gor[b] Paul Gorbould: Words and Pictures

Money can’t buy you spelling

So, my boss was in New York City last week to give a talk at a conference. His daughter is a Donald Trump fan, so he went into Trump Tower looking for souvenirs. Once she was taken care of, he skipped past the expensive clothes (and $100 steaks?) and found the least costly item available - this funny little souvenir fridge magnet, which he presented to me with the requisite implication that I should pack up my desk drawer:

"You're Fired!" You know, Trump's catchphrase from The Apprentice.

But look again. It doesn't say "You're Fired." It says, "Your Fired." Y-O-U-R... the possessive form of "you", not the contraction of "you are."

Am I missing something?

Is there an Apprentice inside joke about misspelling The Donald's famous catchphrase?

Perhaps it's deliberately misspelled, to protect his effort to trademark the properly-spelled slogan?

Perhaps it's the start of a different sentence, such as: "Your fired clay pot is ready, Mr. Trump"?

At first I wondered if it was some cheap NYC street vendor knockoff... but nope, check out the bag, left. The real deal.

I wonder if The Donald owns a 1970 Chevelle?