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Newspaper Layout Fail: Rock Hill Herald

A South Carolina newspaper is apologizing for placing an advertisement for “Guns for Christmas” next to its story about the Connecticut elementary school shooting which left 20 children and half a dozen adults dead. The Rock Hill Herald’s ad showed a picture of an AR-15 rifle, which is the same model used by 20-year-old Adam Lanza to kill 26 people and himself on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut.

gun ad, rock hill herald

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The victims names have been released.

This new offense is really working out

Basketball trick play fail.

Basketball trick play fail.
(the Clearly Dope)

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Mom Fail

Peaches Geldof is not calling 911 – FYI…
Mom Fail
(via I Hate My Parents)

Story about how Peaches Geldof parents here.

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Parenting Fail at a Laundromat
19 weird pregnancy photos

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Football fail

Football fail
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Ski-U-Mah! U of MN Crookston football paints logo at 45-yard line

Major malfunction at the University of Minnesota, Crookston recently. They are a Division II team, but they are still an academic institution right? Are they using replacement football field crews too? Fail!

Ski-U-Mah! U of MN Crookston football paints logo at 45-yard line

Photo: Michael Cardano

Story and image by Mike Cardano – RotoExperts.com

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German School Sign Fail

When you see it…

German School Sign Fail
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Family lost in corn maze calls 911

Connors Farms in Danvers

From Boston.com

A family from Everett lost in a maze carved out of a cornfield at Connors Farms in Danvers last night called 911 before being rescued.

“I don’t see anyone and I’m really scared, it’s really dark and we got a 3-week old baby with us,” a woman told the 911 operator.

Danvers Police Spokesman Robert Bettencourt emailed a voice recording of the 911 call to the media this afternoon.

“The victim does not want to be identified in any way on this incident and we are respectfully requesting that you honor their request,” Bettencourt wrote.

Connors Farms did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

The family, who said they paid about $15 to enter the tourist attraction, called 911 around 7 p.m. last night, about an hour after the maze closed.

“I just can’t believe they didn’t send anyone to come and check on anybody, the people that run this,” the 42-year-old husband said. “They close at six. We’re the only ones in here.”

The 911 operator told the man not to “let your wife freak out”

The operator then asked the man if he heard police dogs barking and told him repeatedly to yell “Hello K-9” to get the dogs’ attention.

The call lasted 7 minutes and 22 seconds before the family was rescued.

“Thank you so much,” the woman told the operator. “Never again …We thought this was fun. Instead it was a nightmare.”

Lost in marketing translation

Marketing slogans in English can make a company millions. When they are translated into different languages, the benefits of the message can be lost. (via marketingdegree.com)
marketing translations