January 7th, 2009

Raymond misreads flyers: A Taste of WWL

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

There were flyers in our building inviting people to attend a food event called A Taste of WWL.

The letters WWL stand for Windows and Windows Live, but the font they chose for the sign was confusing to me. The capital L looked like a capital I, and I misread the poster as an invitation to attend A Taste of WWI.

And then I thought, “Who the heck thought World War I was a fun event we’d want to re-experience?”

One of my colleagues, who also misread the poster, had a much more succinct response: “Mmmm… mustard gas…”

Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Non-Computer

Author

Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

0 comments

Discussion are closed.

Read next