Comments on: 7 Interesting Typo Tales

By: tim

tim — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:24:00 +0000

We had asked a vendor to ship a product on a certain day – his response – “considerate done”. I laugh every time I think about it.

By: Evets

Evets — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:27:00 +0000

Saw an ad in our local paper for a weekend sale at a national men’s department store that left an “r” out of their ad:
Men’s Summer Shits
-solids, stripes and prints
-dress and casual
-all sizes available (tallman extra)

THESE WON’T LAST LONG!

By: Luis

Luis — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:56:00 +0000

A few years ago, a fantastic typo at one of the city’s most expensive department stores got me a PS2, Prince of Persia (Sands of Time) and a memory card for $260 AUD, which was cheaper than just the PS2 alone.

By: Brady

Brady — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:28:00 +0000

My sister, while working at an accounting firm, received a resume with the stated objective including “utilizing my skills as a certified pubic accountant.” This resume had been professionally written and sent to many companies. She called to notify and the sender was mortified, and then very angry with the company that had ‘poof-read’ (I just made this up) it for him.

By: Bethy

Bethy — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:09:00 +0000

John Bottom you cracked me UP! I almost sprayed pop at the screen with your typos! Those are CLASSIC! :)

(PS, you have an interesting name too….)

~Bethy

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:37:00 +0000

NASA also had a very expensive hyphen in the 70s, they had to blow up something that went off-course.

About 10 years ago, in Allentown, PA, 15th Street was a mess for over a year becasue of a missing decimal point in some piece of paperwork.

And in 1986, when the Rubik’s Magic “Link the Rings” puzzle was the hot Christmas toy, toy maker Ideal included in the original packaging a “tip line” for help in solving the puzzle. Strangely enough, not only did some people feel the need for help with this notoriously easy puzzle, they went as far as to call the tip line and got a number for a phone sex service.

By: Bob D.

Bob D. — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:28:00 +0000

The NASA error with miles/kilometers caused the crash of the Mars Climate orbiter in September 1999. One navigation team was using miles, another kilometers, and they did not realize this until the craft crashed onto Mars.

By: Daru Bottle

Daru Bottle — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:35:00 +0000

On an IT firms web site the ALT Text (the text that appears if an image cannot be displayed on a web page – or the text that appears when you hover over an image on a web page) – the text on Investor Relations reads – “Incestor Relations”.

Still Does.

By: ArtW

ArtW — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:22:00 +0000

In 1980, my sister got a pretty-good used car by being the first one in the dealer’s door with the flyer that advertised the car at $1200 instead of $4200. That, with a loud voice and lots of guts. Drove that car for years.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:20:00 +0000

… and don’t forget the upstate NY district that printed Presidential ballots with the candidate “Barack Osama” …