One from BBC news

[UnquietDad]

"MPs will be debating the plan to close 2000 post offices this afternoon."

2000 post offices? In one afternoon?

dinny - yes, R2 news. Spoken headline.

ah, well, Radio 2....

thought you were dissing BBC TV news for a moment there...

thanks uqd
I was beginning to get a bit scared!

From Wilfred Hodges again

The Government were strongly urged to take steps to put a stop to the growing evil of methylated spirit drinking by the Liverpool justices at their quarterly meeting.

quite agree..
not pedantic at all

Swedes - that one reminds me of "Judges to act on porn movies."

Ooh thank you! You've made my day xx

Would you call that creature a 'chicken' to his face, though?

How about this (lightly paraphrased to render ungooglable) arguable blooper in a chapter I'm currently editing:

So-and-so's ethical position involved "being committed to reducing human pain, understanding, and contentment."

Threadworm - That's sloppy.

Yes, and author is v. touchy about tampering with his prose

"committed to understanding, contentment and reducing human pain."

he won't notice

committed to understanding what though?

committed to understanding contentment, perhaps...