Mas'as Mordechai is a major beis midrash in my street, and I've recently started a chavrusa there in the mornings. For the convenience of the many people learning there, they have an automatic beverage vending machine, which produces a reasonable tasting vehicle for the morning caffeine kick, plus several other liquids said to taste of tea, coffee and other popular beverages.
On this machine is a sign attesting to the kashrus of all the drinks. Since some of the drinks contain chometz (chicory, I guess), they also felt the need to assure potential buyers that they need have no concern about the chometz having been in Jewish ownership over Pesach. The sign said something to the effect of:
כל המשקאות הינם ללא חשש חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח
(Loosely translated: All the drinks are above suspicion of being chometz that was owned by a Jew over Pesach)
But some learned joker has gone and strategically inserted two commas, so that the sign reads:
כל המשקאות הינם, ללא חשש, חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח
(Loosely translated: All the drinks are, without any doubt, chometz that was owned by a Jew over Pesach)
Touché!
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