THIS! THIS, THIS, OH, THIS is why you need an editor!

Oh, that poor bike!

Fortunately for that reporter, there was no byline.

Reminds me of arguably the most famous newspaper editorial gaffe:

"The President was seen entering Mrs. Galt, who appeared to enjoy his sally."

There ya go--mopeds guzzling and driving. Probably on drugs too. There really should be a law against mopeds behaving like humans.

Hahaha, oh dear.

I quite enjoyed this slideshow of bad newspaper typos: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/...79913.html#s91380&title=Dont_Worry_Physicians

Warning: several involve accidental swearwords.

BenPanced said:

Reading the hometown newspaper online earlier this afternoon, I discovered this little gem:

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Not only that, but the police evacuated. That must have been smelly and disgusting.

dangerousbill said:

Not only that, but the police evacuated. That must have been smelly and disgusting.

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If I had to do their job, I'd be evacuating all the damned time. In both senses of the word. I'm no hero.

I love the ones on Leno. Not that I see them often.

Wait, is Leno still running?

I need to update my pop culture information...

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dangerousbill said:

Not only that, but the police evacuated. That must have been smelly and disgusting.

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You beat me to it.

One of my favourites came from my local paper. It was during Ramadan (if I remember correctly). Apparently, it's customary to give arms to the poor during this time.

Too damn funny. Poor moped.

Wait..."arms to the poor?"

smh

I love this thread.

Was the moped driver moped and the reason why the police evacuated?

That poor, poor moped.

Too funny! Poor moped! That's why you read your work before you send it away! I've had some crazy typos! Like, instead of writing "bobbies" as in, English policemen, I wrote "boobies". I'm sure my agent would have wondered about that....

Edit! haha

And now I'm giggling, remembering the clipping Mom showed me from a local paper that had someone pissing away of a kidney ailment.

Erin Latimer said:

Too funny! Poor moped! That's why you read your work before you send it away! I've had some crazy typos! Like, instead of writing "bobbies" as in, English policemen, I wrote "boobies". I'm sure my agent would have wondered about that....

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I once told an agent I was busty with a new book.

I turned to the local news for a weather update and saw an alert for a 'Head Advisory'.

Poor bike. Must have had cycle-ogical problems...

Oh, I just remembered. Several years ago, saw an article on CNN about some political event happening in South America for the first time in "200 centuries".

This thread is awesome.

WildScribe said:

This thread is awesome.

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Ditto! You guys are cracking me up.

I remember a typo in a local newspaper. It wasn't really a typo but a misplaced picture. The article was about the girl's softball team, but instead there was a picture of the boy's baseball team. My uncle looked at it and said, "Those are some ugly girls."

I used to turn in my articles to an online publication all proofread and would find typos the editor made when he edited them.

Guess I should have been the editor!

Too funny!

Let's chip in and send the reporter and editor each a copy of Lynne Truss seminal work, "Eats, Shoots and Leaves".