearing when you say his/her name 
Which is exactly why I won’t mention certain names anymore! I don’t want to deal with them.
Who’s gonna be Don Knotts?
*asked from a safe distance*
Huh?
Who woke me up?
Oh…. *rubs eyes* Hi Loz!
Sorry I was too late nest right under the comment that “called” me, but I hadta pee first
I can be Don Knotts… *gets all shaky, wide eyed and scared looking*
*rakes the thread with a piercing gaze, smoke curling gently–yet somehow still seductively–all around her*
I got yanked out of a sound sleep and forced to come downstairs and post something here because some whippersnapper invoked my name on Failblog.
*phlumps down on the couch*
So you could at least bring me some coffee. :p
*brings coffee dutifully*
sugar?
*produces a round of toast on a rack, also*
No sugar, please.
*FOOOOOM!!!*s the toast to make it hot*
Oh. Pardon me.
*pats out the lingering flame dancing on Loz’s head as smoke curls up from her (literally) ashen face*
Well in that case you can’t forget the jam. Oh and the Scooby snacks!
*is still waiting for Avis to show up in her Velma costume*
I propose a round of toasts to all!
*raises glass*
Life, Liberty, and a robust sex drive!!
Here here!!!
*clink ‘n’ drink*
*wipes the ash from her face*
Where where?
Damn I could do with some robust sex right now…
Ashface.
…*snortgiggle*…
I didn’t think you were the racist type.
Thorry, you mutht have not notithed my lithp.
*chuckle*
*raises his glass in a belated toast*
Here’s to us! Who’s like us?
Damn few, and they’re all dead!
If Loz is Daphne, I’m Fred.
.
Come on, you KNOW Fred & Daphne were doin’ it!
Loz
So I promise to SEKS you up real good tomorrow at the time of your pleasing.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Damn I could do with some robust sex right now…
__________
I had an early shift at work today.
But I have the day off tomorrow.
and I’ll masturbate.
what a bunch of nerds
Wow.. This was funny at first.
Now.. It’s just sad.
Sneaky restaurant WIN, I’d say. Sharpe-eyed photographer WIN, as well.
You can see people sitting down inside, past the windows. I call Sneaky Restaurant win!
They are not people. They are evolved cockroaches. They learned how to dress and look like humans and lure them into the sneaky restaurant.
LOOOOL
So they can eat the unsuspecting people?
Eat the lucky ones. Mate the unlucky ones.
Date the reeeeeaaly unlucky ones.
I see what you did there…
I accidentally the sanitation rating
Accidenty! You accidenty the sanitation rating!
Oh noes! What should you do?
Accidenty the spelling?
Ummm?
Snack?
Use an action verb.
Ability to reason that this is a reference to a previous fail post- FAIL
Ability to reason that I was continuing the reference – FAIL.
Maybe you should try using an action verb?
Maybe you should review the rest of the fails before commenting on an obvious reference to a previous fail.
Maybe you should try looking at all the fails on this site before you make a judgment on someone obviously making a reference to a previous fail post.
Well lookie there.. both mah posts just suddenly showed up.
more a win than a fail for creativity
Actually is a WIN!
Since when? I thought Actually was a word.
oh snap!
fail…go cats! where is this so i can not eat there….for a couple of reasons.
Yes! Go Wildcats!
Gotta say though, very creative. Making the best out of something bad.
So what’s the rating system?
I mean is C good, bad, average… ?
Most of us aren’t from America, you know.
Sorry, we sometimes forget that Europeans schools use “E for Effort!” grading.
A: Another fine dining establishment
B: Best keep walking, the roaches may fight you for your dinner
C: Can’t find many cats/dogs/squirrels left in the neighborhood…
D: Do you really hate your own body so much to eat here?
F: Fail, Fail, Fail and more Fail. Eat here and die painfully
i like that. nice grading scale. now failbloggers need to come up with one for school
A: Ass stuffed into a locker on daily basis for knowing to much unless it is in Physical Education
B: Butt kicking optional depending on the mood of popular clique
C: Cool grade to prove you can do just enough to graduate. On a side not our Current sitting US President’s GPA in school
D: Dumb ass average Americans
F: Fail, but win because you are popular and people will adore you.
Any Questions?
Well done, minus the obligatory spelling errors. The red pen society will flame you later… However:
D: Ditched four out of five classes, but still passed the final exam.
rant
(Not just Americans are average or dumb, and the average score is 70%- or C)
/semantic rant
My spelling is not what is lacking in that post, but my punctuation most certainly is. On re-reading the post I see I also did make a few capitalization errors but it is still morning where I am and the coffee has yet to kick in. I am not overly anal-retentive to use hyphenation, semi-colons, and or other conventional rules for the fail blog. I will save myself the time and effort because I will undoubtedly make a mistake and be flamed and/or corrected for my inability to grasp the English language. You have my most sincerest thanks for correcting my errors and transgressions Sir Lunch!
