CORRECTION OF THE WEEK SO FAR

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[Clean Hands]

FIRST boogers!!

[Clean Hands]

And SECOND, let me note that Utahans folks from the great state of Utah are really strange.

[Jazzzz]

What? Why is this story odd?

[Siouxie]

gerbils??? Is Richard Gere from Utah??

just askin'

[Bismuth]

Well, I found a new toy because of that article.

[Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa]

Did they collect data to see how many of those searches resulted in submissions to the Dave Barry blog?

And Somewhere in Time is not sappy!

[Clean Hands]

What would be fun would be to see what the readers of a certain blog are searching for.

Then again, amybe we really don't want to know.

Never mind.

[Sarah J]

http://www.google.com/trends?q=dave+barry&ctab=0&geo=US&date=all is interesting

[Clean Hands]

Sorry LBFF, though I liked it, too, Somewhere in Time is very high in sap content.

[Sarah J]

argh!
this is interesting. Maybe strumpeting in SLC would be worthwhile?

[Siouxie]

"Mormons in Utah very likely search out information about Jesus,"

hmm sure...sheep, panties, nude dancing..all very popular back in Sodom & Gomorra...

[Punkin Poo]

How to Utahites have time to google with all that polygamy going on?

[russell]

Sheep AND Boogers???

[Clean Hands]

Well, Siouxie, if you're doing a thorough job of your Bible study...

[Betsi]

so what was the word they originally used before the correction?

[Avon]

It's the correction, not the story, that's noteworthy. But that's not only all by itself in a very Dave sort of way. It's totally intriguing to me in my own weird way:

What, I demand to know, did this correction correct?

I see the defective phrase in the text, but it's already corrected. What could they (the author, not the Utahns) have been thinking? How do we find out what they originally reported? Was the original error so much more embarrassing than the correction itself that they not only had to print the word "boogers" but also obliterate any trace of the error? Can one hack their site to view the prior version? Or do I have to find an out-of-town-papers newsstand, and pay them $6.50 to get a hard copy? - which is easy enough in my city but maybe not at 6pm.

Where are the Utahn bloglits? What did Dave know, and when did he know it? Have we ways to make him talk? My kingdom* for the original word!

[*Disclosure: I am not in fact a real king]

[Clean Hands]

Speaking of polygamy, Punkin, nice triple. :-D

[russell]

It was good for me....

[Annie Where-but-here]

Oh, Eleanor, shame, shame!

[Clean Hands]

Oh, my! And a nice one for me, as well. ;-)

[Clean Hands]

Whew! Getting worn out here, Russell. :o)

[Guin]

Hmmm...guesses to original word:
burgers
beggars
bloggers
bouquet
boola
bigger
bagger
...nah, Boogers is just better!

[Annie Where-but-here]

Avon - it's 'snot' standard to reprint the error, just the correction.

[russell]

Austin is KING! (I'm so proud of my state cap..)

booger

[Siouxie]

maybe the original word was cock soup?? *shrugs*

[Annie Where-but-here]

russell, CH...now Guin? Quit googling my trends, people - I'm gettin' worn out here!

[russell]

whoa...Cincinnati just took over 1st place!

[Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa]

CH-Well OK, it's sappy. But they didn't have to say that, like, out loud.

[Sarah J]

We who live in Utah prefer to be called Utahns or Utards vs Utahites, in case you were wondering (except for me, I'm a Californian, I just live in Utah at the moment, my license plates are CA, and so is my driver's license and voter registration. YAY! for CA!!)

[Clean Hands]

Hey, Russell, ya gotta pace yourself. Three in a row is enough to wear out even a strong man.

[Clean Hands]

Thanks for the clarification, Sarah. And thanks for noticing my confusion.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Wow, this thing is sensitive. I did a trendcast on Twitney - LA was 4th. I go back and check again - we're all the way down to 8th. Somebody crank up the T-1 line - we will NOT be stuck behind Cincinnati!

[russell]

>leaves the blog to go take a nap<
:)

[Clean Hands]

Why is it that ever since I called out the spammer on another thread, just about every one of my posts has been challenged by the robot?

Just askin'...

[Annie Where-but-here]

another simul with russell! zzzzz....

[Betsi]

they'd rather be called Utards than Utahites? That's..um...Utarded...
maybe they wrote "bogeys"? "Boogeyman"?

[Gypsysoul66]

This is an interesting statistic

[Clean Hands]

Okay, ladies, not all at once! There's enough to go around... ;-)

VERY interesting stat, Gypsy.

[Sarah J]

Mostly they call themselves Utahrds, maybe not so nice to call them that if you're not one of them (at least to their face) I tend to call drivers on I-15 between Provo and SLC Utahrds a lot

[Betsi]

CH, what you complainin' about?!

[Annie Where-but-here]

go git 'em, Betsi.

[Gypsysoul66]

*pouts* I thought simuls w/multiple bloggettes was a "good" thing for men of the male persuasion.

