Proof-readers’ strike continues

16 August 2007
Petrol pump in Manchester

Shotgun weddings

19 February 2007

From the BBC:

“The imposition of marital law on Monday restored a measure of calm.”

Armed forces shepherding protesting couples down the aisles: that’s how to control the population! Give them all a nagging wife or a lazy husband and let them fight amongst themselves!

Spotted by The Leak.


Proof-reader on strike?

15 December 2006

The curse of twenty-four hour news: no one takes the time to spellcheck.

“Detectives investigating an sex assault on a woman on her 20s believe the same attacker could have struck before.”

“…in nearby Barnt Green in October…near Bart Green Baptist Church…”

Naughty BBC. (Full article here.)

Spotted by Serendipity.