You can add incorrect tense usage as well. Dang it.
LOL!! Actually, I was intending to comment that I liked your grading scale, primarily. The spelling errors and grammatical correctness, I too am remiss on many times. I type too fast for my own brain, it seems.
The rant was directed at the anti-intelligent American attitude so often displayed here. Many of us (no, not nearly all, or even most) Americans do actually have a brain, and put it to use regularly.
Besides, half the fun on this blog is reading all of the flames and corrections about grammar, spelling, tense, verbage, etc…
…and the other half is mocking Americans
*sigh*
Oh don’t take me seriously :p
Of course! We fall for it every time, because we’re not smart enough to get that we’re being baited!!! lol!
And the OTHER half is………
*grin*
Hahaha. I love you guys.
Wait, whats the other half Avis? Don’t leave me hanging!
*serious look*
*leaves Eric B. hanging*
*innocent look*
*hands Avis a ‘k’.*
I know what the other half is.
*grins at Avis*
*bats eyelashes*
*attempts to look nonchalant*
*wonders if she has been practicing that look in front of the mirror*
Why? Do you think I do it well?
I am not sure how to grade you on that attempt
*finishes sorting through all the grading scales on here*
*keels over from brainfreeze from TMI*
Mr. Morons: I’ll take “The Other Half” for $1000 Alex….
Alex: And the answer is: “And the OTHER half is………”
Mr. Morons: {BUZZ} What is sexual innuendo?
Alex: That is not correct…. anyone?
BFF/Cellmate: {BUZZ} *masturbates*
Alex: Correct! *masterbates*
test
actually C means Condemned
Actually A:is fine dining establishment
B: not up to par and violate minor health codes
C: Is they violate major health codes
this is the louisville system , i Know because i live here
C means foeigners welcomed!
‘foreigners’ – damn!
A = top grade
B = not bad
C = mediocre
D = practically failure
F = fail
For some reason we skipped ‘E’. and I just made up the translations for each of those letters.. with the exception of ‘F’, but yeah that’s them in order from best to worst.
Here in Australia they’ve introduced the alphabet grading into high schools recently and we go from A-E. I guess they want to avoid giving out Fs so that the failures still have that little bit of optimism when they compare themselves to people they see failing on American sitcoms. I think they describe an E grade as “limited achievement”, so no matter what you technically have made some form of “achievement” during school according to the reports. Wouldn’t want to let those kids know they’re doing badly huh?
It’s nice (no, not really) to know the rest of the world is following along with the ‘pansification’ of today’s youth. Don’t tell someone they failed, that might hurt their feelings. Don’t tell them they are substandard, and must try harder- instead, just pacify them, make them feel they are doing just fine and don’t need to improve themselves. No one fails, everyone is equal, right? Who excells, then? How do we encourage the Nobel Prize scientists of tomorrow, the innovators of the future, the leaders of the next century, when no one is told they weren’t good enough, therefore destroying the innate drive to better one’s self??? F*ck political correctness, F*ck feeling good about yourself all the time. Einstein was a mediocre student, but the teachers told him that! What would have happened if he didn’t try harder?
/rant
I guess I’ll hold off on my petition to rename this site “TRY HARDER Blog”.
ROFL Hee! and *Bravo!* Lunchbox! Very well said.
ErickB approves of the above statement! Well said indeed, Lunchbox, well said indeed!
*bows*
*steps down from soapbox*
Nope, that’s me.
*will never understand why we started giving out awards for just showing up*
This is an argument I used to have with a co-worker on a regular basis. She wasn’t stupid, she tried hard in school. She just never did that well. She thought her efforts should have garnered her an A or two. It pissed her off when she found out that I got C’s and B’s (as end of term grades) without doing homework. I tried to explain that I just tested well. It didn’t make her feel better.
AMEN! My son plays in his school’s marching band. They compete every weekend against other schools in the region, and when they don’t place 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 3rd, they get a trophy for ‘participation’… He’s 13, and he totally gets that the trophy is bullsh*t. He sees it as demeaning. It’s not bad for the kids to feel like they didn’t try hard enough, or that someone out there is better, it fuels the competitive drive and spurs creativity.
Oh, and Good Morning, Avis and Fluffy!! (or as Loz pointed out earlier, good afternoon..) *hugs and happiness all around*
Good Morning!
