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AIBU to think this is the funniest typo ever?

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MaggieMagpie357 · 20/11/2018 15:35

I'm admin on an FB forum for PTAs. Someone has just commented on a thread about Santa's Grottos, apparently they're going to decorate theirs with "snowflake netting across the windows, a blow up father christmas and tree on the outside, oh and not forgetting the snow top foof"

I laughed so hard. What's the best typo you've ever seen/done? I did confuse lick and kick once in a dirty text...... could have been a bit ouchy.....

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powershowerforanhour · 22/11/2018 01:54

It's 1.30am. I'm meant to be reading a project licence application for a meeting tomorrow. But this thread is so much better. My favourites so far are:
blowjob/blowdry- for "keep digging" value
I thrust in you- for the wish fulfilment
Annual General Mating- for the mental image of sober committee types having an orgy in the village hall
And
Pay your a cunt - short, to the point.

DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 22/11/2018 02:44

DW, back when nurse wore hats and Windows 3.11 was still a thing, had a version of Word that would autocorrect "Royal College of Physicians" to "Royal College of Foreskins". Nor could they get at the dictionary file, so at least one would would slip through every week.

StealthPolarBear · 22/11/2018 06:18

"Heuschrecke

Wasn't there a MNer who, some years ago now, sent a text about Couscous as part of their dinner which somehow became 'anus anus' - but her text was to her DH's male colleague (and their mutual friend) who they had invited round for dinner that evening?!"
That was pagwatch, and was brilliant :)

StealthPolarBear · 22/11/2018 06:20

I once had an email from a colleague which was meant to say

Susan's dad's died, can you give Andrea a couple of quid for me as she's arranging a collection

Susan (and Andrea) are both colleagues we've worked with for years.

She missed out a key word - "dad", so she told me quite brutally and heartlessly that a colleague in her 40s had died! Thankfully I guessed what had happened...

Heuschrecke · 22/11/2018 06:37

Thanks, Stealth, I'd totally forgotten it was Paggy!!

PeapodBurgundy · 22/11/2018 06:42

@KeepServingTheDrinks

According to a CV I widely distributed I live in Cunty Durham! VERY easily done that one!

BalloonSlayer · 22/11/2018 06:52

I came very close to sending a message to a group of teenagers about a day trip, which included the line "Don't forget to bring some foof to eat on the coach."

Thank God I saw that in time, I had cold sweats!

KevinTheYuccaPlant · 22/11/2018 07:23

I had some poor chap on live chat for a bookmaker who got into serious problems with 'your account' and apologised profusely.

My mother has a 40-year-old newspaper clipping from an English-language paper in Sri Lanka (or Ceylon as it was then) which still makes her laugh. It's a report of a society wedding and informs readers that the marriage was consummated on the church steps and the groom wore a carnation in his bottomhole.

signandsingcarols · 22/11/2018 08:39

this has cheered me up, Thank you all! I am still sniggering at offering a discocunt Grin Grin

Jamhandprints · 22/11/2018 09:36

Love the dental patient who was noted to be a psycho and poor Ted who unfortunately died. Can't stop laughing...trying to drink coffee! 🤣

Jamhandprints · 22/11/2018 09:37

Oh gosh, I've just seen about the Sri Lankan wedding! Will never stop laughing!

YouveCatToBeKittenMe · 22/11/2018 09:56

The marriage was consummated on the church steps and the groom wore a carnation in his bottomhole.
GrinGrin sooo funny

DoYouLikeHueyLewisandTheNews · 22/11/2018 10:48

Text message to boyfriend (now husband) one December. "I'm feeling really fertile". I meant festive.

EglantineP · 22/11/2018 11:34

I sent a text to a friend who was coming to stay

"Dump your vag here, then we'll go out."

I meant dump your bag.

CornishMade · 22/11/2018 12:24

Just yesterday I corrected a typo at work, in e-newsletter copy that had been written by my boss and signed off by a client, a corporate catering company. Amongst the delicacies on offer was "fingered food".

Dogdoeshisownthing · 22/11/2018 12:25

This thread has been the highlight of my day, I can't stop laughing!
I can't think of any typos to add myself but DH is renown for them!
I think he spends most of his days correcting typos. He sends a lot of texts through Bluetooth speaker when he's driving and Bluetooth clearly doesn't hear him properly! Just yesterday he asked me to 'wank the dog for him' because he was going to be late home. I replied 'No thanks he's not my type' DH replied with a question mark then 20 minutes later rang me laughing his head off as he finally realised what he'd sent.
Sometimes he sends a full sentence of typos but refuses to admit Bluetooth is shit and it would be easier to just ring people!

c190 · 22/11/2018 13:45

I always intended to tell the people at this park about this sign - they were at every ride!

AIBU to think this is the funniest typo ever?
ineedsomeinspiration · 22/11/2018 13:57

My brother once sent a covering letter for a job interview to Dear Sir or Madman. He only noticed when using the letter as a template for another.

MaidofEyes · 22/11/2018 14:05

The typos and mistakes on the news apps are astonishing, I don't think anyone reads them through.

Almost as entertaining as BBC subtitles which are so bad. They took the piss out of them on W1A, they were so close to the levels of incompetence and inappropriateness that it could have actually been a serious documentary moment.

I worked on a magazine and reading through a story (in print) we discovered we'd done the classic missing 'l' in public and ran a story about a new pubic space.

That Engrish site is great, I love bad translations and misspells on menus!

strongswans · 22/11/2018 15:49

On fb, a mum describing something her baby dd was doing. 'Look how cleaver dd is'. Made me chuckle a bit.

BSintolerant · 22/11/2018 16:03

EBay's email made me laugh last year. Why just decorate your hoe at Christmas? What if my spade feels left out?Grin

AIBU to think this is the funniest typo ever?
theDudesmummy · 22/11/2018 16:29

A lot of these are hilarious but the husband driving home saying owl owl made me cry with laughter...

Heuschrecke · 22/11/2018 17:06

"the marriage was consummated on the church steps and the groom wore a carnation in his bottomhole."

I've spent hours today trying to work out what 'consummated' was really meant to be?! Unless it was one of those lost in translation moments.

CovenofMiLsfromHades · 22/11/2018 17:23

Could it be consecrated? I know that doesn't normally happen on the church steps.

MLMsuperfan · 22/11/2018 17:25

In a report I wrote about a colleague's grievances - "He feels he has difficulty getting hard". (Supposed to be "heard")

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