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Speaking of Proof Reading
Topic Started: Oct 8 2013, 12:22 PM (188 Views)
VPG
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Pisa-Carp
Aqua will love these. They are supposed to be real headlines.


Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn't you say?

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter

This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.



Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

Miners Refuse to Work after Death

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant

War Dims Hope for Peace

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges

Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge

New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors

And the winner is....

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead








I'M NOT YELLING.........I'M ITALIAN...........THAT'S HOW WE TALK!


"People say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look."
Ronald Reagan, Inaugural, 1971

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John D'Oh
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MAMIL
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Oct 8 2013, 12:22 PM
sopposed
Ah, sweet irony, embrace me in your warm thingamajig.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Riley
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HOLY CARP!!!
John D'Oh
Oct 8 2013, 01:35 PM
VPG
Oct 8 2013, 12:22 PM
sopposed
Ah, sweet irony, embrace me in your warm thingamajig.
:D first thing I noticed too.
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Aqua Letifer
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ZOOOOOM!
I'd laugh, but I see dumber at my day job every single week.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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somebody else's sock
Middle Aged Carp
Proof Reading.

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