Worst Typos

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StudioMonkey

October 26, 2012, 07:29:39 AM
Collecting typos has long been a hobby of mine, so I thought a new thread was called for.  Add you favourite examples.

Here's a recent collection to get the ball rolling:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2012/oct/25/worst-typos-pictures
Time flies like an arrow - fruit flies like a banana

DigiCorn

#2
October 26, 2012, 09:00:15 AM
I just made a beaut the other day - I had to typeset some tabs for the 110. It was supposed to be legal for children's legal defense and the tab read, "...Underserved Children..." and I accidentally typeset "...Undesired Children..."

It was caught in the proofing process.
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
– Nikki Sixx

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway

gnubler

#3
October 26, 2012, 09:08:11 AM


:laugh: I'm reading a book at the moment with a review blurb on the front cover and it uses the word "meticulouly". :whip:
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Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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Rabid

#4
October 26, 2012, 09:13:12 AM
Used to work for a small dept. store chain, they had a brand of coffee called Chock-full-of Nuts, apparently nut flavoured. One flyer got printed with "Cock-full-of Nuts".

Joe

#5
October 26, 2012, 09:40:25 AM
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DigiCorn

#6
October 26, 2012, 10:30:05 AM
Still, my favorite is the medical form I did for a hospital about 15 years ago. It was supposed to read, "... doctors have nurses assess a patient's condition..." but it went out and was printed as, "...doctors have nurses asses..." and no one ever caught it. I fixed it on the reorder.
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
– Nikki Sixx

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway

dubstep

#7
October 26, 2012, 10:58:50 AM
"100% Pure Anus Beef"

 :banghead:

Farabomb

#8
October 26, 2012, 11:21:01 AM
One I keep doing is cuntomer instead of customer.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

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Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
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Grimace

#9
October 26, 2012, 11:28:59 AM
Quote from: dubstep on October 26, 2012, 10:58:50 AM"100% Pure Anus Beef"

 :banghead:

Damn! I just did that. Doing a product for Red Angus, and left out the g. Caught right away in house, but the whole shop knew within 10 seconds!

gnubler

#10
October 26, 2012, 12:09:45 PM
:laugh:
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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t-pat

#11
October 26, 2012, 12:25:46 PM
funny right before I looked at this thread I was reading a typo-laden email from one of our glorious sales drones.
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Ear

#12
October 26, 2012, 12:43:12 PM
I've mentioned it b4 but I think I'm the dumbass typo winner:

I spelled Grammar WRONG on the cover of a Grammar textbook (Grammer), in 200pt bold text. The client missed it and it printed and bound incorrectly.  :banghead:
"... profile says he's a seven-foot tall ex-basketball pro, Hindu guru drag queen alien." ~Jet Black

Joe

#13
October 26, 2012, 12:57:55 PM
Bond County Shopper can easily become Bond Cunty Shopper. I know from experience. :embarrassed:
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Sabrina The Turd Polisher

#14
October 26, 2012, 01:45:46 PM
Diet Coke has become Diet Cock under the direction of my fingers two times.

And I keep typing pumpking instead of pumpkin.
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