What would happen if someone actually followed the recipe to the letter?

[sp1814]

One imagines that there would be several justifiable protests:

http://news.bbc.co.uk...a-pacific/8627335.stm

[boxtops]

Oops!

[ummmm]

Lol...

[Zeuhl]

That doesn't say much for Penguin Australia's proof reading or editorial depts.

I remeber when i lived in Oz in the early 80s the local tv news did a big expose on a guy selling a house who had placed a 'racist' ad specifying 'No Asians' i.e. no vietnamese or cambodians.

They doorstepped him and the reporter pushed him into making increasingly offensive remarks about 'asians' whom he didn't want viewing his house.

He had a very thick greek or italian accent but after a while it suddenly became obvious he was actually saying 'Agents'.

[dh001]

Genuine mistake???

[scotman]

Zeuhl

Greek or Italian? Not that difficult really!

[jno]

you know, I thought that pasta tasted funny.

[Ellipsis]

If I type peppel into word, its spell checker has several suggestions. two of which are next to each other:

people
pepper

Seems like a genuine, honest, unfortunate mistake to me...

[tamborine]

phew....at least it wasn't aborigines - can't be without witcheties

[bigfoot3000]

Anyone see that film alive? http://en.wikipedia.o...Alive_%281993_film%29
Some fava beans and a nice Chianti could make all the difference!

[Gromit]

AOG doesn't want to give his copy back.

[sp1814]

It could have been so much worse.

Imagine if the spellchecker had subsituted 'aborigines' in place of 'aubergines'.

Hardly bears thinking about.

[youngmafbog]

A BNP best seller perhaps ?

I should imagine there have been some severre b*llockings behind the scenes !

[jno]

I expect Ellipsis is right. On the other hand, there is much to be said for getting an editor to actually read the proofs of your book before publishing it. I believe publishers used to have such people.

[anotheoldgit]

Had the recipe called for White pepper, and it was misprinted to White people, there would have been no need to reprint the 7000 copies, because no one would have protested.

A sense of humour is all that is needed.

[ummmm]

I agree with AOG...

[Old_Geezer]

They'll make more in publicity that the cost of the pulp.
Meanwhile unpulped editions will be snapped up and maybe even worth quite a bit.