### Author:  [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/3 "2004-10-21T15:54:12Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> \
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> I wonder if the child is an albino midget?
> Buh-da-dum.
Oh.
My.
God.
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/4 "2004-10-21T16:11:52Z")
Read again . . .
> [@Eve](#):
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> a Vineland man who failed to apply enough sunscreen to his 12-year-old **sun**.
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### Author:  [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/5 "2004-10-21T16:12:36Z")
> [@Eve](#):
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> Read again . . .
Pssst. How else might you refer to an albino midget?
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### Author:  [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/6 "2004-10-21T16:30:39Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> Pssst. How else might you refer to an albino midget?
Caucasian little person? 😕
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### Author:  [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/7 "2004-10-21T16:33:22Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#):
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> Caucasian little person? 😕
Albino Midget = White Dwarf = Sun
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/8 "2004-10-21T16:35:51Z")
Ah. OK, whooshed over _my_ non-astronomical head.
( **Bad Astronomer** , come back—all is well!)
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/9 "2004-10-21T16:38:31Z")
So these two theoretical astrophysicists walk into a bar…
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/10 "2004-10-21T17:11:17Z")
> [@lieu](#):
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> So these two theoretical astrophysicists walk into a bar…
…but the third one manages to duck.
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### Author:  [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/11 "2004-10-21T17:25:38Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#):
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> …but the third one manages to duck.
No, no, no! The third one distorts the time-space continuum so as to avoid it.
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### Author:  [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/12 "2004-10-21T17:42:28Z")
> [@milquetoast](#):
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> No, no, no! The third one distorts the time-space continuum so as to avoid it.
Brilliant!
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### Author:  [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/13 "2004-10-21T21:47:11Z")
Three Stooges line:
“I’m Brown, from the Sun.”
“Shouldn’t you stay inside more?”
You see, Brown is a reporter from the Sun newspaper and …
Never mind.
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### Author:  [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/14 "2004-10-21T21:51:06Z")
What’s the kid’s name: Sol?
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### Author:  [@Taran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taran)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/15 "2004-10-21T22:10:08Z")
Well, at least he’s got…
Dammit, **Rufus Xavier**.
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### Author:  [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/16 "2004-10-21T23:17:52Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#):
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> What’s the kid’s name: Sol?
No, no, no… Sol is a yellow… oh never mind, I don’t want to appear racist!
plus I forgot what classification Sol is in 🙂
Just ignore the small print… 😃
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/17 "2004-10-22T03:54:31Z")
> [@SnakeSpirit](#):
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> plus I forgot what classification Sol is in
G7, I believe…
Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me.
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### Author:  [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/18 "2004-10-22T04:06:53Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#):
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> G7, I believe…
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> Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me.
Well, when you put it _THAT_ way…
❤ SMOOTCH! ❤
- sigh \*
Oops, I forgot to mention…
I’m a boy…
Is it still OK???
😃
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/19 "2004-10-22T04:11:34Z")
> [@SnakeSpirit](#):
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> Well, when you put it _THAT_ way…
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> ❤ SMOOTCH! ❤
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> - sigh \*
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> Oops, I forgot to mention…
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> I’m a boy…
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> Is it still OK???
>
> 😃
Now that I think about it, it might be a G3. I’ll have to go check.
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/20 "2004-10-22T04:14:38Z")
Gotta stop drinkin’ and postin’
Our Sun is spectral class G2V
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