I thought the idea of competition was to…. um…… compete. To attempt to do better than the other guy/team. To try your best. Giving awards and trophies for just being there is stupid.
*remembers when an honorable mention was something that not EVERYBODY got*
There was a story in the news a little while ago, about a 9 year old boy who was kicked out of little league, because he was too GOOD. The other players could never beat him, so to make it fair for everyone, he was kicked out.
oh, and good morning!
Yup, it’s true. Happened in New York, near where I work. We watched this news story in amazement and disgust. The kid was a fantastic pitcher, and none of the other kids could hit off him, so the league decided not to let him play. Sad, sad, sad.
Good evening
*it really is here :>*
If I remember right, they asked him to step up to a different league, but he wanted to stay where he had no competition so he could be the best in his league. Also note that he wasn’t playing in a competitive league – if he was so hot and heavy for competition, he should have been.
My sons play soccer in a recreational league. There is a related competitive league for those that want to step up. In their current league, the coaches are often the ref’s. All the teams work hard, but they try to avoid shut-outs. They do this by mixing up the players when a team is way ahead – moving kids into positions their not used to playing to help round them out. It works well, and the winning team still always wins. Apparently, the kid in New York didn’t want to play any other position, and his mom CALLED THE COPS when the other team didn’t want to play.
The headlines were wrong. The kid wasn’t punished for being “too good” – he was punished for not stepping up.
That’s odd. In the UK if you fail an exam you get a U. Ungraded. And you feel like sh1t (I assume).
I think we decided that our students were so bad here that we had to give them something so they wouldn’t feel bad about themselves. What the powers-that-be seem to have forgotten is that kids are a lot smarter than they are given credit for. They know when they are being patronized. And it pisses them off.
My students tend to think that that only way not to get an A in my class is to actually f*ck something up. Ummm…no. They get a serious wake-up call when they realize that a C is “adequate” with no major deficiencies. To get an A, you need to really knock my socks off–it has to be truly excellent.
Hmmmm… maybe I’m only thinking of the smart kids. Are your students taking the class because they thought it would be an easy “A”? Because if they are, boy, are they in for a surprise.
No, my kids are smart…no doubt about it. But they are freshman, and they honestly have no idea how hard they will have to work to get an A. Once they figure it out, most of them do quite well, but some either just don’t have the wherewithal, or they just don’t care enough to put in the effort.
*is convinced that high school in no way readies kids for college*
Depends on how much partying you do
*is convinced that college in no way readies kids for real life*
*agrees whole-heartedly with EricKB*
*agrees wholeheartedly too*
I was shocked when I got to uni and went from being an above-average high-school student to a mediocre university student. I still haven’t worked out how to do really well and this is my last year.
Or maybe I just can’t.
Don’t worry, once you leave and start your “real life”, you will look back on even mediocre college life as a wonderland.
I saw a good article recently that discussed this.
It mentioned a study which found that nonspecific praise, i.e. not for an identifiable/believable achievement, effort, etc actually LOWERS kids’ self-esteem sharply.
Which makes sense if you think about it – they’re smarter than we give them credit for, and can instinctually tell the difference between admiration and flattery. MAybe better than adults can, I’d say.
*tacks on this link*
http://www.6lyrics.com/music/avenue_q/lyrics/i_wish_i_could_go_back_to_college.aspx
Well, for starters you could try spending less time on failblog.
But this would be a big loss to everyone of us. So at the end, I think being an average student is just fine.
Try taking IB. That was HARDER than college. Seriously. I got more A’s in a semester at college than I did in a year in the IB program.
…Oh crap, I used the word ‘harder’.
That’s interesting, Arimareiji. I think we all know when a compliment is not sincere, and we don’t count those as compliments, but rather as feeble efforts to appease us.
I attended a teachers workshop that had as its premise that one shouldn’t pass any judgement, verbal or otherwise, on a students work or anything for that matter. I asked how a student is to know if they are correct and only got a dirty look. This happened around 1980.
*MASSIVE eyeroll*
Um… son? Marching band? Oh dear.
So what talent do YOU have?
My writing. Et tu?
How rude, you should be more polite and use ‘vous’.
Alas, dear Arrian, you assume the worst. He’s a VERY talented trumpet player, surrounded by girls, who all ‘like’ him. He’s pretty damn smart, if you ask me! It’s enough to make a father proud! On the other hand, though, I am VERY concerned about all those girls- why aren’t their parents keeping a leash on them!?!! He He He….
Nice, I never thought playing the trumpet would have that kind of draw on the ladies, but good for him.
I find the saxophone to be the sexiest of the brass instruments.
