Weird cases where to_chat freaks out

code/game/machinery/floorlayer.dm

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 		else
 			var/obj/item/stack/tile/E = input("Choose remove tile type.", "Tiles") as null|anything in contents
 			if(E)
-				to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You remove the [E] from /the [src].</span>")
+				to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You remove the [E] from \the [src].</span>")
 				E.loc = src.loc
 				T = null
 		return
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
 	var/dismantle = mode["dismantle"]
 	var/laying = mode["laying"]
 	var/collect = mode["collect"]
-	to_chat(user,"<span class='notice'>\The [src] [!T?"don't ":""]has [!T?"":"[T.get_amount()] [T] "]tile\s, dismantle is [dismantle?"on":"off"], laying is [laying?"on":"off"], collect is [collect?"on":"off"].</span>")
+	var/message = "<span class='notice'>\The [src] [!T ? "don't " : ""]has [!T ? "" : "[T.get_amount()] [T] "]tile\s, dismantle is [dismantle ? "on" : "off"], laying is [laying ? "on" : "off"], collect is [collect ? "on" : "off"].</span>"
+	to_chat(user,message)
 
 /obj/machinery/floorlayer/proc/reset()
 	on=0

code/game/machinery/wishgranter.dm

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 		insisting++
 
 	else
-		to_chat(user, "You speak.  [pick("I want the station to disappear","Humanity is corrupt, mankind must be destroyed","I want to be rich", "I want to rule the world","I want immortality.")].  The Wish Granter answers.")
+		var/message = "You speak. [pick("I want the station to disappear","Humanity is corrupt, mankind must be destroyed","I want to be rich", "I want to rule the world","I want immortality.")]. The Wish Granter answers."
+		to_chat(user, message)
 		to_chat(user, "Your head pounds for a moment, before your vision clears.  You are the avatar of the Wish Granter, and your power is LIMITLESS!  And it's all yours.  You need to make sure no one can take it from you.  No one can know, first.")
 
 		charges--

code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm

@@ -1104,7 +1104,8 @@
 
 	to_chat(usr, "You must[self ? "" : " both"] remain still until counting is finished.")
 	if(do_mob(usr, src, 60))
-		to_chat(usr,"<span class='notice'>[self ? "Your" : "[src]'s"] pulse is [src.get_pulse(GETPULSE_HAND)].</span>")
+		var/message = "<span class='notice'>[self ? "Your" : "[src]'s"] pulse is [src.get_pulse(GETPULSE_HAND)].</span>"
+		to_chat(usr,message)
 	else
 		to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>You failed to check the pulse. Try again.</span>")
 

code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_attackhand.dm

@@ -408,7 +408,8 @@
 		return FALSE
 
 	if(organ.applied_pressure)
-		to_chat(user,"<span class='warning'>Someone is already applying pressure to [user == src? "your [organ.name]" : "[src]'s [organ.name]"].</span>")
+		var/message = "<span class='warning'>Someone is already applying pressure to [user == src ? "your [organ.name]" : "[src]'s [organ.name]"].</span>"
+		to_chat(user,message)
 		return FALSE
 
 	var/datum/gender/TU = gender_datums[user.get_visible_gender()]
@@ -430,4 +431,4 @@
 		else
 			user.visible_message("\The [user] stops applying pressure to [src]'s [organ.name]!", "You stop applying pressure to [src]'s [organ.name]!")
 
-	return TRUE 
+	return TRUE

code/modules/projectiles/targeting/targeting_overlay.dm

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 		else
 			return
 
-	to_chat(owner, "<span class='[use_span]'>[aiming_at ? "\The [aiming_at] is" : "Your targets are"] [message].</span>")
+	to_chat(owner, "<span class='[use_span]'>[aiming_at ? "The [aiming_at] is" : "Your targets are"] [message].</span>")
 	if(aiming_at)
 		to_chat(aiming_at, "<span class='[use_span]'>You are [message].</span>")