# Best News Typo of the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404 "2004-10-21T14:01:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/41 "2004-10-22T14:04:00Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Ever notice how active galactic cores look like certain appendages when viewed in the right spectrum? All the time, baby, all the time. Just take a look at [these](http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/atlas/icon.html) 😉 [/QUOTE] Would the reflections of small cars from a subdivision of GM be classified as a Geo Spectrum? [/QUOTE] Why not. We could make pretty pictures of it. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/42 "2004-10-22T14:23:57Z")
“Yes, I’m positive” **\** ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/43 "2004-10-22T15:19:34Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > **Hal** , I think your joke is very, very dead now. 😉 Yes, but “I wonder if the child is a main sequence?” would’ve lost some of the humor appeal. Besides…it may not have been %100 accurate, but damnit, I chuckled at it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/44 "2004-10-22T15:25:45Z")
Yeah, but on a board full of pedants, surely you knew someone’d make such a comment. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/45 "2004-10-22T15:54:55Z")
Every time I see the word pedant, I hear the _ **Pink Panther** _ theme in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/46 "2004-10-22T16:29:38Z")
ba-dum ba-duuuum. ba dum ba-duuuuuuum. Ba dum-ba-dum badumbadumbadumbadumbaduuuuuuum, baaaa-dum. Dumdy dumdy duu duu dadadadum 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/47 "2004-10-22T18:02:32Z")
Youze guys are the most loveable bunch o’ nerds I’ve ever known. And I mean _evah._ ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/48 "2004-10-22T18:32:16Z")
Tanks. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/49 "2004-10-22T18:40:41Z")
And Fighter jets! [wrapped a rubber band around my butt, and ran around you screaming, “I’m an airplane!” till you make me take off] ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/50 "2004-10-22T18:45:39Z")
[Pen missiles!](http://www.rockpapersaddam.com/index.html) Nyerrrrrrm! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/51 "2004-10-22T19:41:25Z")
Yep. It looks like he was shot by a pen missile. Probably at Mont Blanc range, too. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/52 "2004-10-22T19:43:24Z")
Over Macho Grande? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/53 "2004-10-22T19:44:23Z")
I’d rather get shot by a pen missile than with a penile miss. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/54 "2004-10-22T19:50:42Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > I’d rather get shot by a pen missile than with a penile miss. :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/55 "2004-10-22T19:52:47Z")
Mithing pen mitthiles? [no milk] ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/56 "2004-10-25T15:54:05Z")
You’re all _insane_. _sits down and ogles_ 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/57 "2004-10-25T15:57:31Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > You’re all _insane_. > > _sits down and ogles_ > > 🆒 Yeah, but we’re **trained professionals**! (Don’t try this at home!) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/58 "2004-10-25T15:58:04Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > You’re all _insane_. And??? 😉 Insanity is what makes life fun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/59 "2004-10-25T15:58:32Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Yeah, but we’re **trained professionals**! (Don’t try this at home!) > > 😛 **Polycarp** , you loon, if I had a hat it would be off to you. Cheers, mate! ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/60 "2004-10-25T16:02:16Z")
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