Archive for the ‘Faccuracy’ Category
When is the Final Fantasy?
Recently I have been seeing adverts for Final Fantasy XII (or is it XIII), and this has posed the question “How can the previous 11 games have been called Final Fantasy, when by definition Final means last?
March 5, 2007
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Ooops
I need to apologise. In my blog Faccuracy I accused Amanda Platell of multiplying 500 by 52 and getting over 26,000. I made a factual error in that blog by saying that the article was in the Mail on Sunday. Her column is actually in the Saturday edition of the Daily Mail. I humbly apologise [...]
December 9, 2006
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Engendering a Culture of Respect
Can someone tell what this email is about? I received it at work today ! (Names changed to protect the guilty)
December 1, 2006
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Too hot too handle
We recently bought a jar of Tesco’s Wholegrain Mustard that had on its label ‘New improved flavour’! How is it possible to improve the flavour of a natural product? As always what they mean is that they have increased the flavour making it hotter. Have we become a nation that has lost its taste buds [...]
November 22, 2006
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Faccuracy
I have become appalled at the lack of factual and accurate information provided by the media and other sources and am therefore instigating a new category called Faccuracy. This will name and shame those who do not get ‘their facts right’. In an article published in the Mail on Sunday, columnist Amanda Platell commented on [...]
November 22, 2006
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Automated menus!
I have had cause today, as the NHS have spelt my name wrong on my exemption certificate , to call the their call centre. I am quite sure that I filled the application in correctly and used my proper name – Antony. As you can see there is NO ‘h’, as in Anthony which is [...]
May 22, 2006
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