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Best ever typos/mistakes

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WomanStanleyWoman · 16/01/2022 17:44

Just a bit of fun… I was reminded of a famous one from our local Facebook group today. A woman had posted about how she was having a terrible problem with slugs coming into her house, and did anyone have any tips on getting rid of them. Unfortunately she’d accidentally typed ‘slags’ instead of slugs Grin Cue much laughter at how she’d tried putting salt down, but it still didn’t help 😆

Another favourite is from a forum I used to use years ago. One poster got into an argument with another and told her she was acting like a prima donna. What made this a slightly less cutting insult was the fact that she’d written it as ‘pre-Madonna’. Perhaps she was accusing her of behaving like Debbie Harry Grin

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Pudmyboy · 17/01/2022 13:50

[quote YourVagesty]This is often referred to as the worst printing disaster in history. It's genuine hilarious imo:

www.google.com/amp/s/the-avocado.org/2021/09/25/the-night-threads-memories-live-on/%3famp=1[/quote]
This is so funny! I may print it out and keep it for when I need a tremendously good laugh!🤣

StrawberrySanta · 17/01/2022 13:51

I once was talking to a customer about their British gas card top up (working in a shop) and kept saying Britis gash, said it about 4 times I just couldn't say it properly

Purpleraspberry · 17/01/2022 13:54

I once texted a workman and autocorrect changed the word 'however' to 'pervert' Blush

BearSoFair · 17/01/2022 13:55

My Sister received this email when she started a new job! Not quite 'disco cunt' but still Grin

Best ever typos/mistakes
HopelesslyHopeful87 · 17/01/2022 14:10

Someone was looking after my DD and she text and asked what she likes to watch on Netflix. I replied with 'Horrid Henry'

Phone changed it to Horny Henry 😂😂😂

Bunglemom · 17/01/2022 14:28

work in construction and sending an email about a dilapidated warehouse... called it a whorehouse!

chesterelly1 · 17/01/2022 14:42

P1 Parents night and the only piece of work that DD had on wall was her explaining some working out of more than/less than. Lots of use of count/counting/counted except she missed the O every single time. DH said to teacher "all this time and I never knew that was a verb". I waited and waited for the work to come home at end of year and it never did, I'm sure her teacher is keeping the best stuff to put in a book.

KatherineJaneway · 17/01/2022 14:45

@Carinattheliqorstore1

Colleague sent email out telling the whole office that there were dognuts on his desk.
🤣🤣🤣
Bluesheep8 · 17/01/2022 17:03

There's a thread in chat at the moment about what people are having for tea.
One poster's meal is accompanied by roast vegetarians Grin

TheKobayashiMaru · 17/01/2022 17:30

One poster's meal is accompanied by roast vegetarians Grin

Grin
EishetChayil · 17/01/2022 17:40

@Pudmyboy A tremony remony good laugh!

IcakethereforeIam · 17/01/2022 19:43

In an office where I worked, our days appointments were always getting "bully f*cked up", we eventually abbreviated it to BFU.

Crankley · 17/01/2022 20:27

I remember one in The Times when Edward Heath was Prime Minister. They said .....and in the afternoon, Mr Heath will be visiting the loo. Should have been Louvre. Smile

Masdintle · 17/01/2022 20:39

I was watching news with subtitles which will have been voice recognition. They came up with Gritter Two Birds, that well-known young Swedish environmentalist.

yellowdaffodils72 · 17/01/2022 21:06

My sister write a note for the milkman years ago
"4 extra pants please"

Awaywiththeclouds · 17/01/2022 21:58

Wish you were her!

pastaparadise · 17/01/2022 22:25

Marking an essay. 'Therapist' had been auto corrected to 'the rapist' numerous times Confused

germsandcoffee · 17/01/2022 22:29

My boss sent me some info I'd requested and I meant to text him "thanks for the stuff" but autocorrect changed it to sex 😳
I didn't know until he replied with " 😂🤣😂"

Dontknowwhatsnormal · 17/01/2022 22:52

@Gruffalogrinch @skyblueone @Opensesame1 @Moominmamma33

Cannot breathe at these, so funny 😂

Hails68 · 17/01/2022 23:01

I once wrote back to a very irate client "I have pissed on your letter of complaint". I obviously meant passed on Smile

YourVagesty · 17/01/2022 23:31

@Pudmyboy

I know! I nearly died first time I read that. That was about three years ago but every now and then, I have a read and it kills me all over again Grin

BigYellowHat · 18/01/2022 05:30

One just yesterday from DH’s ex. She advised him that she had ‘pooed in the shop’

We assumed she meant ‘popped in the shop’ 😂

Hope so anyway, otherwise she needs to get things checked out 😬

StCharlotte · 18/01/2022 08:22

  1. The company accounts are open to pubic inspection (could have been a double whammy!)
  1. Instead of Grayshott it went out as Graysnot - which was better than the more obvious error I was always worrying about making
  1. On an electric typewriter when my fingers were quicker than the keys: Upyours sincerely

Account is on autocorrect now as I always type acocunt (although I love the discocunt from a pp Grin).

WomanStanleyWoman · 20/01/2022 08:50

I love these Grin

I had to return to the thread as, yesterday, my boss told me she had a new laptop with a weirdly spaced keyboard and kept making typos. She said she was typing like an old woman.

A bit later she sent me a message with a couple of typos then followed it up with ‘This stupid keyboard - I feel like a granny’. Unfortunately there was yet another typo and she’d actually put ‘I feel like a tranny’ Grin

I was tempted to reply ‘Well at least you don’t look like one’, but I thought better of it…

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CityCommuter · 28/01/2022 16:46

A friend who works in recruitment received a CV this week with Educational qualifications listed as First class honours degree in English Clit! How cringe... Obviously it should have read Lit but I think the full word of Literature should be written on a CV anyway...

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