Um, whoops....From the Lexington Herald Leader website

Gosh, I'm glad no one posting on this thread has ever made a bonehead mistake.

 

Oh, did I laugh out loud. "Oh, yeah" needs to find it's place in the SportsJournalists.com lexicon somewhere.

 

Not one to that degree, or even approaching it.

 

You're young.

 

We ALL make mistakes. That's what makes this fun. Next week it could be my turn, but this week it isn't.

 

Very true. It's bound to happen sooner or later, I suppose. And I'd expect all of you to ridicule me when it happens. Lord knows, I'll be pretty pissed at myself for it.

 

Chooka Chooka.

 

I'm thinking they are lucky that all they have is dummy text in there. This is a good reminder of why you use dummy text, instead of writing a fake headline or some inside joke that you think only the slot or designer will see. I've been told it's good for copy editors to have a dirty mind to keep innuendos or sexual references out of the paper, especially when one of the stars of the game has the last name Gay and there's a receiver named Hooker. Last thing the paper needs is some desker trying to be funny and comes up with "Clay's Gay Hooker leads team past Warren Central" or something to that extent. I'm thinking if that got in the paper, at least one person would lose a job. Saying you thought the slot would change it, or that it was in notes mode probably won't help.

 

One of my favorite filler mistakes is the college paper during my term there was supposed to run a mug of some (i think football) player. They had a photo of Yasser Arafat in there to fill the space, never took it out.

 

That's comedy.

 

If only you remember what position the player was. I can't see Arafat playing O- or D-line at his size, but he could be a good skills player.

 

Clay's Gay Hooker would be a great name for a race horse.