# Michael Jackson editing gaffe I must share...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-editing-gaffe-i-must-share/180978>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 10, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-editing-gaffe-i-must-share/180978 "2003-06-10T22:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-editing-gaffe-i-must-share/180978/1 "2003-06-10T22:49:50Z")

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\<snort!\>

Before they correct it, regarding the of the new Michael Jackson suit, the [BBC online](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2974338.stm) writes:

> [@](#):
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> \*\*Jackson’s singers have asked the judge to dismiss the suit, saying Mr Lee is not owed money because his company is not a legally licensed investment company under Californian law.
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> In another case, the singer’s lawyer called a lawsuit brought against him in his home state of Indiana borders on “ridiculousness” on Friday, it has emerged. \*\*

Talk about turing the courtroom into a sideshow! The _singers_ are representing MJ. Oh, yes I can just see the dancers next!

(I hear a rousing chorus of “Here comes the judge, here comes the judge…”)

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**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-editing-gaffe-i-must-share/180978/2 "2003-06-10T23:07:14Z")

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Gah! Couldn’t resist. _ahem_ Mi-mi-mi-miii…

_Looking out_  
_Across the courtroom_  
_Always in the public eye_  
_See the judge_  
_Bang his gavel_  
\*Pissed off impatient sighs \*

_Get me out_  
_Of the county court-house_  
_Pretend that I am sick tonight_  
_Bring a cane_  
_Limp and hobble_  
_Look, it’s a spider bite_

_If they say -_  
_Why, why, tell 'em I’m a freak of nature_  
_Why, why, are they staring that way?_  
_If they say -_  
_Why, why, tell 'em I’m a freak of nature_  
_Why, why, are they staring that way?_  
_I like livin’ this way_  
_I like lookin’ this way_

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-editing-gaffe-i-must-share/180978/3 "2003-06-11T01:11:11Z")

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Not to mention that in the second sentence it should read “said” instead of “called.”

And, in accordance with **Gaudere’s law** , you wrote “regarding the of the new Michael Jackson suit” and “turing.”

Glad I’m immune to the curs.

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**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-editing-gaffe-i-must-share/180978/4 "2003-06-11T03:49:28Z")

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The boo-boo looks like a cut-n-paste combo error because the following paragraph start with a sentence that contains “the singer’s lawyer.”

Still, the mental image of the dancing _Thriller_ zombies singing the “Cell Block Tango” is priceless.