My hometown newspaper, The Leeds News, will no doubt win an award for this photo (see below), taken during the annual Leeds Christmas Parade. The Jim Carrey Award for Photographic Excellence, maybe? I can't imagine what the editor was thinking when he let this one through. But then, it has become apparent that when someone goes to work for TLN, he or she ceases to think altogether. Over the years, this monument to jounalistic typos and inaccuracies has been a source of chagrin as well as entertainment to the good people of Leeds. We have all finally realized that when the tagline reads, "story continued on page such-and-such)," they're just kidding. And whoever is identified in any given photo is probably somebody else. My sister and I will never forget, nor cease to laugh at, the story some years ago about the naked burglar. But the piece de resistance was the headline sometime in the 80s (I believe) that read: "Mayor Gets Plague." Well! You can just image all the calls, letters, and cards our municipal leader received from well wishers hoping and praying he recovered from the dread disease and didn't spread it to them. (I think at one point, the CDC even got involved.) The mayor, having missed reading the paper that week, was puzzled by these sentiments. He had never felt better in his life, having received the coveted PLAQUE as "Mayor of the Year" or some such. Anyway, here's a holiday wish for you, straight from the pages of our renowned rag.
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On 12/21/2006, QuiltingFitzy said ...
I hope you have a moment to send a letter to the Editor!
Happy Holidays (and cancel your subscription to your local paper!)
Hugs~
On 12/21/2006, Debra Spincic said ...
LOL!
On 12/21/2006, Sister said ...
RE: TLN Bloopers - And who knew that Dr. Marbury was an orchid grower? Turned out "orchid" was just LTN's quaint spelling of "orchard."
On 12/21/2006, The Carolina Quilter said ...
"Mayor Gets Plague"--hilarious! In my post-college youth, I actually used my degree to work for two local newspapers--errors like that were commonplace. So funny!
On 12/21/2006, Suzanne said ...
LOL. Our local small town paper used to be pretty badly edited, also, but they seem to have improved lately. Watch, I'll go get today's and probably find some outrageous blooper...
Thanks for the laugh!
On 12/21/2006, GranFranVan said ...
What a hoot! We call our local paper "The Daily Disappointment."
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