Dangling modifiers and BK's meat scent

Spotted a couple of good dangling modifiers in BBC News stories today.

The Road to Bethlehem says of Jenin: "Known in the Bible as En-Gannim, a large refugee camp lies adjacent to the town."

Wow, that is one old refugee camp.

And in Burger chain markets meat scent, we are told: "Called Flame, the company says the spray is 'the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat'."

The company in question is Burger King – it's the scent that is called Flame. But what a great story...

• Burger King Flame website

Photo special: downstairs dinning area

It can get very loud in Burger King:



I took this snap in London a while back. Again, I don't get excited over run-of-the-mill typos or spelling mistakes, but unintentionally amusing ones like this are right up my street...