In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darren
Branagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
That reminds me of a story in RTE TV here in Ireland many years ago.
Similar Situation, but it was the bloke who wrote up the autocue for the
newsreaders who was a little disgruntled. In one news story about a post
office robbery the newsreader read the autocue:-
"and the postmistress was held at gunpoint by two men, each carrying sawn
off shitguns"
Before I lived here in Brighton I had to come down for a series of shows
in the Brighton Centre. We stayed in a hotel called 'The Old Ship Hotel'
In the lobby was one of those board which have letters stuck into velvet
slots so you can spell out various messages. On the day I was sitting in
lobby I noticed it read 'The Old Ship Hotel welcomes....'. I casually
wandered over and removed the 'p' from Ship and replaced it with the 't'
from 'Hotel'. I then replaced that 't' with the 'l' and sat down. It
took over an hour of visitors giggling and snorting before the
receptionist noticed what I had done. I also recall waiting for someone
at Plaistow station. They had a notice on a blackboard which read, '
London Underground apologise for the delays to District Line trains.
This is due to Staff Error at Rayners Park'. Unfortunately they left the
chalk there and it was a moments work to turn it into 'Stark Terror at
Rayners Park' Ah such juvenile amusement.
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