The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #56394   Message #882952
Posted By: HuwG
05-Feb-03 - 06:43 AM
Thread Name: BS: Favorite Typos and other Wackiness
Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Typos and other Wackiness
The "Guardian" [UK newspaper, often referred to in the past as the "Grauniad" because of the frequency of its misprints], allegedly announced once that their "night poof reader" was retiring.

They ran a story once on smuggling illegal immigrants into Britain to work as prostitutes, which ended, "... the suspects were traced to Birmingham, where Police and immigration officers ponced."

[That should have read, "pounced", I hope you all guessed that].