quote:LONDON - Britain's biggest-selling hiking magazine apologized Wednesday after its latest issue contained a route that would lead climbers off the edge of a cliff on Britain's tallest peak.
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I have to agree with Trail magazine. It was a nasty editing mistake, but those who actually walk off a cliff, bad directions or not, pretty much have themselves to blame for it.
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See, that's the best part for me - since there are no tragic consequences (as yet, for the reasons the magazine states)associated with the error, we are free to engage in as much humor, ridicule, etc. as we wish! Without feeling like we're making fun of someone else's tragedy.
quote:"Getting off Ben Nevis is probably one of the most infamous navigational tasks in the British Isles,"
You know, as I was skimming this article, I completely skipped the word navigational and had to go back and figure out what they really meant. Of course, the word order also changed in my head for the first four words. My mind must really be in the gutter today.
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One step closer to the eddddgggggeeeeee I tumble off the cliiiii-fffffff I'm falllllinnnng, falling, falling doowwwwwnnnnnn
The eagle cannoooot soarrrrrr His pinions SNAP in the wind . . . . He tumbles to the gro-oo-uuu-und but no blood is spattered . . . Instead his brains are mumbled-jumbled QUICHE! To be devoured byyyyy . . . .
The BEAST.
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quote:Would anyone here actually walk off a cliff if a magazine told you to.
I didn't think so.
I did, once.
Of course, it was a paragliding magazine.
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Also, I once took a long walk off a short pier after a suggestion from a very recently exed-girlfriend. But I wore my floaties.
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Just so that the connection is clear . . . the title of the "poem" back there is "Scrambled Eggs". You all probably wanted to know that, didn't you?
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That's what I thought. Carry on.
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