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# oops - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Andrew Trimble misses his kick, falls on his face instead
Well, that’s embarrassing…
# oops - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Historian Niall Ferguson apologises for ‘stupid’ remarks about Keynes
Harvard historian Niall Ferguson had suggested that Keynes didn’t think enough about what happens to future generations because he had no children and was gay.
# oops - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
VIDEO: Man almost makes a meal out of cat
An actual meal.
Typo of the Day: Austerity hits Ireland’s budget for World Food Programme
We are living way beyond our means…
# oops - Saturday 30 March, 2013
9 things you’ve probably bought but never used
You definitely own at least three of these.
# oops - Friday 29 March, 2013
Test your maturity by watching this TV host introduce his guest Peter as “Penis”
Wouldn’t happen with Billo and the lads, that’s for sure.
# oops - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Pop divas and funny faces: A beginner’s guide
Beyoncé isn’t the only one prone to making a few funny expressions on stage
# oops - Monday 28 January, 2013
Twitter’s new video app accidentally puts porn as its ‘Editor’s Pick’
Vine users were surprised to see six seconds of smut as an editorial choice – which Twitter has blamed as ‘human error’.
Iceland did not need to repay Dutch and UK savers, says court
A European court ruled today that Iceland was entitled to refuse to pay immediate deposit guarantees to savers when a major bank collapsed.
# oops - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
8 funny wrong answers kids have given on tests
What is a nitrate? You might be surprised…
# oops - Monday 21 January, 2013
Surprised Tiger missed the cut last weekend? You probably haven’t seen this awful drive
Last seen on the par-five at Deer Park.
# oops - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Polish Prime Minister embarrassed by Irish photo blunder
Prime Minister Donald Tusk launched a major initiative to promote Polish families – but used a photograph of Irish people by mistake.
# oops - Saturday 8 December, 2012
7 premature celebrity autobiographies
Write a memoir at the ripe old age of 16? Sure why not.
# oops - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
Russia briefly bans YouTube ‘by mistake’
YouTube briefly appeared on the list of banned addresses today – but officials in Russia blamed a technical error.
# oops - Thursday 8 November, 2012
Joakim Noah ‘regret’ after trying 3-pointer to win burgers for Bulls fans
Bulls fans can get a free Big Mac if the team scores 100 points in a home win, so when the ball fell to Noah with three seconds left, there was only one thing to do.
# oops - Thursday 18 October, 2012
Google shares plunge as bad results are released prematurely
Shares fell more than 9 per cent in Google after it mistakenly filed its latest earnings too early.
# oops - Friday 12 October, 2012
VIDEO: Sergio Aguero on the first time he met Lionel Messi
The Manchester City striker put his foot in it, and then some.
# oops - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Designer cancels Paris Fashion Week show after whole collection lost
The PR company representing the designer said they don’t know how the collection was lost.
# oops - Sunday 30 September, 2012
Iran’s news agency: Sorry we mistook a story from The Onion for real news
Iran’s state news agency ran a story about an opinion poll which found Mahmoud Ahmadinjad was more popular than Barack Obama. Only problem? It was from The Onion.
# oops - Wednesday 5 September, 2012
Owners of ‘Hitler’ clothing shop: ‘We didn’t know who he was’
The owners of an Indian menswear store said they thought ‘Hitler’ was just the nickname given to a strict grandfather.
# oops - Thursday 9 August, 2012
Man orders flat-screen TV online… gets semi-automatic rifle instead
US police are investigating circumstances of shipment error.
# oops - Tuesday 31 July, 2012
New Yorker journalist resigns after fabricating Bob Dylan quotes
Journalist and author Jonah Lehrer has had his latest book pulled from shelves over quotes that ‘didn’t exist’.
# oops - Monday 30 July, 2012
London 2012: police lose keys to Olympic venue
Scotland Yard insists there is no security issues surrounding the latest Olympics-related gaffe.
# oops - Thursday 26 July, 2012
New gaffe as Welsh star described as ‘English’
Welsh midfielder Joe Allen was described as “English” in a team programme.
# oops - Friday 6 July, 2012
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things to know this morning…
# oops - Monday 11 June, 2012
Cameron leaves daughter, 8, behind in pub mix-up
Nancy Cameron was left behind in a pub when she went to the toilet as transport was being arranged.
# oops - Tuesday 5 June, 2012
Burn: Tiger Woods’ website scrubbed Phil Mickelson from the all-time wins list
Lefty doesn’t exist if you live in Tiger’s world.
# oops - Friday 11 May, 2012
JP Morgan blames ‘sloppiness and bad judgement’ for surprise $2bn loss
In a surprise conference call, the bank reveals that a single trader in London – nicknamed ‘Voldemort’ – has lost billions.
# oops - Thursday 29 March, 2012
Police appeal for information about £113,000 theft… from police station
The cash was seized under ‘proceeds of crime’ legislation in 2009, but was reported missing last September.
# oops - Friday 16 March, 2012
Nike apologises for ‘insensitive’ Black and Tan sneakers… sort of
The sportswear manufacturer admits the ‘Black and Tan’ name was “insensitive”, but says it was “unofficially added by some”.
# oops - Thursday 15 March, 2012
# oops - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
£50 iPads will not be delivered by Tesco
‘Every little helps’ slogan not applied in this case.
# oops - Tuesday 6 March, 2012
BASE jumper rescued after getting stuck in Arizona Mountains
A swift rescue operation was needed, after Sam Baker made a horrendous error recently.
# oops - Monday 23 January, 2012
ITV reprimanded for mistakenly showing ‘IRA’ video game footage
The UK media regulator said ITV “breached audience trust” by showing footage purporting to be of an IRA attack – but which actually came from a video game.
# oops - Sunday 8 January, 2012
A week of gaffes for British politicians
David Cameron himself is the latest to have to apologise for an ill-advised and offensive remark.
# oops - Saturday 7 January, 2012
US deported teenager to Colombia (even though she isn’t from there)
The Texan teen was deported after pretending to be an illegal immigrant (and an adult) despite having no connections to Colombia.
# oops - Thursday 5 January, 2012
Would you trust this man to tell you a website is secure?
Phil Hogan told the public not to worry about security on the household charge website – but his own site is so dangerous that most browsers won’t even open it.
# oops - Wednesday 4 January, 2012
Olympic synchronised swimming tickets oversold by mistake
Locog have asked 3,000 customers to return tickets after accidentally overselling the Olympic synchronised swimming events.
# oops - Friday 30 December, 2011
Mistaken ‘hospital’ tweet sparks fears for Nelson Mandela
The South African government was forced to deny Mandela was unwell – after a radio DJ mistook a ‘year in review’ programme for breaking news.
# oops - Wednesday 28 December, 2011
New York Times accidentally sends email to over 8 million readers
The company has apologised after the email which was due to go to around 300 people instead went out to over 8.6 million people worldwide.
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