That or the french horn… (lol).
Trumpet players know how to make the best use of their lips.
Yes, but professional trumpeters are always looking out for their lips, because trumpet playing is very hard on them. Which means all the fun is generally reserved for the trumpet. Saxophone, on the other hand…
*is dating a saxophonist*
*is very happy*
Well, MY guy plays bass guitar.
FINGERINGS = WIN!
AHAHAHAHAAAA
ahem…
Urban legend. Einstein was pretty much an excellent student methinks.
Every account of Einstein’s life tells that he was a mediocre student. Many geniuses are. We try to fit them into the box we call school, and they just don’t think. That’s what makes a genius – being able to think differently.
Then my brother’s going to rule the world.
But then again, there are plenty of non-geniuses (I’m using a polite term here) who are also mediocre students…
Everyone go rent the movie “Idiocracy”
that movie is funny, yet the point it’s trying to prove is absolutely
horrifying.
Actually Einstein was a prodigy. Thats WHY people know him as Albert-friggen-Einstein. He didn’t give a crap about school only because he said it was holding him back. He even got his parents to buy him advanced text books on everything! He probably was doing a master of calculus before he was 12.
If you, or anyone you know feels inspired by him, and believe “If Einstein can do it, I can too!”. Please, immediately remember this: You can’t. If you haven’t done it yet, you will never have a future to do it. Somebody has to say it.
finally a serious answer.
in my country the school grading system is from 2 (worst score) to 6 (best score) while restaurants are graded with stars, like the hotels. 1 star means basically passed the hygiene inspection and is either a bummer or doesn’t want to pay the more expensive license for two-star joints.
Are you Swiss? ;o)
I don’t think so.. our grading system goes down to 1…
Is there a reason they skip the 1, or is it also to make the student’s feel better?
Most countries that use roman characters still have the same alphabetic order, though. You’d just assume that the closer to A you get, the better. Although something you wouldn’t necessarily know is that the lowest grade you can get is an F, with E almost never being used for no reason. A is best, then B, C, D and F for a failing grade. Each grade can have a + (plus) for a slightly higher grade) or a – (minus) for a slightly lower grade. A humorous twist would be to give something or someone a G or Z letter grade (G- or Z- being even worse) since they are nonexistent grades lower than F, and therefore indicating a lower than terrible grade. In the case of this restaurant, however, getting a grade of C is bad enough. If I knew the place where I was eating received a sanitation rating lower than A, I wouldn’t eat there. There is no reason for any restaurant (chain or privately owned and operated) nowadays to get a grade lower than A. Of course, I don’t exactly know what it takes to get a sanitation grade of A, but I would assume that not getting one means that you have maggots in your food and sewage in your drinks. Assuming so explains my reasoning for not wanting to eat anywhere that didn’t get the highest grade possible (A).
^ C- ^
Sometimes sanitation and health violations are for stupid little things, though. Trash can without a lid, delivery of refrigerated food just arrived and the employees didn’t have time to put expiration dates on it and put it away, handwashing station just ran out of soap.
I wouldn’t worry too much about a B grade.
A-100-90 very good
B-89-80 okay
C-79-70 gross but no ones going to die
D-69-60 condemed
F-59-0 condemed
you can get a C but your resturant will be re evaluated in a couple weeks from then and if it doesnt pass again it’ll be shut down. the sanitation score has to be a B or above without consequence from the state but i know people who will not eay as a resturant that has less than an A and in my state (NC) they write the sanitation score on the grade and some people will not eat at a place with less than a 95. I’ve worked in resturants for years and to get less than a B you almost have to TRY to be nasty. if i knew a place had a C you couldnt PAY me to eat there
In other areas, that may not apply. I am a health inspector in Texas, though I work for the county health department. It isn’t very hard to give a B or a C, if you are actually looking for violations! Most states and local health departments use practically the same rules to inspect establishments. Of course, many states are understaffed and have quotas to meet, so they may not be able to spend the time that we do in my area on their inspections. AND, we can shut you down (depending on the violation) even if you rate an “A”….
In other words… your sanitation score depends heavily on the staffing and adequacy of your health department, which depends on your (and the general public’s) tax dollars!
Wow. The explanation of grading systems has just become epically huge. I hope that eventually someone thinks to notice that there are 5 other explanations before posting one.
Nope, we’d all rather go of on our own personal tangents, ranting and raving away. It is, after all, Monday. Screw reading everything someone else has written, explaining exactly the same thing, that takes too much effort!!!
(yes, I know I’m guilty too)
Yeah. Amen to that.
