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#2746275 18-Jul-2021 16:53

As if being vertically challenged wasn't enough of a problem, you even get the blame when the tall guy stuffs-up ...

Mechanic working on Boeing 787 was too short to reach up and put a securing pin in the front landing gear. So he gets a tall mechanic to do it.

"So, another taller mechanic stepped in. However, the second mechanic put the pin in the wrong recess."

But Headline:

REPORT BA 787 collapsed because the mechanic was too short to put “remove before flight” pin in the right hole

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#2746278 18-Jul-2021 17:11

Headline could have just as accurately said Nose gear collapsed because BA hadn’t actioned a Service Bulletin published to prevent this particular Human Error.

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#2746306 18-Jul-2021 19:14

Dingbatt:

Headline could have just as accurately said Nose gear collapsed because BA hadn’t actioned a Service Bulletin published to prevent this particular Human Error.

True. The CEO must be tall. (/s)

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#2747178 20-Jul-2021 15:44

"You've just read this Canterbury article for free. Together, we can keep it that way."

Hang on. If I pay you, it won't be free...!

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#2747254 20-Jul-2021 18:13

Had a wry smile when Angela Merkel was quoted at the scene of the recent floods

She said there aren't words in the German language to describe the surreal destruction.

I think she'll find there are the words. And they're really really long.

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#2748270 22-Jul-2021 14:59

What is a "yout"?

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#2751820 29-Jul-2021 15:49

Woops.

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#2754158 3-Aug-2021 02:21

One of the gripes I have is how they categorize their "content". Surely they could use a bit more tact with articles like this one?

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#2756197 6-Aug-2021 14:43

Today's journalistic inanity comes from Driven, the NZ Herald motoring subsidiary who are introducing a new numbering system. In this new system, 40 is more than 50. *Sigh*

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#2757917 10-Aug-2021 12:38

From Stuff.co.nz Front Page!

They keep inventing words! Are they trying to get one in the latest dictionary?

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#2757946 10-Aug-2021 13:12

Not sure if it was that dumb but last week the press had a headline saying about the 'Oarsome' Kayakers

Funny considering they use paddles.

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#2757951 10-Aug-2021 13:16

msukiwi:
From Stuff.co.nz Front Page!

They keep inventing words! Are they trying to get one in the latest dictionary?

Sounds pretty handy, Boilet, a device that when not being used as a Toilet, can be used to cook food in.

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#2757965 10-Aug-2021 13:44

MrAmerica:

Sounds pretty handy, Boilet, a device that when not being used as a Toilet, can be used to cook food in.

Or a painful skin infection on your bum - resulting from not sanitising the seat in a public WC.

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#2759093 12-Aug-2021 16:32

Headline: "The real reason Harry and Meghan weren't invited to Barack Obamas birthday bash"

Actual article:

"Royal expert and author Angela Levin, who wrote Harry: Biography of a Prince, believes..."

"Others have speculated that perhaps..."

"Royal expert and writer, Camilla Tominey, speculated..."

Ah, so just a clickbait then, seeing there's no evidence-based comment anywhere in the article.

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#2759117 12-Aug-2021 17:00

But it's the real reason! It says so!

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