I've made 2 memorial quilts and getting blocks back from people is extremely frustrating. Sometimes it's months and it really only takes a few minutes to write something on a block WITH THE PEN I PROVIDED. Yikes. OK, I vented too. Now I feel better. Sounds like yours is really a mess, but put your creative juices to work and see if there is a way to salvage the quilt top. If your friend knows the "signers" it may be funny and meaningful to the friend to get the "mistakes". It would be a unique quilt, to say the least. Good luck. And, yes, I do understand "bless their hearts". haha
Lois