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Those Pesky Typos

Those Pesky Typos By Elton Camp Only a second of inattention does it take To make a funny or serious typing mistake In English, a single letter or even a space Can result in embarrassment or disgrace A sign was painted on a therapist door As “the rapist,” an error he did abhor “Pubic” for “public” we will often spy Laughter stifling we needn’t even try Meg wanted liposuction on her hips But extra fullness added to her lips However, after the adjustments were made, By the result, she felt she’d been betrayed Yet, the cause was a big typing slip A wrong keying of “lip” and “hip” The surgical order brought the doc despair For the tragic mistakes were right there

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Date: 9/18/2015 12:43:00 PM
Fantastic poem. This one really spoke to be after I, and 200 other people, discovered my typo on the church bulletin: "Peach be with you" instead of "Peace be with you". Oh boy. Your poem soothed me. Thank you.
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Elton Camp
Date: 9/18/2015 4:21:00 PM
Thanks for finding this one. It has been posted a long time. Elton
Date: 11/6/2013 10:39:00 AM
very true and cleverly penned!
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Date: 11/6/2013 11:02:00 AM
Autocorrect sometimes adds to our woes. I've been burned more than once by it. I had a supervisor named "Devin" and soon found that it changed his name to "Devil" on my memos. Also our college's AAS (associate in applied science) degree was converted to ASS, making us the only college with an ass degree. Elton

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