Fun With The News Break: AP Headline From A Buggy Wordprocessor

AP ^ | 3/19/10 | Reaganesque

[kevkrom]

When my eldest son was born, or actually, several weeks before, I sent out a test email to the list of friends and family who I wanted to have notified quickly after the birth. Thinking that I just couldn’t send out a stupid “test” email, I actually patterned it after the text of the old Emergency Broadcast Service tests they used to do on TV. (”This is a test. This is only a test. Had this been a real birth announcement...”, etc.).

Skip ahead a couple of years to when the twins are getting close to due date. Trying the same basic idea, but with a twist, I sent out a message along the lines of “This This is is only only a a test. test.” which went on for a couple of paragraphs. In retrospect, I should have written software to do that, but I did it by hand, which was much harder than it sounds.

[astyanax]

"I can still typo zot..."
LOL!

[Paine in the Neck]

Reads a bit like Beowulf.

[La Lydia]

I hate it when they outsource the news reporting and headlines to a non-English speaking Third World hell hole.

[Reaganesque]

It does, actually! LOL! Or “The Return of the Native” by Thomas Hardy! Blasted Welsh words!

[Celerity]

“Sonato Majority Loador Harry Roid”

Harry Roid. That’s it ! His NEW NAME !

[Disambiguator]

My boobor is stunod!

[La Lydia]

WHAT A FIND!! What a wonderful tool. I am going to start translating all of BO pontifications into Moron. I would prefer Jive, but I wouldn't want anyone to think I am biased.

Jive: “In plum a few days, some century-long struggle gots'ta culminate in some histo'ic vote,” Mr. Ah be baaad...

Moron: “In dgust a few days, duuhhhh, a century-long struggle will culminate in a historic bote, uh uh uh,” Mr. Obama said

[kevkrom]

What a wonderful tool. I am going to start translating all of BO pontifications into Moron

How will anybody tell the difference?

[La Lydia]

There is that.

[Vendome]

;-)

[grame]

This actually happened to me after I spilled my ice tea on my keyboard at lunch once. It would type most of the relevant letters but when I went to type the letter ‘p’ it would jump back up to the very beginning like I had hit the home button. So whenever I wanted to use the letter ‘p’ I would actually type ‘the letter that comes after ‘o’. But I would forget and the letter I was writing to my sisters was about shampooing the carpet and my brother-in-law Paul. I've never laughed so hard.
Hilarity just sometimes sneaks right up on ya’! Sometimes we must laugh to keep from crying.