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 7th April 2006, 2:18am
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 Lieutenant  Group: Retired Staff Posts: 411 Joined: February 2005 From: California Member No.: 3,438  |
Ha ha!
Dumb mistake, but funny!
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7th April 2006, 4:50am
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 Catching the next pimpmobile outta here! Group: Chief Editor Posts: 1,790 Joined: August 2003 From: UK Member No.: 417 |
At last, we're giving other countries and their officials the respect they deserve...
Oh dear. -------------------- Whooooo wants some WANG!?
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7th April 2006, 7:13am
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Lieutenant Group: Retired Staff Posts: 411 Joined: February 2005 From: California Member No.: 3,438 |
Actually, "Mr. Scooter" deserves a lot less...
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7th April 2006, 8:31am
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 Colonel Group: Admin Posts: 5,980 Joined: March 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,057 |
I think my Engrish is a bit too limited to get that one...
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7th April 2006, 9:08am
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 Rowboat Group: Site Staff Posts: 2,726 Joined: September 2002 From: Outer Space Member No.: 813 |
I'm not getting the Mr. Scooter completely either - but only because a few other things in that image were distracting me. But I take it that it's meant to be Lewis "Scooter" Libby?
I'm generally not dirty minded on purpose nor do I go for potty humour, but my brain was rolling around in the gutter after these: Bush 'Ordered Intelligence Leak', Trial Date in CIA leak case, 'Bush Blow' Ugh, those are bad. Media headlines taken out of context are a goldmine of fun and groans. Still, hey, might be fun. We could have a thread where we can posts headlines from our local newspapers that sound completely and utterly wrong when read out of context. - NKF -------------------- Current Avatar Source: A custom GM-Striker. The 'British' counterpart to the 'German' Zaku in Ich trage eine Wanne für einen Hut. I still have no idea if that's been mistranslated.
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7th April 2006, 4:22pm
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 Bridge troll Group: Admin Posts: 1,057 Joined: October 2003 From: Wales Member No.: 1,341 |
Well the BBC evidently hedged its bets. The lower right hand side of the picture shows a link to the BBC profile of one Lewis "Scooter" Libby. I suppose they thought that if they used enough variants of his name one of them would probably be right
 Look out for any American media reports that describe Tony Blair as Prime Minister of England. That always infuriates people from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. EDIT: looks like the BBC fixed the mistake nearly ten hours after publishing the story link |
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7th April 2006, 6:38pm
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Lieutenant Group: Retired Staff Posts: 411 Joined: February 2005 From: California Member No.: 3,438 |
Accounting Troll, you got it right that they were hedging their bets. Later on in the SAME STORY, he was referred to correctly as well. It seems that many folks work on the same BBC webpage story, and not all of them totally sober or with it.
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8th April 2006, 3:11pm
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Bridge troll Group: Admin Posts: 1,057 Joined: October 2003 From: Wales Member No.: 1,341 |
QUOTE(DoomMunky @ 7th April 2006, 6:38pm)  It seems that many folks work on the same BBC webpage story, and not all of them totally sober or with it. Are you implying that some British journalists are occasionally sober? I take it you haven't read any of our tablods recently 
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