# Best News Typo of the Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404>\
**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:** 5\
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**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 27, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/81 "2004-10-27T20:36:19Z")

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Yeah? Try being a boson’s mate!

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/82 "2004-10-27T20:40:53Z")

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I know. You’d probably get very dizzy…

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**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 27, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/83 "2004-10-27T20:42:31Z")

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> [@lieu](#):
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> Well yeah… that’s why we feel obligated to squint.

I think I just inhaled my pen on that one. (I’m half-Yellow, I’m allowed to laugh. 😉 )

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/84 "2004-10-27T21:47:24Z")

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> [@Corner Case](#):
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> No, astronomers love fermions. It’s the sailors they can’t quite figure out - they find it hard to gauge bosons. Can anyone shed any light on this?

I read this as _they find it hard to gauge bosoms_. :eek:

I’m thinking-no trouble at all, really. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-news-typo-of-the-day/270404/85 "2004-10-27T21:59:31Z")

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> [@danceswithcats](#):
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> I read this as _they find it hard to gauge bosoms_. :eek:
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> I’m thinking-no trouble at all, really. :smack:

Please refer to the Cassini probe pictures of Titian, also in MPSIMS, for a fuller, more rounded explanation of this topic! 😉

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