This week’s best typo
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
* A bit of harmless silliness, but I laughed about this a lot yesterday so I figured I’d post it. NBC 5…
Speaking at an event alongside Gov. J.B. Pritzker Monday, Lightfoot said she certainly hopes Chicago can fully reopen by June 11, which is when Illinois plans to enter Phase 5, however she didn’t commit to a specific date.
“We’re headed in the right direction,” the mayor said. “But everything about this pandemic has to have an asteroid of caution, because of the twists and turns, and as the governor and doctor said, we’ve got to get people vaccinated, so that we can get ahead of these variants.”
She actually said “asterisk of caution,” of course, but I kinda like asteroid.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 7:12 am:
A “boulder of salt” is feeling slighted today.
- Da Big Bad Wolf - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 7:17 am:
Asteroid is better. Something big that comes out of nowhere and threatens to flatten you. I’m stealing that.
- TheInvisibleMan - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 7:47 am:
I still laugh at the typo a few weeks ago on the Will County Republican Committee, about their rent being “in the rears”.
- Skeptic - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 7:54 am:
An asteroid of caution, a colt of lightning, the boar of thunder.
- Huh? - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 8:10 am:
The unnoticed auto correct will get you every time.
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 8:12 am:
Rusty Griswold: Hey, ya’ got Pac Man?
Cousin Dale: No.
Rusty Griswold: Ya’ got Space Invaders?
Cousin Dale: Nope.
Rusty Griswold: Ya’ got Asteroids?
– MrJM
- Linus - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 8:13 am:
If only the dinosaurs had heeded that looming asteroid of caution.
- In 630 - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 8:13 am:
Wouldn’t have even thought it was a typo if it wasn’t pointed out. Asteroid of caution just feels right.
- Downstate - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 8:17 am:
“An atom bomb of angst”
“A sledgehammer of unease”
“An armageddon of disquiet”
- Ducky LaMoore - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 8:20 am:
@misterjayem
That is the first thing I thought of too.
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 8:22 am:
@Ducky
Real ones know.
– MrJM
- Ok - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 8:28 am:
An asteroid of caution
A meteor of doubt
A waxing and waning opportunity
And a syzygy of clout
- Dog Lover - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 8:31 am:
We definitely need more laughs.
- JoanP - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 8:48 am:
Considering that this past year has been rather like a black hole, I think “asteroid” is appropriate.
- thisjustinagain - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 9:11 am:
“I stand by my misstatements”
– Auto Correct, quoting former Vice-President Dan Quayle
An asteroid of caution describes Lightfoot’s administration to a “T”
- dbk - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 9:13 am:
If you think about it, the pandemic was a bit like getting hit by an asteroid.
- Asteroid of Caution - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 9:14 am:
Why does everyone assume I’m a typo?
- OneMan - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 9:30 am:
Asteroid of Caution is going to be on s stage at the State Fair
- Scott - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 9:43 am:
Are they sure it’s not a large boulder the size of a small boulder?
- Keyrock - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 10:23 am:
I saw Asteroid of Caution at Lounge Ax.
- Rabid - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 10:49 am:
Better chances of an asteroid than a hurricane
- cover - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 1:28 pm:
= Better chances of an asteroid than a hurricane =
“Wait! Da hurricane’s name is Ditka.”
- Snarkie from Schaumburg - Tuesday, May 11, 21 @ 3:51 pm:
When they publish the record books will her entire mayoral career be marked with an asterisk?