Archive for the ‘Words’ Category
Lincoln cathedral struck by lightening
Posted on April 25th, 2010 by Chris
From issue 17 (spring 2010) of esprit, the full-colour mag for members of Lincolnshire Co-operative, a classic typo. For those without a modern graphically enhanced browser, it reads thus:
Shaken by earthquakes…struck by lightening…having stood the test of time for nigh on 1,000 years…today Lincoln Cathedral needs your help!
I guess that’s what comes of paying one’s [...]
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Envelopes
Posted on May 8th, 2009 by Chris
Some people brainstorm; we, however, are content to waffle. The ideas come out just the same in the end, though. This evening, as an alternative to ‘pushing the envelope’, an activity beloved by over-enthusiastic business execs everywhere, we invented ‘pushing the antelope‘. This phrase may already exist elsewhere, but if so, we’ve never come across [...]
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