our local newspaper, the spectrum, (or the rectum as we lovingly refer to it--keeping it real) holds a special place in my heart. i have read this paper religiously nearly every day since i was probably 14. my parents always got it, and so when russ and i tied the knot, he got me, along with a 24 month subscription. lots of people i know do not subscribe on principal: our little hometown daily has a long-time history of errors, typos, wrong photos with wrong captions, etc... these people all say that it is too painful to read, they get irritated by the incompetency, blah blah blah. i say that the little problems and the "oh NO THEY DID NOT's" are exactly what i live and exist for, and gives me, on some days, a reason to LIVE!!! oh, that something so small and insignificant can bring me such pleasure!
last week a classic example of what i can't wait for appeared in the saturday edition. to know me is to know that one of my hugest pet peeves in the world is when somebody uses the wrong form of to or too, a your instead of a you're or, the biggie, an 's when it should be s-- especially if it is on a permanent banner or on a large marquee for the masses to read. we all do a bit of that here and there, but if you run an establishment like, oh, lets just say a NEWSPAPER, somebody, ANYBODY, should be proofreading and double checking and then triple checking. so when i see something like this little gem in black and white, i wonder who is on the payroll and what they are doing round 'bout printing time...
IT'S TOO LATE, PEOPLE!! TOO, TOO LATE!!! and seriously, my favorite thing is the image of the pioneer chick packing some serious heat up top--is that the picture any of us have in our minds when we think of our female ancestors??? i love living in this town!
last week a classic example of what i can't wait for appeared in the saturday edition. to know me is to know that one of my hugest pet peeves in the world is when somebody uses the wrong form of to or too, a your instead of a you're or, the biggie, an 's when it should be s-- especially if it is on a permanent banner or on a large marquee for the masses to read. we all do a bit of that here and there, but if you run an establishment like, oh, lets just say a NEWSPAPER, somebody, ANYBODY, should be proofreading and double checking and then triple checking. so when i see something like this little gem in black and white, i wonder who is on the payroll and what they are doing round 'bout printing time...
IT'S TOO LATE, PEOPLE!! TOO, TOO LATE!!! and seriously, my favorite thing is the image of the pioneer chick packing some serious heat up top--is that the picture any of us have in our minds when we think of our female ancestors??? i love living in this town!
3 comments:
So funny!
Gotta love The Daily Rectum !!! I also am one of the ones who REFUSES to buy a subscription because of things like this !!!!! And it is free online.
Another bad paper is that free one we all get each Thursday, they seriously need to hire someone who knows how to proof read. Good thing that one is free !!!!!!!!! It seems like all the writers work for free too.
I thought my hubby was the only nasty talker to call it the...well you know. What a claim to fame & retardation. I am suprised that we don't see a permanent spot for it on Jay. SICK!
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