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02/26/2008 01:07:16 PM · #1 |
I realize the news services have to be the first and the fastest, but every once in awhile, they may want to proofread something before publishing. From a CNN story today:
Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmental and political activist who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, placed the first seeds inside the vault, followed by other dignitaries.
(Or am I the only one who is reading that wrong?) |
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02/26/2008 01:08:37 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
I realize the news services have to be the first and the fastest, but every once in awhile, they may want to proofread something before publishing. From a CNN story today:
Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmental and political activist who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, placed the first seeds inside the vault, followed by other dignitaries.
(Or am I the only one who is reading that wrong?) |
Sounds like a diplomatic orgy to me. |
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02/26/2008 01:18:07 PM · #3 |
Sounds like environmental porn.
edit for not proof reading, lol
Message edited by author 2008-02-26 13:19:50. |
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02/26/2008 01:19:11 PM · #4 |
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Message edited by author 2008-02-26 13:19:33. |
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02/26/2008 01:20:50 PM · #5 |
'Doomsday' seed vault opens in Norway
FYI only :P |
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02/26/2008 01:24:55 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by CNN News story:
Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmental and political activist who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, placed the first seeds inside the vault, followed by other dignitaries. |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
'Doomsday' seed vault opens in Norway
FYI only :P |
But why are they storing "dignitaries" in there? Just in case all the world's bureaucracies suddenly disappear simultaneously? ;-) |
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02/26/2008 01:26:39 PM · #7 |
Hopefully the kind man placed food and water in there as well.
Message edited by author 2008-02-26 13:26:48. |
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02/26/2008 01:28:31 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by CNN News story:
Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmental and political activist who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, placed the first seeds inside the vault, followed by other dignitaries. |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
'Doomsday' seed vault opens in Norway
FYI only :P |
But why are they storing "dignitaries" in there? Just in case all the world's bureaucracies suddenly disappear simultaneously? ;-) |
OOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo.. ok :P |
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02/26/2008 01:29:55 PM · #9 |
| My daughter has a funny book called Anguished English and it is full of such twisted lingo collected from around the world. I think this qualifies for the next edition. |
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02/26/2008 01:57:14 PM · #10 |
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
So punctuation also really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death.
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02/26/2008 03:18:57 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
But why are they storing "dignitaries" in there? Just in case all the world's bureaucracies suddenly disappear simultaneously? ;-) |
I'll bet the telephone sanitizers will be next...
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