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Unintentional Truths

Date: Thursday, 26 July 2012, 15:38.

Categories: random-stuff.

Showing my Ol***ics(tm)-induced patriotic fervour with this warning on the perils of "Thing, Prefix of" notation, courtesy of speedtest.net:

Who says AIs don't have a sense of humour...

And the Sly Subeditor of the Week Award goes to...

Date: Wednesday, 25 April 2012, 21:20.

Categories: random-stuff.

Subeditors are sly sods, stuck in a largely thankless job, being shouted at from one side by journalists and the other side by editors, and if you take your eye off them for a second, they'll resort to what is seemingly their only pleasure in life: slipping slyly subversive jokes into seemingly innocent copy.

This week's award goes to whoever it was at the BBC who managed to inject a little fun into the US secret service prostitute scandal with this subtle joke:

Well it made me laugh...

If you still don't see it, read below the cut for a hint.

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