Okay, there should perhaps be an "almost" in the heading on this post.
The Sun, though, thinks a fairly obvious slip of the tongue is a major news story:
Listener Tony Griffiths, 23, from Folkestone, Kent, said: “At first I couldn’t believe my ears.”
There's absolutely no explanation of who Griffiths is, or even any indication of what happened when he did believe his ears - was he then shocked, horrified, amazed, delighted? Or maybe even a little bit turned on ("talk dirty to me Jo, before playing an exclusive first spin of a new Corinne Bailey Rae track")?
We're not even sure what he means by "at first" - as if Jo had embarked on a foul-mouthed rant that went on for several minutes, and it took a while for him to realise she really was doing it. Because otherwise he must mean "at first I couldn't believe my ears and then she put a record on." Which is even more lame.
"Radio 1 said: “Jo had a slip of the tongue. No offence was intended”"
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for their new press officer, Statey McObvious. Before I read that, I'd spent the previous 16 hours trying to book tickets for the East Cunt Cup.
Is it me, or do Ticketmaster call-centre workers get quite snappy after the sixth or seventh call?
They probably thought you wanted them to flog on eBay...
ReplyDeleteDrat. And I was so keen to try out their new bargain-price service which let me book, download and print out my own ticket for just two pounds as well.
ReplyDeleteDo you think for an extra 50p they'd let me pop round and empty their bins for them too?