Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Not quite what was meant?

Spotted in the local paper this week:

"A firm's account manager who fiddled the books to enable him to steal more than £180,000 has been warned he is 'almost invariably' facing a prison sentence." 

Has this happened before or did the reporter misread his/her shorthand for 'almost inevitably'?

A report on an inquest, despite being sad, made me smile.  The deceased "underwent the operation, to repair damage cause by a tumour in his naval cavity and skull".  This time I feel sure it was finger trouble and the reporter meant nasal. 

More on the health front meant that a young lad was reported to have had "an operation to remove my Gaul bladder".  I had no idea that one of our body parts was French!

At least it kept me amused.

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