Few newspaper editors like doing corrections (those who do need therapy), but sometimes it has to be done. I’ve had my share, but I can honestly say none of them were as funny as these.
I happened across this one while perusing Jim Romenesko‘s blog the other day and just about peed my pants. 😀
Well, gosh, I’d feel silly too …
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Yes, indeed, aliens, we wholeheartedly apologize.
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Drugs, drums … same difference, right?
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Aaaand this is why I always check the translation of foreign phrases on the Voices and editorial pages.
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People, this is what fact-checking is for!
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Original science lesson brought to you by the Anti-Science Brigade.
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Well, at least they were honest …
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I thought the salsa looked a bit thick …
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This one’s just baaaaaad.
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Serenity is a fuzzy belly 
All that technology, and we still can’t get it right …
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Sad but true … we just have to be more creative with our reasons for the mistakes, since it’s not like we can blame it on the typesetters anymore. 😉
And then there are the intentional ones, like the guy at our paper long ago who snuck “I like big boobs” into the sports agate …
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Reminds me of when I was an editor for an educational publisher and somebody stuck “motherf****r” into a word puzzle and it almost got through and into print.
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Ha! I think the sneaky 12-year-old boy lives forever in some in the profession.
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As I recall, it was discovered by one of the old female editors who asked someone about it because she didn’t know what it meant.
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Reminds me of one of my old bosses who seemed offended when I reminded her that part of our job is to think dirty before the readers do. Most readers would be shocked if half the stuff we stopped got through. “-D
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I’m wheeze-laughing reading your blog post and the comments between you and Pied Type. Thanks for the Sunday Giggles.
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You are very, very welcome! 😀
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