‘There are unfortunate spelling errors, and then there’s this’
Well, that’s unfortunate, in this newspaper’s coverage of the furore over alleged sexual misconduct by Republican Senate candidate, Roy Moore.
There are unfortunate spelling errors, and then there's this. pic.twitter.com/hOct23xDBQ
— Ben Jones (@BW_Jones) November 11, 2017
It prompted a whole bunch of puntastic replies. Here are some of our favourites.
Pretty shellfish move by the copy ed
— Will Graves (@WillGravesAP) November 11, 2017
I'd be pretty crabby if my byline was on the story.
— Ben Jones (@BW_Jones) November 11, 2017
well, with cutbacks at papers everywhere, copy editors are just prawns in the game
— Will Graves (@WillGravesAP) November 11, 2017
Yeah but their just being shellfish.
— J (@jasonrhs84) November 11, 2017
My cod, that's a big error
— StephenMiller's4head (@TotoMMB) November 11, 2017
You can almost imagine the reaction in the office. ‘Well that’s okay, we can easily change it online. IT WENT IN THE PAPER?’
Here’s a few more.
“This Shell not divide us“
— #Just Gina (@hurryprimaries) November 11, 2017
Wish I could mussel up such great puns
— SHADOWBAN (@Finkelmeister) November 12, 2017
That's ok. Puns are cool, but when you're good with idioms, the world is your oyster.
— Dimitri (@Dimitri246) November 12, 2017
That's a pearl of wisdom right there.
— Victor C. (@VictorC4victory) November 12, 2017
Clams. Eugh.
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) November 11, 2017
