Best... typo... ever!

TheEarl

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"...she said, as she flashed a cheeky groin at him..."

So glad I noticed that before I sent it out to the unsuspecting public. I think that one actually beats out my "...bare feet against the cold wooden flaw..." of a few years ago.

Anyone got anythin better?

The Earl
 
This wasn't in a story, but a large amount of the time that I try to type coke (as in, soda pop), I type cock (did it back there too, lol).
 
Not a typo .. but still pretty damn funny

In a call centre envirorment, a customer got quite upset when a rep offered to go through the bill together with her and screamed that she was not ididerate.
 
Last month there was a story posted in which the author stated (paraphrasing)
Things were so strange it appeared cereal.
 
thebullet said:
Last month there was a story posted in which the author stated (paraphrasing)
Things were so strange it appeared cereal.


That got a howl of laughter.

My two favorites are from (alledgedly) non-fiction work that it's been my pleasure to peruse. One author explained that a major influence on Romantic thought was "the wars that were between the nobles and the pheasants." The other, moving forward in time, chided Victorian industrialists for "exploding their workers."

Still, at least they were only typos or possibly word confusions. They didn't rise to quite the level of this gem:

“Africa is a primarily African American country.”

I can’t even read this without wanting to cry.

Shanglan
 
sincerely_helene said:
I recall once when one of my characters got a severe papercunt.
I LOVE this. What an image! I can even see its severe expression...
 
BlackShanglan said:
The other, moving forward in time, chided Victorian industrialists for "exploding their workers."

The visual for this is quite good. :D

Little robber barons cackling as they watch their workers explode when they've had enough. :D
 
“Africa is a primarily African American country.”


WTF????

Black Shang, that tops them all IMHO.

It reminds me of Lorelei Lee: Excuse me, what is the way to Europe, France?
 
didn't they explode some workers in a Monty Python movie? I think they were warring with the Pheasants at the time, damn Peckers! How cereal!!


so freaking funny!
 
thebullet said:
WTF????

Black Shang, that tops them all IMHO.

It reminds me of Lorelei Lee: Excuse me, what is the way to Europe, France?

Glad you liked it. That's my winner for confused thinking - although a close second was a comment about Italy surrendering to Grant at Appomatox. Still, for "surreal" I think I will go with this one:

"Shylock is crucified in a court of red herrings."

Great imagery.

Shanglan
 
Sexxy Vixen said:
This wasn't in a story, but a large amount of the time that I try to type coke (as in, soda pop), I type cock (did it back there too, lol).

Yup. I've never, ever typed the work disk correctly the first time. It always comes (*snort*) out "dick." Odd, really ... 'cause I don't use that term in my writing.

Best one I ever committed was "pubic area" ... in an OpEd about rezoning. Fortunately, the newspaper editor caught it before going to print.
 
cantdog said:
I LOVE this. What an image! I can even see its severe expression...
What made it even worse is that I recall the actual sentence went something like '... He placed her hand in his, penetrating her flesh with his gaze. "That's a nasty papercunt you got there, miss," he assessed warmly.'
 
sincerely_helene said:
What made it even worse is that I recall the actual sentence went something like '... He placed her hand in his, penetrating her flesh with his gaze. "That's a nasty papercunt you got there, miss," he assessed warmly.'


Oh, stop! Please, I need air! LMFAO! HAhahahahahaha!!!!!!
 
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