Yikes! Dummies headline for Special Olympics special section

Iowa State campus paper uses "Ames for Dummies" headline for event schedule and map for Special Olympics.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060630/NEWS/60630017/1001

 

Egad!

Hello? McFly?

 

Very unfortunate headline. You'd have thought someone would have caught that, although who am I to complain? My paper left an F-bomb in a subhead (a military paper, no less).

 

Great Odin's raven, how the fuck did that happen, alley? And did the person responsible get the ax?

 

Well, it was a military paper, first of all. And it was a listing of awards, deployments, promotions, etc. There was one grouping of names with no subhead, so the typist simply put "What the f- is this?" hoping the editor would read it and put the proper subhead in. The editor, assistant public affairs officer (myself) and the PAO all missed it.

The captain was PISSED!

 

I thought Ames for Dummies referred to the entire Iowa State campus... ;D

 

It also happens to be the official campus/townguide for the athletic department. It's been significantly revised since Eustachy left, however.

 

Only on Mondays.

 

I wonder if a sportswriter from Ames wrote this headline on a Monday. ;D

 

In lipstick. After doing briefs.



God, you'd think I'd grow up. But no.

 

Nor do we want you to.

 

I wonder if Marcus Fizer has the digits of the sportswriter who wrote this headline on a Monday.