For those of you who missed this terrible mistake

Reply #11

cps10 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:13:51 GMT

That was cute, justx...I noticed that

Reply #10

cps10 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:13:08 GMT

LOL guesser. that is the truth! Are you from this area too

Reply #9

silky — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:43:18 GMT

Hi ya Cps10 I just want to say Hi ya and have a great weekend, and to wish you Good Luck ... and to say Thank you for your hard work on the sheet of over dues . Peace be with you Always . wow on the news letter on the school . call who wrote that and tell them you will proof read it .

Reply #8

justxploring — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:39:18 GMT

I understand Toad's comment, but if you want to turn this into a discussion about the Lottery, you can always say

... In conclusion, don't depend on the newspaper for accuracy. Check your numbers daily at

Lottery Post!!

(I was going to just keep Todd's name spelled incorrectly without saying anything, but I'm afraid nobody will realize I'm trying to be funny because we're writing about typos. Don't jump on me. lol

Reply #7

guesser — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:51:38 GMT

It's the Charlotte Observer, what do you expect ? - they still think there was a conspiracy with Dale Earnhardt's death...

Reply #6

cps10 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:40:09 GMT

Sorry Todd. I thought so too. I will keep it there next time

Reply #5

cps10 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:39:41 GMT

I know what you mean...I am a Managing Editor, so I see this kind of garbage all the time...amazing, isn't it

Reply #4

Todd — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:35:42 GMT

Interesting, but this is probably better in your blog.

Reply #3

Badger — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:25:13 GMT

Actually, it would have been a much more amusing gaff if it had read School for the Dead , rather than School for the Death since the D is right next to the F on the keyboard.

But no one proofreads anything any more. This seems to include the professionals who should know better than to rely on spellcheck programs; which are notoriously full of potential traps. As long as the word is spelled correctly, it passes. Although one would have to go out of one's way to key Death instead of... [ More ]

Reply #2

cps10 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:12:40 GMT

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There used to be a segment on the local sports station called It's A Mistake where the hosts would find mistakes in that day's Sports section. They played Men At Work's song in the background. They kept it up until they broke Joe DiMaggio's 56-game streak. They got to 57, and the Charlotte Observer got pissed off about it. So they banned their writers from being co-hosts at the station. It was the most absurd thing I've ever seen, but the point of the matter is that their Editorial staff... [ More ]

Reply #1

tntea — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:03:40 GMT

We must have been dummying down America for some time now...

Thanks for the laugh... Sad one..

For those of you who missed this terrible mistake

cps10 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:11:34 GMT

And we thought the California lottery scratch off scandal was bad...I posted this in my blog but for those of you who don't read the blogs, check out this mortifiying mistake published in the Charlotte Self-Server Observer today. A CBS radio affiliate here in town got wind of it and is sending it to Letterman...if you see it on there, remember you heard it first on LP!!

How about this for a mistake in today's Charlotte Observer:

LINCOLN CHARTER 66, N.C. SCHOOL FOR THE DEATH 35... [ More ]