Funny typos--when bad typos happen to good writers.

zeldas_lullaby · Post by **zeldas_lullaby** » 21 Feb 2015, 17:24

Have any of you ever had a typo/mistake that wound up being hilarious?

My mom sent me a well-intentioned email once that said: "If you believe you did the right thing, then you should have peach with yourself."

I laughed and laughed, and then I ate peaches.

In my own writing, she found a mistake I made: I meant to reference projectile vomit, but I typed projective vomit instead. Projective vomit: vomit of the future.

Duende Knocking · Post by **Duende Knocking** » 21 Feb 2015, 18:03

My phone went through a period where it would auto-correct pretty much any word that began with "t" and had a "u" in it somewhere to "turkey". They weren't exactly typos, but it made for some weird texts.

"Will be late. Turkey tipped over on the road." was probably my favorite, seeing as the person who I sent it to went all day thinking my car had been attacked my turkeys.

zeldas_lullaby · Post by **zeldas_lullaby** » 21 Feb 2015, 18:08

HA HA HA HA.

debbiebee · Post by **debbiebee** » 26 Feb 2015, 07:41

This isn't one I made myself (wish I had!) but our local paper referred to Fifty Hades of Grey!!!

zeldas_lullaby · Post by **zeldas_lullaby** » 26 Feb 2015, 13:01

debbiebee wrote:This isn't one I made myself (wish I had!) but our local paper referred to Fifty Hades of Grey!!!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. The Red Room of Pain makes so much more sense now. Thank you.

I can't top that, but our newspaper mentioned in an obituary that a deceased man was preceded in death by his material grandparents. (I bet they gave the best Christmas presents!)

PashaRu · Post by **PashaRu** » 26 Feb 2015, 13:28

A Bible published in 1631 in London is often referred to as "The Wicked Bible." One word is omitted from the seventh commandment. It says:

Thou shalt commit adultery.

zeldas_lullaby · Post by **zeldas_lullaby** » 26 Feb 2015, 14:42

PashaRu wrote:A Bible published in 1631 in London is often referred to as "The Wicked Bible." One word is omitted from the seventh commandment. It says:

Thou shalt commit adultery.

Poor Moses.

TammyO · Post by **TammyO** » 26 Feb 2015, 16:43

I remember sending out Christmas cards that said: " Have youself a Merry Christmas" It was small but I sent out so many of them. When a friend brought it to my attention, she thought it was hilarious (of course I didn't ) HAHA

moderntimes · Post by **moderntimes** » 28 Feb 2015, 21:15

Years ago I wrote a magazine article about sports car racing. In the article, I started with a parody of pulp-type racing (the "kid" vs the "villain" on the track, wheel to wheel) and I deliberately used the overripe metaphor, "the roar of the crowd"

But the proofreader made an error and in the printed article, it said "the roar of the crow"

I've laughed at that one for years. At least I got paid, you know.

zeldas_lullaby · Post by **zeldas_lullaby** » 28 Feb 2015, 21:37

moderntimes wrote:Years ago I wrote a magazine article about sports car racing. In the article, I started with a parody of pulp-type racing (the "kid" vs the "villain" on the track, wheel to wheel) and I deliberately used the overripe metaphor, "the roar of the crowd"

But the proofreader made an error and in the printed article, it said "the roar of the crow"

I've laughed at that one for years. At least I got paid, you know.

HA HA HA HA. Caw. Caw. Caw.
That's hilarious!

moderntimes · Post by **moderntimes** » 01 Mar 2015, 11:22

Or to quote Jack Handey: "The crows seem to be calling my name," thought Caw.

TammyO · Post by **TammyO** » 01 Mar 2015, 13:16

moderntimes wrote:But the proofreader made an error and in the printed article, it said "the roar of the crow"

This is pretty hilarious, NOW.... But I can only imagine the horror you must have felt; especially since you had taken the time to think of that wonderful metaphor!

moderntimes · Post by **moderntimes** » 01 Mar 2015, 14:06

Well, of course the metaphor was used in parody, being trite. I was prefacing the actual story with a humorous lead about the popular imagery of a car race. The article itself was a carefully researched piece about the cars and drivers, mechanics, and running a racing team. The team I concentrated on was a factory Porsche team. No small potatoes that.

TammyO · Post by **TammyO** » 01 Mar 2015, 14:30

That's even worse. When you dedicate that much time to research, you'd think a proofreader would take just as much time and care with it. But of course no one is perfect.. but still.. I am really sorry that happened to you. I hope you didn't have any similar occurrences since then..