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#3352653 11-Mar-2025 16:22

johno1234:

I did gently criticise my wife's misuse of apostrophes. I shan't make that mistake again...

Did the doctors manage to sew them back on again?

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#3352924 11-Mar-2025 22:54

neb:

johno1234:

I did gently criticise my wife's misuse of apostrophes. I shan't make that mistake again...

Did the doctors manage to sew them back on again?

I was thinking more of an apostrophe extraction ..

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#3352943 12-Mar-2025 07:51

neb:

johno1234:

I did gently criticise my wife's misuse of apostrophes. I shan't make that mistake again...

Did the doctors manage to sew them back on again?

Yes, thanks for your concern. Luckily they were found and re-attached. At my age however they're really just for show.

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#3352946 12-Mar-2025 07:59

One well known YouTube blogger admits that his better 3/4s keeps his in her hand bag for safe keeping, returned as required.

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#3353348 13-Mar-2025 07:34

Stuff Quiz this morning

Sigh

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#3353354 13-Mar-2025 08:15

PolicyGuy:

Stuff Quiz this morning

Sigh

But the BIGLY question is: Did you get it right?

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#3353866 14-Mar-2025 01:34

Also, don't let the drugs generate the image you're using.

Uploaded in oversized resolution so you can appreciate the unusual vehicle design, although some details aren't visible.

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#3355542 20-Mar-2025 10:12

Not a headline, but what proofreader missed the repeat of the NZ share prices instead of the Australian ones?

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#3355545 20-Mar-2025 10:34

TAKid:

Not a headline, but what proofreader missed the repeat of the NZ share prices instead of the Australian ones?

What makes you think there are still proofreaders?

Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos

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#3355763 20-Mar-2025 22:24

Rikkitic:

TAKid:

Not a headline, but what proofreader missed the repeat of the NZ share prices instead of the Australian ones?

What makes you think there are still proofreaders?

My wife writes a semi-regular column for one of the papers and doesn't get any proofreading.

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#3355764 20-Mar-2025 22:32

The Herald is going downhill quickly. Just saw a clickbait red banner MH370 'bombshell' news alert. What is the bombshell? The Malaysian government has agreed to a new search. Hardly a bombshell and already old news.

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#3355765 20-Mar-2025 22:35

Rikkitic:

The Herald is going downhill quickly.

Well not entirely, the absorbent paper it's printed on makes it perfect for kitty litter tray liner.

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#3356085 21-Mar-2025 16:16

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#3356133 21-Mar-2025 20:11

Rikkitic: The Herald is going downhill quickly. Just saw a clickbait red banner MH370 'bombshell' news alert. What is the bombshell? The Malaysian government has agreed to a new search. Hardly a bombshell and already old news.

Generally I don't notice this kind of clickbait. I'm almost blind to it unless someone tells me it's there.

This afternoon despite my best instincts in the other direction - bombshell is the giveaway - I clicked on that same Herald scrolling banner.

The Herald scrolling banners are now unreservedly in my mental adblocker.

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#3356237 22-Mar-2025 10:44

It's not just NZ media with the gaffes. This was Sky News UK reporting 'the' SAS had cancelled 12 flights.

Except it was SAS - Scandinavian Airlines System, the national airline of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

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