Sam's Blog > Random-stuff http://www.illusori.co.uk/blog/categories/random-stuff/ Sam's Blog, feed for category random-stuff en-gb http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:38:00 GMT Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:38:00 GMT build_site 1.0 rss@illusori.co.uk <![CDATA[Unintentional Truths]]> http://www.illusori.co.uk/blog/2012/07/26/unintentional_truths.html Showing my Ol***ics(tm)-induced patriotic fervour with this warning on the perils of "Thing, Prefix of" notation, courtesy of speedtest.net:

[image: Who says AIs don't have a sense of humour...]

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]]> Sam Graham random-stuff Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:38:00 GMT http://www.illusori.co.uk/blog/2012/07/26/unintentional_truths.html <![CDATA[And the Sly Subeditor of the Week Award goes to...]]> http://www.illusori.co.uk/blog/2012/04/25/sly_subeditor_of_the_week_award_goes_to.html Subeditors are sly sods, stuck in a largely thankless job, being shouted at from one side by journalists and the other side by editors, and if you take your eye off them for a second, they'll resort to what is seemingly their only pleasure in life: slipping slyly subversive jokes into seemingly innocent copy.

This week's award goes to whoever it was at the BBC who managed to inject a little fun into the US secret service prostitute scandal with this subtle joke:

[image: Well it made me laugh...]

If you still don't see it, read below the cut for a hint.

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