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So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:59 am
by doctorwho
From a very recent Yahoo main page:

- MastodonBlooper.jpg (7.74 KiB) Viewed 1591 times
It never ceases to amaze me that glaring errors like this are so often missed by the so-called 'editors' of the news, be it web or print.
Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:47 am
by jingle_jangle
It slipped under my radar...I simply thought they were talking about my first wife, Gary.
Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:50 am
by paologregorio
Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:03 am
by jingle_jangle
Yup. That's her, all right.
Fleetwood Mac named an album after her best feature...
Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:05 am
by doctorwho
Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:22 am
by wayang
1,100 years ago...right after it stepped off the Ark on Mt. Ararat and swam to Michigan...
They've got museums in Kansas that can explain it better than I can..
Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:03 am
by captsandwich
jingle_jangle wrote:I simply thought they were talking about my first wife, Gary.
Gary is an odd name for a woman.
Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:32 am
by gregga41
Now I ain't dumb
but i can't understand
how she walked like a woman
but talked like a man
Gary
G G G G Gary

Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:46 am
by Bighouse
captsandwich wrote:jingle_jangle wrote:I simply thought they were talking about my first wife, Gary.
Gary is an odd name for a woman.
Well, there goes your opportunity for ever getting your instruments refinished by the best!!!!

Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:55 am
by captsandwich
Bighouse wrote:captsandwich wrote:jingle_jangle wrote:I simply thought they were talking about my first wife, Gary.
Gary is an odd name for a woman.
Well, there goes your opportunity for ever getting your instruments refinished by the best!!!!

But that was the least offensive of the comments I had in mind. My restraint should count for something.

Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:55 am
by jingle_jangle
The
wide stance displayed in your avatar is anything but restrained, Greg!!!

Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:49 pm
by wayang
Maybe not restrained, but definitely courting a pulled hamstring...
(I'm mentally experimenting with somehow reintroducing the word mastodon into the thread at this point, but the whole idea seems fraught with peril...)
Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:00 pm
by libratune
Here's what Wiki had to say about Mastodon:
Mastodon is a Grammy Award-nominated heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. It was one of the most notable bands in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.
This Wiki entry is obviously somewhat dated if Mastodon was recently discovered in Michigan. The last time they roamed the earth couldn't have been less than 10 years ago.
So they were off by a factor of 100!
Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:14 pm
by jps
Re: So they were off by a factor of ten ...
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:35 pm
by brammy
I liked the intro riff..... the rest sucked
Give me
anyday