When I worked in the library we had a book of broadcasting gaffs, which I wish I remembered the name of. One of my favourites was teh newsreader who interrupted his newsreading to comment on the written message being scrolled across the bottom of the screen, warning people about a fog. The problem was that the word fog was misspelled, with a different letter instead of 'f' so he said: "Sorry about the 'f' in fog". (You need to say it aloud if you don't get it.)

Another one was about a children's segment which was written by an "old maid" who obviously knew nothing about male anatomy and sex, because the whole segment was about playing with balls. It went on and on, and got funnier and funnier. The station people had a meeting about whether to broadcast it, but decided to go ahead because the author had intended it in all innocence.

Another one: a very annoyed and disgusted woman rang up and complained that when she turned the radio on (BBC I think) she heard the announcer say, in mid sentence: "Great tits like watermelons". In fact she had tuned into a nature show and the speaker was talking about the food which birds like to eat, including the bird called a "great tit".

There was another one about the a reporter reporting live on the parade to honour the Pope in his Popemobile (plexiglass protected vehicle). He mixed up the words and ended up referring to the 'Poopy something' instead of the 'Pope something'. I'll have to try and remember that one.

Helen