Bloody Monday. And fall, and exams. I am turning into a bear; I want to eat and sleep, and I get irritable whenever someone wants me to do anything else.
Well, almost anything. ;P
I hear ya sista. I’m trying to write an essay but I just can’t find the motivation. I’d rather eat/sleep/watch TV. I wonder what it’s like to be one of those people who can just get on with it and do the work. It would be so much easier and less stressful.
I concur. I too am avoiding homework and term papers. That just requires way too much concentration right now, and I am far too busy here to devote my time to less important things like school.
How ironic. I’m avoiding GRADING papers as we speak.
Oh dear. I am avoiding studying for mid-term exams… Blaaaaargh…
Mid-term exams? What nonsense is this?!
My University (I won’t post the name in case I have any stalkers, which given my recent lewd online behavio(u)r would not surprise me) works in semesters. So you take x number of courses from September to December, with a little exam in the middle and a big exam at the end and various assignments (or not) in between. Then you have a break for assorted commercialized holidays, and then you come back in January and take x amount of other courses from then until the end of April, again with a little exam in the middle (the mid-term) and a big one at the end (the final).
Ours is essentially the same, minus the exams in the middle of each semester. That’s just cruel. The ones at the end are bad enough!
♫ Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think … ♪♪
on a totally unrelated note…
How do you guys get the musical notes? I can’t figure that out.
We have html powers beyond your wildest dreams!!
BWUAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!
♥
Hahaha. Bless his cotton-pickin’ socks.
☻
♂
Ω
*Pokes bear*
GrrrrOHÂOrrrrrr *swipe*
‘Sore Thumbs’ reference?
Not on my behalf, no…
*thinks about eating intruders, decides they are too skinny, retreats back into lair for continuation of nap*
lol..me skinny XD
thanks
Ah, bearbaiting. A sport popular in Shakespeare’s time…could 2008 be the year it finally makes a comeback?
Thats what I am noticing. Whats funny is the explainations are so different that the poor people who asked the question still dont know what the hell it means.
Question?
I want to know what place that is! I live in Louisville and want to make sure NEVER to eat there. EVER.
I agree – I live here too
Exactly, I don’t know of any “Curry House” around here.
That 90-100 is bull. When I was in school it was
93-100=A
85-92=B
78-84=C
70-77=D
Below 70%=F, Now 70% is a C. Talk about lowering expectations.
Here are the guidelines for Restaurant Inspection Scores in Louisville, KY, where this rating was given:
http://www.louisvilleky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6307C552-DD48-4001-9DEB-6FF9045F1690/0/ABCPlacards.pdf
A= 93-100% (No critical violations)
B= 85-92% (Also includes scores 85% or above with corrected critical violations)
C= 84% or below (To include ALL scores with uncorrected critical violations)
C is the worst score a restaurant can get. I do NOT eat at places with C and am wary of those with B ratings.
Thank you, perfect explanation. ^_^
Yes. However, you can get knocked down for really silly things like having your rice labeled in Chinese but not in English. It’s really not a very good system.
True, C is the worst, but what would your kitchen rate? If a restaurant consistently rates at a B or C level, then yes, I would consider not going, but it is very easy for a restaurant to get a B or C for violations that are easily correctable
Others have done a good job at explaining the standard grades, but as for why “E” isn’t used, my understanding is that “E” was formerly used more widely and stood for “effort”. An E was given to a student who tried but didn’t perform well enough to earn even a D, while the F was reserved for students who totally blew off the class, exam, etc. Although honestly, under that system, I’d be more embarrassed to get an E than an F, I think. I think that’s also the source of the classic “F for EFFort” joke.
And yes, I noticed the extra s about 5 nanoseconds after I hit submit. Thank you in advance for noticing.
Nesting fail.
C is bad…very bad. C means if they don’t fix everything in a certain amount of time, they will be closed down. I have never actually seen a a C rating before in all my years.
WIN
How amusing.
+10 for effort.
But minus several million for good thinking.
Thats pretty genius, seeing as you have to display your rating in some states… I think it’s a sneaky restaraunt win.
They could’ve matched the font at least though lol – typography fail. Sneaky restaurant win.
You are very kind. You won a free meal in the Sneaky Restaurant. Enjoy!
But watch out for all them roaches.
“Go Cards” – Must be a St. Louis restaurant, I wonder if it’s one near me.
You have failed. Try actually looking at the picture in the post, next time. That usually helps.
If you’re near the Central West End, I’m sure there are a few places with the same rating. Or maybe the South Grand area.
Is that near the Southern South Suburbs?
No, those are areas in St. Louis. I grew up there. Just tying to figure out what area HE lives in.
