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jetpack_monkey) wrote2004-03-19 07:02 am
jetpack_monkey) wrote2004-03-19 07:02 am
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Okay, this couldn't pass without being mentioned...
http://world.std.com/~Infinity/CNN/SHOWBIZ/03/18/mercedes-obit-ap.htm
It's an obit for Mercedes McCambridge. Look at the picture.
Laugh heartily. Then kick yourself for laughing because it's still an obit and somebody is still dead.
ETA: Dammit. Looks like it's a fake news item and not a real screw-up. Oh, well. It was amusing while I thought it was real.
FETA: It occurs to me now that it might still be a real screw-up that somebody saved on their server before it got fixed... but there's no real way of telling.
BRIE: Yes, I still like cheese, why do you ask?
http://world.std.com/~Infinity/CNN/SHOWBIZ/03/18/mercedes-obit-ap.htm
It's an obit for Mercedes McCambridge. Look at the picture.
Laugh heartily. Then kick yourself for laughing because it's still an obit and somebody is still dead.
ETA: Dammit. Looks like it's a fake news item and not a real screw-up. Oh, well. It was amusing while I thought it was real.
FETA: It occurs to me now that it might still be a real screw-up that somebody saved on their server before it got fixed... but there's no real way of telling.
BRIE: Yes, I still like cheese, why do you ask?
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Underpaid Web Lackey: Right, right. Got it.
Reporter: You didn't let me finish. It's.
UWL: I GOT it, yo.
*types in "Mercedes Mc" in CNN's version of GIS*
UWL: Dude, Harmony died? That's tragic. She was hot. *inserts picture*
Reporter: WTF?!?!?! Who the hell is THAT?!?!
UWL: But you said...
Reporter: That's it. I'm calling Demon Liaisons to whip you 'til you bleed.
UWL: *blinks* Am I on shrooms, or... Shit. CNN got bought by Wolfram & Hart, didn't it?
Reporter: No. You're on shrooms.