Funny newspaper mis-prints

[Guest]

And now, leaving the drama behind, here is another humorous misprint...

Now that there is funny!

[Tom Geiger]

Missing two commas.

Rachael Ray finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog.

I want a leg!

[LDO]

Someone photoshopped out (or simply marked out) the commas.

Edited July 3, 2014 by LDO

[Austin T]

Sentence structure saves lives!

Let's eat, grandma!

Let's eat grandma!

[Custom Hearse]

Sentence structure saves lives!

Let's eat, grandma!

Let's eat grandma!

LMAO!!!

[Scale-Master]

To Serve Man.

[Custom Hearse]

To Serve Man.

IT'S A COOKBOOK!!! IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!

LMAO!!!

[Harry P.]

You guys are hilarious!

[cobraman]

That takes me back !

[mnwildpunk]

IT'S A COOKBOOK!!! IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!

LMAO!!!

was that twlight zone outer limits or hitchcock presents

[Custom Hearse]

was that twlight zone outer limits or hitchcock presents

That was from Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear...

Love that movie!!!

[LDO]

It was also an episode of Twilight Zone. The main alien was Richard Kiel, who later played "Jaws" in some 1970s James Bond movies.

It was also spoofed in The Simpsons. Bart and Lisa found a book in an alien spaceship. The blew some dust off the cover and saw the title "How to cook people" (panic). They blew off some more dust and saw "How to cook for people" (ah. OK.) Then they blew more dust off and saw "How to cook forty people".

I saw the TZ episode on the SyFi New Years marathon this year. I remember a scene when the alien visited the UN. someone said to him "We have representatives from most of Earth's major countries". I couldn't help thinking..."and a few of the piss-ant counties, too."

[martinfan5]

Welcome to the "Tonight Show With Jay Leno"

[mnwildpunk]

Thank you. Ah yes T.Z. I thought it was that but wasn't for sure. Speaking of sentence structure there was a for sale add in the paper here in mpls that went like this.

WIFE PREGNANT MUST SELL. 1968 dodge coronet. can't remember the whole ad but found it amusing to think a guy would sell his wife because she was pregnant

Edited July 5, 2014 by mnwildpunk

[Tom Geiger]

I remember seeing this one... probably in a thread like this:

Beagle Free To A Good Home- Good for working couple. Plays with self all day long.

[Danno]

And there are people who insist spelling and punctuation ~ or grammar ~ don't matter.

[Harry P.]

And there are people who insist spelling and punctuation ~ or grammar ~ don't matter.

...or sentence structure.

Some of the best newspaper headlines...

When Baking Cookies, Include Your Kids

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Experts Say

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

Iraqi Head Seeks Arms

Prostitutes Appeal to Pope

Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands

Local Teacher Strikes Idle Kids

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Suspect

War Dims Hope for Peace

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While

Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted

Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?

Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge

Kids Can Make Nutritious Snacks

[Tom Geiger]

When I lived in Monmouth County, New Jersey there were a couple towns that gave you a giggle in a headline in the local Asbury Park Press. There is Brick Township and the city of Neptune.

Nothing like the main headline being...

Neptune Man Up On Charges -- is he an alien?

And why wasn't the Saturn dealer on Route 35 called "Saturn of Neptune"??

-or-

Brick Man Hit By Speeding Car -- I'll bet there was more damage to the car!

Or is he a super hero? Brick Man, friend of Spider Man!

And are the citizens of Paramus, NJ called "Parameciums"?

[Joe Handley]

Neptune Man up on charges, sure he wasn't just out of the water?

[Harry P.]

And are the citizens of Paramus, NJ called "Parameciums"?

Are the citizens of Paris called "Parisites?"

[Danno]

I heard the Neptune man fled to Burt Reynolds' home town in FL . . . Jupiter.

[Joe Handley]

"And are the citizens of Paramus, NJ called "Parameciums"?"

Having worked for Paramus based Toy's "R" Us for 5 years around the most recent turn of the century, that explains a lot about how they were being run at the time

[Tom Geiger]

Having worked for Paramus based Toy's "R" Us for 5 years around the most recent turn of the century, that explains a lot about how they were being run at the time

My sister in law (yea, the green Chevette girl) did her college internship at Toys headquarters, which led to a decent career in their advertising department. She left when she had kids. She got my older daughter into their photo shoots for both Toys-r-Us and Babies-r-Us. Most prominently my daughter was in the big Little Tykes posters that sold play houses in every store. Instead of having all those huge playhouses and swing sets in the store, they had posters showing them. Those posters lasted something like 10 years!

[Joe Handley]

I remember those posters, and the product, biiiiig boxes we unloaded from the trailers and then from the storeroom into/onto/around customer's cars!

[ChrisBcritter]

I worked for almost thirteen years as a proofreader for a printing firm that catered to the legal profession. The mistake that still stands out the most was an announcement for a firm that had hired a new lawyer. I marked the proof for a typo and sent it back to the typesetter with the following note: "FOR GOD'S SAKE, PETER, MAKE SURE THIS IS CORRECTED IN THE SYSTEM!"

The correct spelling of the lawyer's last name was "Fick"...

Edited July 12, 2014 by ChrisBcritter