Sting is top of the misheard pop charts

Sting and The Police have come top of the charts again, for writing the most misheard pop lyrics of all time.

Message in a Bottle, the band’s 1979 hit has the line: “A year has passed since I wrote my note”, but fans regularly mishear it as “A year has passed since I broke my nose.”

The lyrics from his 1980 song “When The World Is Running Down” came top of the list.

“You make the best of what’s still around” is a line regularly misheard as “You make the best homemade stew around.”

The 56-year-old front man beat pop legends the Beatles, Bee Gees, Queen and David Bowie in an online poll of 2,000 music fans by specialist hearing aid retailer Amlifon.

The Beatles also appear twice in the top ten.

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Not Thanks, but Probation for Fixing Typos on a Sign

PHOENIX (AP) — When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense.

Two self-styled vigilantes against typos who defaced a 60-year-old hand-painted sign at Grand Canyon National Park were sentenced to one year of probation and banned from national parks for a year.

The men, Jeff Deck, of Somerville, Mass., and Benjamin Herson, of Virginia Beach, both 28, pleaded guilty on Aug. 11 to damage done in March at the park’s Desert View Watchtower. The sign was made by Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, the architect who designed the rustic 1930s watchtower and other Grand Canyon-area landmarks.

Mr. Deck and Mr. Herson toured the United States this spring, wiping out errors on government and private signs. They were interviewed by National Public Radio and The Chicago Tribune, which called them “a pair of Kerouacs armed with Sharpies and erasers and righteous indignation.”

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Daily Show offers early welcome to GOP delegates

Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” is already welcoming the Grand Old Party to next week’s Republican National Convention in St. Paul – sort of.

The fake news program has erected a billboard near the Twin Cities along I-494, picturing the show’s correspondents and the words “Welcome, Rich White Oligarchs.”

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Oligarchs?
 I’ll be honest, I had to look it up.

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NY Mag – Electopedia

A guide to (almost) everything there is to know about presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama, from the important issues (Best Speech) to the really important issues (Hairstyle). Electopedia will be updated regularly—look for new categories ripped from the headlines!

Lots of fun and interesting facts.

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