Er, a funny fail but it was meant to be as this appeared in Private Eye, a satirical and current affairs magazine.
As Wikipaedia puts it, “Obvious headline – the trite and banal stories about celebrities’ antics that receive extensive reporting in the national press are often rewritten … as ‘SHOCK NEWS: MAN HAS SEX WITH SECRETARY’. This is usually ‘EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS’.”
Yeah, sorry but this is an english fail blog fail and likely a Kaylee fail too. Unless Kaylee is trying to make a point about the submission review and selection process here.
I love that in spite of the 20 previous comments that point out it was a satirical piece, the last two clowns above me took the time to point out the obvious. Well done!
[...] For Fun Filed under: Grammar — Vander Kitten @ 10:31 pm Have you seen this blog? It provides lots of laughs for me. I particularly enjoy this entry. [...]
I think the phone numbers might be a bit bad too.
Er, a funny fail but it was meant to be as this appeared in Private Eye, a satirical and current affairs magazine.
As Wikipaedia puts it, “Obvious headline – the trite and banal stories about celebrities’ antics that receive extensive reporting in the national press are often rewritten … as ‘SHOCK NEWS: MAN HAS SEX WITH SECRETARY’. This is usually ‘EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS’.”
Yeah, sorry but this is an english fail blog fail and likely a Kaylee fail too. Unless Kaylee is trying to make a point about the submission review and selection process here.
She was alive BEFORE she was killed ten years ago?
I should hope so.
That’s sortof how dying works.
How can nobody see this is clearly a photoshop… fail in all levels.
People are alive before they are dead? It all makes sense now!
Jay Leno would be proud.
There’s nothing linguistically wrong with this image and it doesn’t warrant submission to a Language Fail blog.
If it was in Private Eye then clearly it’s satire and so doesn’t even warrant the Logic Fail.
well no dip. i will be alive hours before i die. and everyone else will be too!
Actually, there is a linguistic error in the article–look at the comma (mis)placement.
This was in Private Eye. A satirical piece and therefore not eligible for this otherwise excellent blog!
Definitely a Private Eye piece – the cont p.94 is one of their hallmarks. This was printed as a joke, and succeeds as such.
Submission fail. As has been said already this is a Private Eye joke.
Yeah,that is Private eye for sure,taking the piss out of the EXTENSIVE coverage the Daily Express has given the conspiracy theories all this time.
She was alive hours before she died?
Wow, thats surprising.
Whoa! She was ALIVE before she was DEAD? Wow. I’m shocked.
I love that in spite of the 20 previous comments that point out it was a satirical piece, the last two clowns above me took the time to point out the obvious. Well done!
[...] For Fun Filed under: Grammar — Vander Kitten @ 10:31 pm Have you seen this blog? It provides lots of laughs for me. I particularly enjoy this entry. [...]
LOL what’s private eye?
i actually remember this headline
Lmaos this made mt da ahaha
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@Hoff
It is real, just from a magazine that is taking the p***
Exclusive to ALL newspapers? Was I the only one that caught that?
I am a dumb dyke
This is from Private Eye, a satirical paper, see: http://www.private-eye.co.uk/ – I’m pretty sure I remember it. It is funny, though…
@Hoff
oh come on it’s PRIVATE EYE ya looney! its basically a FAIL MAGAZINE! written ON PURPOSE!
So technically, it’s a successful FAIL.