LE OOPS

French broadcaster apologises after wrongly killing off Queen and Pelé

(Thanks to Mary Smith)

Comments

[cfjk]

Long live the Queen, (unless they're murder hornets).

[MOTW]

Le oh my.

It seems disillusioning to me that obits are written up with stats, factoids, and tidbits years ahead of an actual notable death, so insatiable is the appetite of a news-hungry public.

[Prairie Cynic]

The apology to "those who trust us" is going to be accepted by fewer than it might have been before...

Also: was that Queen, or "the Queen"? Because to my mind they're ... different (except in so far as they're both still alive...)

[Rod Nunley]

Do Liz and Pele know about this?

[Le Petomane]

RFI has killed off more people than the plague with bad reporting. They should have acted in a true French manner and fart in their general direction and wait a while before declaring the farts were fatal.

[Steverino]

I didn't know Queen was dead, even though Freddy Mercury was. I thought the remainder of the band was still alive, albeit old.

[Steve K.]

The Dead Collector: Bring out yer dead.

[a man puts a body on the cart]

Large Man with Dead Body: Here's one.

The Dead Collector: That'll be ninepence.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.

The Dead Collector: What?

Large Man with Dead Body: Nothing. There's your ninepence.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not dead.

The Dead Collector: 'Ere, he says he's not dead.

Large Man with Dead Body: Yes he is.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm not.

The Dead Collector: He isn't.

Large Man with Dead Body: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I'm getting better.

Large Man with Dead Body: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.

The Dead Collector: Well, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I don't want to go on the cart.

Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, don't be such a baby.

The Dead Collector: I can't take him.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel fine.

Large Man with Dead Body: Oh, do me a favor.

The Dead Collector: I can't.

Large Man with Dead Body: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long.

The Dead Collector: I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.

Large Man with Dead Body: Well, when's your next round?

The Dead Collector: Thursday.

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I think I'll go for a walk.

Large Man with Dead Body: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?

The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't: I feel happy. I feel happy.

[the Dead Collector glances up and down the street furtively, then silences the Body with his a whack of his club]

Large Man with Dead Body: Ah, thank you very much.

The Dead Collector: Not at all. See you on Thursday.

Large Man with Dead Body: Right.

(Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

[cfjk]

This breaking story: Queen still not dead, Pele still kicking.