A classified ad appeared in a small town newspaper one Monday morning: FOR SALE: R.D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale. Phone 958 after 7 P.M. and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him cheap. On Tuesday, the following appeared: NOTICE: We regret in having erred in R.D. Jones. Ad yesterday. It should have read: One sewing machine for sale. Cheap. Call 958 and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him after 7 P.M.. On Wednesday: R.D. Jones has informed us that he has received several annoying phone calls because of the error e made in his classified ad yesterday. His ad stands corrected as follows: FOR SALE: R.D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale. Cheap. Phone 958 after 7 P.M.. And ask for Mrs. Kelley who loves with him. On Thursday: NOTICE: I, R.D. Jones, Have no sewing machine for sale. I smashed it. Don’t call 958 as my telephone had been taken out. ...
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