(yes, I got the past fail reference)
It’s actually the Cardinals of the University of Louisville. The ones whose mascot is an angry cardinal that for some reason has teeth under its beak.
Bird dentures. He uses Polly-grip.
*raaak* Want a a cracker?
The University of Louisville’s mascot is the Cardinals.
or it’s my boyfriend’s town since they are the Louisville Cardinals….i hope i didn’t eat there if it is…0_o
Doubly sneaky – they’ve got it covered even if their rating slips to the murky depths of D.
Although, to do it properly they might want to investigate sans serif fonts.
i want to know what restaurant that is…this is my town.
The restaurant appears to be DeVino’s Deli on E. Main Street. I recognized the buildings across the street from the reflection in the window. It looks like they got their “C” rating on 9/10/08, but improved to an “A” rating on 9/16/08.
Mystery solved! But to be honest, it looks like someone else figured it out before I did. I thought y’all here would like to know.
I think if you get a D or F they close your restaurant, so you probably wouldn’t see that grade on any restaurant. The C grade is pretty much a fail! I have a friend in the restaurant business here in Kentucky and he said you have to have some pretty bad conditions to get lower than an A so a C is really bad and near closing for health purposes.
i live in louisville and i want to know what restaurant did that. that is pretty clever, although that doesn’t mean i’ll eat there haha.
I also live in Louisville, and I’m a “Card’ for that matter. I’d also like to know where this is at; hiding their poor grade behind the pretense of supporting our university doesn’t help us any and potentially makes us look bad. I’m pretty sure all of the restaurants on and near campus are A’s.
That’s the best fail i’ve seen in a while. It’s not an epic fail or anything, but what a trashy restaurant. The words say GO CARDS, right? that’s louisville cardinals or what? and do they change it every week? lol
yeah its go cards for the louisville cardinals.
Yikes, I live in Louisville and have only eaten at a C restaurant once before, definitely not a recommended experience. WIN marketing though.
I really want to know where this restaurant is at I live in Louisville and I want to avoid it at all costs. OMFGWTFBBQ. But seeing the bright side WIN!!
XD Awesome, another person from there. Yay.
Yeah we have to figure out where this is taken… I just have to see this in person.
does anyone know what restaurant this is? I am familiar with Louisville restaurants. I don’t recognize it but not a lot to go on
go cards
I’m not sure, but my friend told me about this a few weeks ago, so I can try to find out which it is and repost
I am pretty sure it is Prime on Main St. I mean it’s just a club, but they get inspected too. I don’t even know if they serve food.
sorry, it is from Devino’s Deli which is downtown. The health dept. made them take it down I heard.
Maybe if they improve a little it can become GO BIRDS or something like that. What a genius move, though completely despicable. EVIL WIN.
By the way, tourists in America, never eat at a place with less than an A rating. As a former foodservice employee in multiple restaurants, I promise that an A is not too hard to get. B is deplorable, C is life-threatening.
LOLOLOL
OMG I LAUGHED FOR LIKE AN HOUR.
WTFFFFFFF
Huh… how did that happen? Who would actually print such a sign that says “Welcomes Sexual Harassment”?
How did it get to the failpoint(tm)?
The Sexual Harassment fail is down the hall and to the left.
LOL
Another fabulous screw up for you there qwerty. Congrats!
Is this going to be Your trademark from now on?
Posting Comments Under the Wrong Fail?
Oh I’m so honored! *blushes*
I thought I cleared it up the last time. I’m (almost) conscientiously failing to post on the right entry as a homage to the old site design which has the comments button on the top instead of the bottom, which ended up with lots of comments on the wrong post.
But yeah, I’m trademarking it.
Trademarking?? So everyone who will be posting in the wrong place will be paying you?
“III – C placard – Red (Poor) Indicates that a food service facility has failed to meet
minimum requirements of The Kentucky State Food Code. This will include a score with
any critical violation that is not immediately correctable. The C placard may be posted
for up to ten (10) days. A follow-up inspection must be conducted in order to remove the C placard and to post the applicable placard.”
http://www.louisvilleky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6307C552-DD48-4001-9DEB-6FF9045F1690/0/ABCPlacards.pdf
Wow, lots of Louisville people here. Probably because the ICanHasCheezburger system had an article about it in the Courier-Journal about a year or two ago. I’m from Shelbyville, but was born and lived in the Ville for 6 years. Great city. Go Cats, though!
My family never eats anywhere with less than an A.
F off Shelbyville!
Seriously, I surprised the Maitre D didn’t have something to say about this. You know, he’s been in the business for 60 years!!!
Shelbyville?
