Headlines: Gordon Brown ordered mission...

R Mason spotted this poorly written headline on the Times Online website:


She writes:

When I first read this, I wondered: why would a mission hold a journalist? Why would Gordon Brown give it orders?

(If you can't see the picture, the headline reads: "Gordon Brown ordered mission to free kidnapped reporter Stephen Farrell")

GraphJam, it's vs its, Ralph Wiggum

I'm quite a fan of the GraphJam website, so was pleased when R Mason sent me the link to the following chart a while back:



R Mason wrote:

Just found this and posted it to my cubicle wall.

I love that it's is spelled correctly for the green piece and not in the red piece. I'm going to assume that the spelling of 'inpossible' was intentional.

Reminds me of my favourite Simpsons quote (by the character Ralph Wiggum): "Me fail English? That's unpossible!"