The Marvels of Mispronts

There must be something in the air – something, that is, apart from the smoke and ash from the eructation of Mt Eksplodingge-Skrabullfaktri, that is. I mean to say, one waits for ages for a few splorterific misprints to turn up, the enlivening of one’s day, for the use of, and three turn up at once.

First is a cookbook whose recipe for tagliatelle calls for ‘freshly ground black people‘ – in response to which a correspondent on Facebook reported a local curry-house menu offering ‘slow baked aborigines’ instead of aubergines. Either cannibalism is back in fashion, or people are relying too much on their spell-checkers.

But the prize for Unfortunate Mispront Of The Week goes to this story reporting that patients who agreed to trial a new cervical-cancer vaccine would get the vaccine at a … well, let’s just say a significantly reduced prick. Sorry, I meant ‘price’.

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11 Responses to The Marvels of Mispronts

  1. Cath@VWXYNot? says:

    I came up with a good one of my own in a progress report last week: "[description of genome sequencing study results]. We have therefore deicide" That was obviously supposed to be "decided", but I was so tickled by the idea of genome sequences killing a deity that I almost kept it in.

  2. Corvincrox says:

    Not to be wrong will not have been the Yocul Sneffels volcano:mmessunkaSenrA.icefdoK.segnittamurtnecertserrette,rotaivsadua,ednecsedsadnelacartniiiluJsiratracSarbmutabiledmekmeretarcsilucoYsleffenSnI"In Sneffels Yoculis craterem kem delibat umbra Scartaris Julii intra calendas descende, audas viator, et terrestre centrum attinges. Kod feci". Arne Saknussemm.Descend into the crater of Jokul Sneffels of the shadow of Scartaris comes to stroke before the Kalends of July, audacious traveler, and attain the center of the Earth. As I did. Saknussemm, ArneWhile Henry: when we prepared the expedition if you can come with us, Bob, tell him to buy:1 – Crackers2 – Charki3 – Different types of food in Finland.The first signal is in the air smoke haze garn cover the sky. When we descend the Yoculis Sneffels and no joke?Alejandro.

  3. Corvincrox says:

    Well, well, well, with your dog too henry.

  4. Corvincrox says:

    Sorry, is Mr. Snæfellsjökull.

  5. Graham Seel says:

    And I was wondering who 'Corvincrox' was !!

  6. Alejandro says:

    Graham- Corvincrox is an imaginary personage of hell, flew away looking for his destiny.

  7. Alejandro says:

    Also poses as Dr. Corvin D'Crox Director of the Department of Genetics of …..

  8. Alejandro says:

    "Niður í Víti í Jokul Sneffels í skugga Scartaris kemur högg fyrir Kalends júlí audacious ferðast, og ná að miðju Jarðar" Eins og ég gerði!!! …and therefore must be prepared the travel at the center of the earth, Graham, Now!!!

  9. cromercrox says:

    I wonder if those looking for alternative routes home know about Arne Saknussem's network of underground tunnels? Something to think about, surely?

  10. Graham Seel says:

    Excuse me Madam, does this large magma chamber go to the centre of the earth??

  11. Alejandro says:

    \o/ – Splorting!!!???-Dr. Corvin D'Crox is not currently, was to get some money to Scotland with such a Mme ……Ok, friends. In all cases it could take a journey to Iceland to explore the park Snæfellsjökull. I say this in a healthy way. Graham isn't obligation to go.

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