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Grandpa Simpson: We can’t bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don’t go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m’shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you’d say. Now where was I… oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn’t get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones…
Go Cats! I like you PloCoon! Do we know what restaurant this is?
lots of us – though I have no idea where this is though.
His handle was Matir’D and he sucked.
http://failblog.org/2008/07/18/service-fail/
I am pretty sure the name of the place is DeVino’s…it is in downtown Louisville.
I am gonna have to find this place and shoot it o_o
Hah…no wonder no one from Louisville recognized it. That place sucks.
Restaurant Name Address Inspection Date Score Grade
DEVINO’S DELI/PRIME LOUNTE 104 W. MAIN STREET 9/16/2008 96 A
DEVINO’S DELI/PRIME LOUNTE 104 W. MAIN STREET 9/16/2008 98
DEVINO’S DELI/PRIME LOUNTE 104 W. MAIN STREET 9/10/2008 77 C
DEVINO’S DELI/PRIME LOUNTE 104 W. MAIN STREET 9/10/2008 88
DEVINO’S DELI/PRIME LOUNTE 104 W. MAIN STREET 4/11/2008 93 A
DEVINO’S DELI/PRIME LOUNTE 104 W. MAIN STREET 4/11/2008 93
From http://www.louisvilleky.gov/Health/RestaurantInspectionScores.htm
I agree with everyone else… this is a getting by laws win. take that, health rating!
omg. I about died laughing when I saw this. Probably because I’m a Cats fan.
Hey, when life gives you lemons…
(you FIND A NEW GOD!)
Godberry… King of the juice!
Retarded, if you have a shitty restaurant with horrible health ratings (C), you should probably shut down and fix your sh*t, not trick everyone into eating your shi**ty food (not like it is hard to trick a Kentuckian, especially a person from “Lou-uh-vul”.) F***ing ignorant white-trash down there, whether they have money or not (trust me, I know).
While I agree with you on the first point, I gotta say fuck you for bashing the people of Louisville. I lived there for four years, and of all the cities I’ve lived in, I miss Louisville the most, and its because of the people.
Seconded.
Discrimination Fail.
Please….Stop the earth and let this fool get off!!!
I don’t make a habit out of trusting fools. You are proof that stupidity has little to do with geography.
Lived in Louisville all my life and I have never seen a C rating. Awesome job of covering it up, give them mad props.
haha, unfortunately i’m from louisville, and i think i know which restaurant that is, and sadly i think i’ve been there, not noticing the concealed c
, michelle b, can you tell me where it is?
IDK about anyone else but i think this is a WIN!!!
According to my friend, C is the highest grade possible…
No, C is the lowest grade possible without shutting the business down.
I though the food was pretty good, and than I got a romantic card for my beautiful wife!
Whoohoo! Yay for Louisville restaurant ratings!
That’s the first and only rating I’ve ever seen below and B, and B’s are much rarer than A’s
:-\
succeded at failing…
As opposed to F- Fail.
E= Epic Fail
I believe this is a photoshop.
Carry on.
Holy crap why did it take this many comments before someone finally called it?!
I just got here, but seriously, this photochop isn’t even remotely passable. Look at the angle of the “C”, compare it to the window and the other letters and the surrounding text and… sweet Jesus Christ on a stick, are you people blind???
it’s just like in school, A B C D and F. Remember though if you have a leaky faucet like a couple of drops you get a B automatic. If your employees don’t knwo what msds means you get a B that doesnt’ mean it’s a bad place to eat
fake fake fake fake fake
omfg I fail. I saw this on a local donut shop that had a C and hid it by using it as the c in ice an ad for ice cream on heir window! I fail for not submitting before they closed down
Amateur hour. Your all a bunch of hick morons and I will never serve you, so don’t come into my restaurant.
That is not duckling a l’orange that’s racoon a le tang.
That’s “au tang,” is it not?
lol
it’s a win, very clever.
What? That is not fail that is epic win
Where is this in Louisville??? I live in Louisville and now I’m really curious what restaurant this is!
LOL
Another good way to hide that would have been to make the restaurant theme the Holocaust. AVOIDING CONTROVERSY! :O
O.O i’m from Louisville, i want to know what restaurant this is so i never fucking eat there
C should be for CLASSIC!
Nice attempt on them sneaking that by… are they closed down?
hmmm… “cards”
does that mean anything?
it stands for cardinals.. its the university of louisville’s mascot.
Being in a band with all the girls is akin to being in hairdressing or nursing school. The real reason the boy is there is not to chase the girls but to be “like” them. May want to investigate that a little further.
