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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 09:14 AM Dec 2017

Autocorrect Typo legalizes cannibalism instead of cannabis

I'm reminded of that old jungle joke,
"What does monkey taste like?
Just like missionary.




OTTAWA – Canada is one step closer to the accidental legalization of cannibalism after the House of Commons passed a typo-ridden Bill C-45, formerly known as The Cannabis Act.

“I think no one wanted to be the one to point out the error,” MP Sara Anderson said. “We all thought someone else would do it, and then they called the vote, and here we are, all voting to legalize cannibalism.”

“It’s just one of those things.”

But Anderson also says the error might, conceivably, have something to do with a lot of MPs jumping the gun on legal cannabis.

“You know how it is,” said Anderson with a shrug. “You have the munchies, suddenly everything is about food… who can say why anything happens, really?”

The typo, which somehow crept into the House bill between the second and third reading, is expected to cost the Canadian economy up to 22 billion dollars a year in lost cannabis-related revenue but create a boom in cannibalism-related tourism.



The Beaverton is a news satire and parody publication .

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Autocorrect Typo legalizes cannibalism instead of cannabis (Original Post) L. Coyote Dec 2017 OP
That's not good. LisaL Dec 2017 #1
I do as I love the very rich safeinOhio Dec 2017 #4
To Serve Mankind flakey_foont Dec 2017 #2
pun intended L. Coyote Dec 2017 #3
Those Canadians have a wild side. milestogo Dec 2017 #5
Why don't people just stop using auto correct and PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #6
You realize it's satire zipplewrath Dec 2017 #8
In a stunning coincidence (wink, wink) "Pitchforks R Us" has chosen Canada Buns_of_Fire Dec 2017 #7
Soylent Green is here! Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #9

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,862 posts)
6. Why don't people just stop using auto correct and
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 09:50 AM
Dec 2017

do old-fashioned proof reading instead?

It's one thing to let some dumb auto-correct error through in a short post, like the ones we do here, but in the text of a law? The lack of reading it through, auto-correct or no auto-correct, is itself criminal.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,182 posts)
7. In a stunning coincidence (wink, wink) "Pitchforks R Us" has chosen Canada
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 09:51 AM
Dec 2017

to be the test market for its new line of tasty marinades.

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