“…three people murdered at a downtown hotel yesterday…police believe the third victim died after slashing himself in the neck..” So are you telling me that he murdered himself? Did he murder himself and then execute his killer, all at the same time?!!
On the output of oil from a single oil well. “Let me put this in perspective. On this amount of fuel, you could drive your car around the world 55 million times.” Oh, that makes it clear. On a normal day I only circle the globe, 10 to 15 million times, so you have put it in terms I can identify with!”
“nucular” George, George, George. Say “atomic”, it’s easier.
On the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s 20 year old son. “It’s such a sad story.” Wow. I hadn’t thought of it that way until you pointed it out. It IS sad.
I refuse to reveal which one of these was said by yours truly, reading copy cold as I sometimes must do! It happens to everyone in this business. The trick is, to make sure it gets fixed and doesn’t happen a second time.