tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post6601259225001814274..comments2024-03-29T06:29:02.182-04:00Comments on You Don't Say: You can't call the trucks backJohn McIntyrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-27218823257876361882010-05-12T13:13:53.876-04:002010-05-12T13:13:53.876-04:00Caught in the composing room of the Middletown Tim...Caught in the composing room of the Middletown Times Herald-Record:<br />"Close Your Eyes and Eat Abroad"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-61312507014466270182010-05-12T03:55:43.306-04:002010-05-12T03:55:43.306-04:00Fantastic blog. Keep on rockin, Radu Prisacaru – U...Fantastic blog. Keep on rockin, Radu Prisacaru – UK Internet Marketer & Web DeveloperRadu Prisacaruhttp://www.raduprisacaru.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-85378963290142855262010-05-11T11:55:45.054-04:002010-05-11T11:55:45.054-04:00"One indispensable qualification for a profes..."One indispensable qualification for a professional copy editor is possession of a filthy mind."<br /><br />Well worth embroidering on a sampler.Satchelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-66998744854678382372010-05-10T23:22:24.816-04:002010-05-10T23:22:24.816-04:00We're still breaking up over a headline writte...We're still breaking up over a headline written years ago by our sports desk about our Triple-A baseball team winning a game without its best player: "Triplets win with Peters out"Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-47303974674268208302010-05-10T16:51:55.553-04:002010-05-10T16:51:55.553-04:00Oddly enough, just this Saturday, we started chuck...Oddly enough, just this Saturday, we started chuckling on the desk when we came across this line: "In that decade, the group welcomed its first male member..." in a story about the local League of Women Voters group. It does help to be able to channel the mind of a 14-year-old boy sometimes.Jess G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00512644144222179841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-92106797294946450722010-05-10T16:28:44.555-04:002010-05-10T16:28:44.555-04:00I had a story last night about a Chinese NFL draft...I had a story last night about a Chinese NFL draft pick named Ed Wang. One sentence read "Wang gets his size from his parents." Luckily someone caught it on proof. Changed "Wang" to "the rookie."Luke Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-20371806148454816632010-05-10T15:02:18.351-04:002010-05-10T15:02:18.351-04:00Did Lyndon Johnson or Andy Dick ever drop out of a...Did Lyndon Johnson or Andy Dick ever drop out of anything? Just wondering.Frank McCaffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747922363403161637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-64588232482051772192010-05-10T14:16:03.152-04:002010-05-10T14:16:03.152-04:00'Ring lost in snatch'.
Words were had wit...'Ring lost in snatch'.<br /><br />Words were had with the naive young sub-editor who put that one in the paper.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703548364118364764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-91908904976375705282010-05-10T11:39:03.400-04:002010-05-10T11:39:03.400-04:00After review, it was Betty Strapon Johnson.After review, it was Betty Strapon Johnson.Dave Preloskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-68104876174026811512010-05-10T11:37:26.262-04:002010-05-10T11:37:26.262-04:00And from the Further Adventures of You Can't M...And from the Further Adventures of You Can't Make This up: The Beaver County (Pa.) Times recently carried an obit for a Mrs. Betty (Strapon) Jones.Dave Preloskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-63226925280691264812010-05-10T10:36:36.978-04:002010-05-10T10:36:36.978-04:00From Futility Closet:
"In reviewing a Royal...From Futility Closet: <br /><br />"In reviewing a Royal Shakespeare Company production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the New York Times in 1970, Clive Barnes found “David Waller’s virile bottom particularly splendid.”<br /><br />He’d intended to capitalize “bottom.”<br /><br />In 1915, Woodrow Wilson escorted his fiancee, Edith Galt, to the theater. The Washington Post reported that he “spent most of his time entering Mrs. Galt.”<br /><br />That should have read entertaining — though presumably she would have been entertained either way."John Rosshttp://johngordonross.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-16417555044547662842010-05-10T10:32:59.523-04:002010-05-10T10:32:59.523-04:00I had to triple-check a deck hed last night -- his...I had to triple-check a deck hed last night -- his bulging WHAT? OH disk. Gotcha. :-PDenisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221302607468431543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-40156431112758368712010-05-10T10:20:24.634-04:002010-05-10T10:20:24.634-04:00On the bright side, "Woods pulls out" so...On the bright side, "Woods pulls out" sounds less salacious than "Woods withdraws."Patrick K. Lackeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-59076958815688438672010-05-10T10:20:24.635-04:002010-05-10T10:20:24.635-04:00In northwestern Minnesota there are two small town...In northwestern Minnesota there are two small towns called Fertile and Climax (that much is true). A legend has gone around that a headline once read "Fertile Woman Dies in Climax." Not sure if that's true or just the product of someone's imaginiation, but still.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09222724277080710042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-38143197250832198052010-05-10T08:40:11.405-04:002010-05-10T08:40:11.405-04:00Damn. You see how these things happen.Damn. You see how these things happen.John McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-30617279390604568122010-05-10T08:24:16.970-04:002010-05-10T08:24:16.970-04:00is this considered irony:
"It was a company ...is this considered irony:<br /><br />"It was a company that males screws."<br /><br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-737568485939321272010-05-10T08:18:04.951-04:002010-05-10T08:18:04.951-04:00If it makes Mr. Gould feel any better, here's ...If it makes Mr. Gould feel any better, here's the headline the Syracuse Post-Standard (fondly known to those of us who subscribe to it primarily for the comics and the garage sale ads as the Sub-Standard) put on this story: "Pain in neck forces Tiger to withdraw."A. Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348733577500591253noreply@blogger.com