MetaFilter posts tagged with regret

"It's not the final answer, and you just lost a lot of money."

Damn That Television — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:13:31 -0800

As George Carlin once said, "it is an infinitely more interesting news story for a team to repeatedly fail at the highest level than it is for them to finally win." After ten years and over 1,500 episodes, last night's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (the US version) featured its very first Top Prize Loser. Ken Basin, of Los Angeles, incorrectly guessed that LBJ prefered Yoo-Hoo over Fresca, and walked away with $25,000 instead of $1,000,000. He's not the first person to screw up a game show, though. And to tie it back to Carlin's original quote, there's no Top Prize Loser worse than the Buffalo Bills, who lost the Super Bowl four (1 2 3 4) consecutive years.

We regret the following:

gingerbeer — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:45:58 -0800

Once again, The Year in Media Errors and Corrections. Correction of the year: "Following the portrait of Tony and Cherie Blair published on 21 April in the Independent Saturday magazine, Ms Blair’s representatives have told us that she was friendly with but never had a relationship with Carole Caplin of the type suggested in the article. They want to make it clear, which we are happy to do, that Ms Blair “has never shared a shower with Ms Caplin, was not introduced to spirit guides or primal wrestling by Ms Caplin (or anyone else), and did not have her diary masterminded by Ms Caplin.” Previously. Also.

I think it was that last beer

Turtles all the way down — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 08:44:50 -0800

On a less serious note, 12 signs you drank too much. (May be NSFW--some partial male nudity)

Spike Jonze's 2002 Al Gore documentary.

craniac — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:37:22 -0800

A documentary about Al Gore that was never aired. "The 22-minute documentary that might have changed the entire course of the 2000 Presidential Election", it shows a very human, personable Al Gore and Tipper. I first saw it on McSweeney's Wholphin project, and now it's trickled down to google video.

Apparently, partying in the park is a really good idea

revfitz — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:01:37 -0800

I guess there is a lesson here for us all. From Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics, OhNoRobot, and RSSPECT fame comes a new project, based on one of his comics: the amazing Regret Index.

French fries protester regrets war jibe

acrobat — Wed, 25 May 2005 03:38:05 -0800

Freedom Fries to French Fries: "Sorry dear. It was a momentary lapse of reason. It was a combination of God's hand and a constituent's request. I wish it had never happened.