My Favourite Newspaper Correction of all time.

[Ron Obvious]

"In one edition of today's Food Section, an inaccurate number of jalapeño peppers was given for Jeanette Crowley's Southwestern Chicken Salad recipe. The recipe should call for two, not 21, jalapeño peppers."

As quoted in Richard Lederer's 'More Anguished English', one of the funniest books of all time. I once gave the books to a friend dying in hospice care. He laughed so hard, he tore the stitches from his most recent operation.

[pacalo]

1. Word's out that the food editor's face was something to behold when he got the correction call...

Here's a favorite of mine...

[cyberswede]

4. I confuse those two things all the time...

good grief! That poor woman!

[Ron Obvious]

6. You know, I can usually spot the reason for the error...

... but I have to admit, that one has my gast completely flabbered.

[BeeBee]

2. Anguished English, More Anguished English, and The Bride of Anguished English...

I've read them all, laughed at them all, and loved them all.

[Ron Obvious]

7. Yep!

when it comes to laughing so hard you risk choking in snot, I can't think of a better series of books

[pinboy3niner]

3. There's an old classic...

...on a story that described actress Kim Novak "sitting in front of her fireplace with a good boob."

Sometimes a typo is more than just a typo...

[HopeHoops]

5. A long time ago, I read one that transcended time...

"The (some unit) firehouse chicken BBQ to be held on this upcoming Saturday has been cancelled because it took place this previous Saturday."

[Flaxbee]

8. See? This is why we should never, ever have built nuclear power plants. People screw up all the

time. Even with really important stuff.

Lots of the screw-ups are funny. Some, not so much.

[nolabear]

9. Love Lederer's work. My all time favorite typo, because I found it myself:

"For Sale: One two ton rear mounted wench."

[Archae]

10. A Wisconsin newspaper ended up on Jay Leno's "Headlines"

When the headline was supposed to read "Thompson's Pen Is Mightier Than A Sword."
Guess where they left out the space.

Or one time the Sheboygan Press made a goof, I sent it in to "Real People" and it made it on to the show!
"Drug And Bugle Corp Go To State"

[nolabear]

11. "Real People", like with John Davidson?

I genuflect in your general direction!

[Archae]

12. Yup, had a T-shirt from them!

Wore it out decades ago.

[Ron Obvious]

14. Hey, I've done that one myself!

Also, I once intended to rant about "uniNformed people", which turned into a rant against "Uniformed people", making me sound like a paranoid loon.

Oh, and then there was the time I turned "bug list" into "bug lust", which rather changed the meaning of my email.

[Honeycombe8]

13. LOL! Tooooo funny! I bet some people got a big surprise when they made they dish. nt