Every time I see one of these Macy’s ads…
…I expect the rest of the sentence to read “…out of a possible five.”
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Hahaha, um, yes...I live and breathe book reviews, and while a star is EXCELLENT, the word "only" is definitely problematic! Only one star? What happened to four??
Posted by: tanita | March 12, 2013 at 08:50 AM
Also, every time I see their logo I think of the Red Army.
Posted by: empty | March 12, 2013 at 03:39 PM
Today i learned that the logo of Macy is a star. One star. Only one star.
Posted by: Kamal Shah | March 12, 2013 at 07:46 PM