You know, in the UK, there was kebab shop that served up food with a corpse nearby:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/14/wolverhampton_kebab_shop/
are you all blind? its obviously a photoshop, not even a good one, just very tidy
They should have used Univers instead of Times New Roman
“C”….that’s passing, right? Yum Yum.
They could have at least used the same font; fucking morons.
I highly doubt this is photoshopped:
1) look at the additional letters, a, r, d, & s – you can see that they all have the window glare over them while still preserving the full opacity of the letter coloring.
2) You can see the scotch tape used to tape it to the window
3) look at the letter d, the paper isn’t fully pressed up to the window towards the bottom.
but if this is shooped then someone put some thought into this.
The county must grade the kitchen only, because I have
seen eating areas in restaurants that I say grade
at “D” with a posted grade of “A”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
that is quite amusing but failure hehe
The place in question is Devino’s Deli in downtown Louisville. We had a discussion about this on the robin garr forums when the pic was taken back in september. They got a 77 back on the 10th, and had corrected the problems and gotten upgraded to a 96 on the followup inspection on the 16th.
I used to work for them before they fired me claiming I had stolen sandwiches. They said, and I quote “We have the receipts to prove that you stole them.”
Uhm, if they had the receipts how could I have stolen them? They also refused to show me these said receipts when I asked if I could see them.
The things that you will see in their kitchen and what their employees do is NASTY. I was probably the only one who changed my gloves after coming into contact with dirty surfaces or even wore gloves 100% of the time.
If only they spent as much time keeping the place sanitary.
Fail for being Cards fans…But I underestimated the sneakiness…Win for sneakiness…I’d like it better if it weren’t from Louisville…
testing! Is this thing failing?
Chutzpah= WIN!!!
I need something like this for the Sky Minor Real Estate office.
XD i was born in louisville kentucky!!!!
I actually live in lousiville, ive been by this restaraunt 4 times and never noticed
That’s genius! Unless you’re really paying attention, you’d never know!
I used to eat there its downtown, and if u ask me thats and EPIC WIN. FYI now they have an A
So you know, I went to this restaurant before they had the “C.” They got the “C” immediately after they moved to a new place and within 2 weeks were back up to “A.” “C” is a failing grade in Louisville Sanitation Code. Above the “go cards” they had “go kats” in blue. I’ll probably go back, I think their problem was structural. Also the sign fooled me. Someone had to point it out to me.
Thats wrong. They moved in January and opened in February. They had that rating in September.
Learn your dates.
amazing fail!!!
I used to work for them before they fired me claiming I had stolen sandwiches. They said, and I quote “We have the receipts to prove that you stole them.”
Uhm, if they had the receipts how could I have stolen them? They also refused to show me these said receipts when I asked if I could see them.
The things that you will see in their kitchen and what their employees do is NASTY. I was probably the only one who changed my gloves after coming into contact with dirty surfaces or even wore gloves 100% of the time.
Not to mention they pay all their workers in cash under the table, but make you fill out payroll info so no one catches on.
Sadly, one of the ones running it is a lawyer, so they can get around this stuff.
I saw all kinds of disgusting things there when I worked. You really wouldn’t believe it if I told you.
this is clearly win
Lmao I literally drove by this a few days go. The Louisville Cardinals is the local University.
what restaurant is this? id like to know so i dont eat there because i live in louisville
thats pretty smart and clever. maybe it stands for Creative.
A for creativity that is awesoome haha
Would have been a better photoshop if the “C” were actually angled for perspective.
That’s NOT a photo shop you dip shit (unless you are talking about the red arrow coming from the Health dept oval which everyone already recognizes as a photoshop…done for the sake of expLAINiong it to a dumbass…)
When The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness Gives You Lemons…
GOOD FOR THEM, for taking it to the Man!! Goverment can go screw themselfs,
Grade A FAIL… with a hint of win.
that’s ingenius, I’ve got to say. Clever.
What?
recycle win?
EPIC WIN
I don’t care what anyone says…That is a WIN
Then YOU can continue to eat there….and Taco Bell. Holy shit a “c” in Louisville? you gotta be kidding?
i can’t stop laughing my @ss off…
Louisville sucks and should be burnt to the ground.
Pass
Subtlety WIN.
Its a fail because it didn’t fool everyone.
HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHHAHA this is amazing. Gross…but amazing, nonetheless.
I rofled my waffle while lofling my snofl!
Sneaky bastards.
i love your shows
I actually know this restaurant. LOL its great.
….except for the occasional cockroach found in the pasta. Nothing to worry about.
LOL i live close to louisville, nice to see failures in my area
nice use of a low grade, IMO.
i lol’d