Poor localization causes a simple, if slightly inflammatory, text message to go awry.
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - View this thread

"I... Forgot."

Upon the death of a possible BSE cow, "the unidentified doctor preserved the brain stem sample in formalin... but then 'simply forgot' about it until mid-July." That's the reason why we're only hearing about it now. Any questions?
posted on Jul 27, 2005 - View this thread

Mistakes happen. And we regret the error.
posted on Feb 27, 2005 - View this thread

Big organization carelessly ships dangerous free gifts to new customers. Those greedy, uncaring, heartless, soulless corporations, at it again. Oh wait... this time it was Consumer Reports that did it.
posted on May 7, 2002 - View this thread

This might be taking the war on terrorism a little to far. Royal Marines get lost or should I say vamos. (Parden my french).
posted on Feb 19, 2002 - View this thread

When headlines go bad part infinity. I know it's a crude crude joke to be making, but after all the election crap, I just can't help but laughing at the title "climax in court" coupled with the picture of that judge in his formal robe...
posted on Dec 7, 2000 - View this thread

When headlines go bad : Missiles Hit West Bank Towns (Reuters) - Israel launched overnight missile strikes on five West Bank towns, killing a German resident, and Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
posted on Nov 16, 2000 - View this thread

When captions go bad? It's the one below the first picture.
posted on Sep 28, 2000 - View this thread

"Chirac flatly denies posthumous graft charges" Yet another headline gone wrong. Before you read the article, see if you can figure out what they think they mean. I sure couldn't figure it out.

Chirac isn't dead, and what good is posthumous graft, anyway?
posted on Sep 21, 2000 - View this thread