Comedy of Arrears

A picture graphic originally entitled “Yeah, I think...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:23:00 +0100

A picture graphic originally entitled “Yeah, I think it’s spelt cologne”.

There is nothing I can add beyond that…

(…unless, that is, the image appears out of focus. In that case, I would recommend clicking on the image itself and then using the magnify tool.)

(source: twitter.com, via tickld.com)

Technological milestones are an important part of history....

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:15:00 +0100

Technological milestones are an important part of history. During the very first ever telephone call, Alexander Graham Bell famously said the words “Watson, come here - I want to see you!”; and comedian Ernie Wise is well known for having made the first ever mobile phone call in the UK, in 1985. If ever, in the future, there is a camera that is able to articulate the scenes it takes photographs of without human intervention, it will be forever known for having stemmed from a prototype exhibited this week, the first outing of which produced this grammatically incorrect printout. What a shame.

(source: bbc.co.uk)

I dislike the way American newspapers omit prepositions when...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:54:28 +0100

I dislike the way American newspapers omit prepositions when talking about days (it IS grammatically incorrect!), but the real reason this is here is because it’s truly amazing.

(source:www.tickld.com)

This headline should read “alcohol-fuelled poses”....

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:48:01 +0100

This headline should read “alcohol-fuelled poses”. Discuss. (Yes, I really have become that desperate/eagle-eyed in my search for errors.) Also, note the tabloid skill of being able to bring anything and everything back round to Princess Di. Impeccable, sirs.

(source: the Daily Mail website - I don’t visit it often, I promise)

I assume these death treats must be apples laced with...

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:34:00 +0100

I assume these death treats must be apples laced with poison.

(source: a national newspaper)

Screenshot of a controversial app, taken from part of a news...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:28:00 +0100

Screenshot of a controversial app, taken from part of a news report by the BBC. There are any number of things that this sentence could mean.

(source: bbc.co.uk)

I’m led to believe that this is not the going rate for a...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:41:29 +0100

I’m led to believe that this is not the going rate for a Bruce Springsteen CD.

Transcript of lower text: Middlesbrough (4-4-2) Mignolet; Hoyte,...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:42:00 +0000

Transcript of lower text:

Middlesbrough (4-4-2) Mignolet; Hoyte, Hines, Bates, Bennett; McMahon, Williams; Thomson (Smallwood, 69), Arca (Reach, 78); Main, Jutkiewicz (Emnes, 78). Substitutes not used Ripley (gk), McManus, Ogbeche, Martin.

Sunderland (4-4-2) Mignolet; Bardsley, O’Shea, Turner, Richardson; Larsson, Gardner, Colback, McClean; Sessegnon, Campbell. Substitutes not used Westwood (gk), Wickham, Ji, Meyler, Elmohamady, Lynch, Reed.

Referee A Taylor (Cheshire)

In this sports report, not only are both teams playing a 4-4-2 formation, they are also both playing the uncommonly-named, Belgian-born 23 year-old goalkeeper, Simon Mignolet; Middlesbrough’s actual shot-stopper was Jason Steele.

(source: a national newspaper)

I’ll tell you something: the garden roses I used in this...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:03:00 +0000

I’ll tell you something: the garden roses I used in this baking recipe did nothing to prevent the mixture from splitting!

(source: a kitchen surface mat)

A look back some the worst errors obituaries. (source:...

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:09:00 +0000

A look back some the worst errors obituaries.

(source: bbc.co.uk)

Somebody can’t spell yoghurt, and this time it’s not...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:33:00 +0000

Somebody can’t spell yoghurt, and this time it’s not America.

(source: BSU’s Students’ Union)

I assume you mean brollies, which even still is incorrect;...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:41:00 +0000

I assume you mean brollies, which even still is incorrect; brollies in buckets don’t please me one bit.

(source: BSU’s Students’ Union)

When the number 2,029 was asked to sum itself up in three works,...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:40:00 +0000

When the number 2,029 was asked to sum itself up in three works, it answered 1984 by George Orwell, Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 and Painting Number Five by Jackson Pollock.

(source: BSU’s Students’ Union)

This was the posters pinned to a walls in the Students’...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:17:29 +0000

This was the posters pinned to a walls in the Students’ Unions of Bath Spa Universities.

Please help us to keep the language clean; do not misuse...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:14:00 +0000

Please help us to keep the language clean; do not misuse commas.

(source: a First bus in Bath, Somerset)

Last time I checked, this wasn’t how you...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:12:00 +0000

Last time I checked, this wasn’t how you spelt frequently. And - believe me - I check frquently.

(source: an academic textbook)

I won’t name any names, but I think a sudden rush of...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:10:00 +0000

I won’t name any names, but I think a sudden rush of indecision has befallen the UK’s most popular high street cosmetics retailer named after a pair of shoes.

(source: Boots, the chemist)

Unsurprisingly, the piece of furniture described in this...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:05:00 +0000

Unsurprisingly, the piece of furniture described in this advertisement did not belong to a mid-twentieth century decade.

(source: bbc.co.uk)

It was been tiresome counting the times that there were been...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:59:00 +0000

It was been tiresome counting the times that there were been errors in online news.

(source: bbc.co.uk)

The Artist is known for being a silent film because it has no...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:56:00 +0000

The Artist is known for being a silent film because it has no dialogue. Similarly, the S on director Michel Hazanavicius’ surname is famously an invisible letter, with no trace in this national newspaper caption.

(source: a national newspaper)