The winner of the SPOTD award remains anonymous today, as they win it for something they’ve done in the past and was only brought to my attention today. Fortunately, their efforts to win the SPOTD award provided me with some amusement at the very least, instead of physical danger like a cyclist with a death wish.

At the Highpoint Shopping Mall out in the western suburb of Maribyrnong, there is a specialty shop devoted to all things to do with Holden cars. Calling itself “The Lion’s Den”, after the animal that is the Holden logo, it sells a variety of trinkets and clothing adorned with the name of the car manufacturer.

Among the items you can buy are things like keyrings, T-shirts, and various pieces of car decoration that a young hoon might typically purchase, such as Holden floor mats. There are a few large signs (~3′ x 4′) placed around the shopping mall, advertising the existence of the Lion’s Den store, since it is located a little off the main path, and does not get a lot of passing pedestrian traffic.

On the two signs I spotted, there was a rather amusing spelling error in the list of things available to purchase at the store. Presumably rushed through printing, and relying too heavily on a computer spell-checker, the stores offers itself as a location to get, among other items:

• Puffa Jackets (not a spelling error, though it looks like one)
• Hooded Tops, and
• PLAGUES.

In my shopping, I was going past the Lion’s Den store, and I went to tell the shop assistants of the spelling error. As I reached the doorway, I saw that they were employing staff on the basis of physical appearance, as the girls employed in the store were identical to those skinny young blondes that prance about on the grid before the start of any motoring event. I decided it was not worth trying to explain it to them, and left without opening my mouth.

But, if any of you are looking for a good plague, you know where to go…

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