Possibly the best error from a major news outlet in a while.
Her Majesty reportedly responded to the error with, “We are not amused. Now please get out of my hive.”
Possibly the best error from a major news outlet in a while.
Her Majesty reportedly responded to the error with, “We are not amused. Now please get out of my hive.”
With what disdain the establishment views us.
Protect the Queen! tackles the story
The Replace command can be dangerous indeed in the wrong hands.
Then again, how do we know queen bees AREN’T all named Elizabeth?
Oh wow. Just wow. That one actually had me choking with laughter. It’s still uncorrected on the source page at Reuters. I printed it as a PDF - that one’s a keeper.
I am now envisioning an orchestra of honeybees humming/buzzing “God Save the Queen”!
Or, let this be a lesson never to click on “Accept all changes” without first reviewing them.
That Prince Charles is so demanding!
There are just several layers of wrong there. Which is why I can’t help laughing at the thought.
“Mum! MUM! MUMMY! I need more eggs!”
“Yes, yes, pipe down, Charles. I’ll lay you some more in a few minutes.”
There was a great news crawl on NBC this morning:
Naomi Campbell attacks woman in London . . . Orange juice prices soar . . .
Aw, Reuters have taken it down.
The Daily Rag in town sent out the Monday Edition as the Sunday Edition. The tuesday edition had all the wrong headings on the continued on back page items. You had to look around and figure by context what was the continuation.
That mistake on Queen Elisabeth was funny.
A New Zealand Herald article on the typo has this mention as well: “Some years ago, a story on the Herald.co.nz website had the same mishap, resulting in references to Saddam Hussain being changed to Saddam’s Hussies”.