August 04, 2006

Huge Bangladeshis...

This was in 1995. I worked on the desk of a newspaper different from the one I am on now. One fine morning the frontpage came out with a headline: 'Huge Bangaldeshis to be deported from Malaysia.' It makes sense, but not the one intended. The next morning an editor asked: What are the specifications of huge Bangladeshis? Six feet or six feet and a half? The man in charge of the page meant to say a huge number of Bangladeshis. Oversight, probably, which is typical of a late night newsroom, which cannot be excused.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

LOL. Good one boss. Now, the newspaper I am serving right now, ran a headline few days back: "Parliament sees steamy debate on... blah blah blah". At least that day MPs were doing exciting things to do with erotica, what say?