[Clean Hands]

Uh, not complaining, Betsi... just a little overwhelming when y'all come at me at once.

Prefer to give personalized attention, when possible. But I understand that it's not always possible.

[Betsi]

Gypsy, there's just no pleasing 'em.

[Clean Hands]

Okay, okay! Pile on! Sheesh! :-D

I'll survive.

Somehow.

[Gypsysoul66]

sheesh - men. There's no figurin' 'em out.

[Betsi]

that's better...ya happy now?

[Siouxie]

*jumps in*

[Clean Hands]

Delirious.. and tired. :-P

[Siouxie]

and misses!!!

[Betsi]

lol @ Siouxie

[Siouxie]

mebbe not *grin*

there's that contotionist trick again!!! top AND bottom!

[Clean Hands]

DANG ROBOT ><

[mary the blog kids mom]

But did you see, according to this article, what St. Louis is #2 in? We may need to move.

[Siouxie]

contoRtionist, geez

[Clean Hands]

AND middle, just for good measure.

Thorough.

I like that about you, Siouxie.

[Clean Hands]

A five-way. I don't know quite what to make of that.

[Gypsysoul66]

wb Siouxie

[Siouxie]

yeah...I'm flexible that way...

[Clean Hands]

I guess!

[Siouxie]

thanks Gypsy...for the simul too :)

[Matt]

What has this city of only 100,000 or so been eating?

[ScottMGS]

How 'bout this?

[Clean Hands]

*snork* @ Matt. Good one.

[Betsi]

one could ask the same about the Big Apple: http://www.google.com/trends?q=cannibalism&ctab=0&geo=US&date=all

[Betsi]

sorry, I am too lazy to use HTML.

[Clean Hands]

Link for Betsi.

[Avon]

Russell,

Austin may be first in "booger", but Salt Lake City is still first in "boogers" as the article claimed. What's the deal, you Texans only have one nostril? Or are Utahns just snottier?

Annie,

It may not be standard to print a correction that includes a re-statement of the error (though "the newspaper of record" does make its corrections clear, when necessary, by explaining how the new version is different, which is sometimes almost indetectable). But I didn't know that papers normally sanitize the original version in addition to printing a correction! Are you sure? What's the use of that ... if there's no error anymore then any correction is redundant and/or too late. (The "Grey Lady" keeps all the news that's fit to print, warts and all, and just appends the corrections to the piece containing the error, along with a heads-up at the top mentioning that a correction follows. That makes sense.)

[Betsi]

ty CH.

[Betsi]

the Grey Lady? thats a nickname right?

[ScottMGS]

Hey, AnnieWBH, it wasn't me and I seriously doubt it was Eleanor but we're (not were) stuck here with the Britney Googling Lot! (WNBAGNFARB)

[Clean Hands]

Why, Betsi! A three-way with just you? That's... intriguing. ;-)

[Gypsysoul66]

my pleasure

no, really :-)

[Betsi]

who would have thought i was so talented...

[Clean Hands]

Whee! Finally got my sammich!

[Gypsysoul66]

stoopid robot

[Alfred]

Utahrds are awfull drivers. No really they are. And they steal fish -Catch and RElease area, guess what part they did- And Jello is awfull.

Though I wish to point out that the Bible Belt seems to look up panties. While Jesus only shows up in One Bible Belt State. Makes an odd comment about our reality.

Though if you want really odd

Guess where I live!

[Matt]

Miami is number 1 and Tampa is number 2. Doesn't Florida have waxing salons?

[Clean Hands]

TWO sammiches!

[Gypsysoul66]

but is glad it enabled CH to obtain the much sought after sammich

[Betsi]

the Jello in Utah is worse than elsewhere?

[Siouxie]

and one Brokeback moment :P

[Gypsysoul66]

Oh - a simul w/2 male bloggers...mmm

[Clean Hands]

...followed by a brokeback three-way. NTTAWWT... for someone else. *sigh*

[Gypsysoul66]

gotta make it fair boys :-P

[Siouxie]

and a psychic mind meld with me....

[Gypsysoul66]

ooo - a 4-way

[Clean Hands]

*Perks up again*

[Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa]

giant squid and stuff

[Clean Hands]

Challenged by the robot three times. Crimus.

[Gypsysoul66]

I'm gonna need to leave the office for a moment to have a smoke and collect myself

*fans herself ala Scarlett O'Hara*

[Siouxie]

smokin'

[Clean Hands]

I can't explain the giant squid stat, LBFF.

[Gypsysoul66]

Problem is, I'm weak in the knees :-)

[Alfred]

Lime Jello with Shredded Carrots.

[Siouxie]

worn out here too, Gypsy!

[Gypsysoul66]

Oh Clean, we have to stop - I'm goose-pimply

[Clean Hands]

How's that again, Alfred? Thanks, I'll try the café cubano first.

[Gypsysoul66]

Siouxie - I can see I'm gonna need to start on my multi-vitamins again if I'm to remain a healthy bloggette

[Siouxie]

NOW the server's workin!