You may not realize it, but I put a great deal of effort into putting together quality blog posts for your enlightenment and entertainment. I carefully craft what I want to say, edit carefully, proof-read each post a gazillion times before I hit the "Publish Post" button ...
... and, all too often, later find embarrassing typos that I have to go back and fix.
But that's the beauty of the Internet - I can go back and fix those mistakes with a relative minimum of difficulty. In print media, you're not quite so lucky. Here are a few examples of editing that didn't quite make the grade:
Perhaps we have found a new test for potential Congressional candidates ...
Stop the presses!
Well, yes ...
Friends don't let friends ... never mind ...
Is this a counting problem, or a recognition problem? ...
And finally, this one isn't really a typo, but I just couldn't resist it ...
And now it's now time to go back to work after a long and enjoyable holiday weekend. I'm not complaining, though ... at least I have a job to go back to. One more thing to be thankful for.
Have a good day. Edit well. More thoughts tomorrow.
Bilbo
8 comments:
These are always funny to me. I used to stay up late enough on Monday night to watch "Headlines" on Leno. I don't know if he still does that segment.
"out of forty women, only two were female" Yikes!
LOL Yes, editing is an under rated job.
I need to save the last one..."Honey, I'm only staring at her breasts for my health!"
Bandit - I love these, from whatever source!
Raquel - my feelings exactly!
Kathy - essential, but time-consuming, not fun, and definitely underrated.
John - hope it works better for you than it did for me.
Great stories. They made me laugh!
Wonderful post! I love this sort of things and notice them all too often. You found some real gems; thanks for the laughs.
LOL!!! Too funny!
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