Ok, I'm Done With Being Depressing.
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
United Kingdom
March 11, 2016 4:06pm CST
Some of you informed me that they found my last post depressing, so here is something on a lighter note.
I was reading about some funny typos the other day and it reminded me of a comment I received on one of my posts on another site.
The post was about a portal or doorway into an imaginary world, and someone said "I'd love to pee through your portal" !
I don't know if she'd left a 'p' or a 'k' off the pee, but I'm sure you understand what she was trying to say.
The lady in question is on this site, I wonder if she remembers it.
I made an embarrassing mistake myself one day when I responded to a woman's post by saying that she looked fat. Oops - I meant to say 'fit'.
Have you made any silly typos?
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
11 Mar 16
Typos too many to count. The worst was on a financial report I submitted when I first worked in public accounting. In the signature block where it was supposed to say "Certified Public Accountants," I left the "l" out of "Public."
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@Juliaacv (48614)
• Canada
11 Mar 16
Oh yeah, I have made lots of typos, some I spot myself and fix and others are pointed out by other members and then I go back and edit it.
And don't worry about your last post. I thought it was a glimpse into some people's reality, and reality isn't necessarily happy, especially homelessness.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
11 Mar 16
In the old myLot when we couldn't edit our discussions I made a discussion about grammar. I spelled it grammer. Great way to introduce my topic 
I once wrote a message to a friend. I wrote it in Danish, and I wanted to write: "I want to eat a cake". Auto correct changed it and when I sent the message it said "I want to eat a doctor" 
I once wrote a message to a friend. I wrote it in Danish, and I wanted to write: "I want to eat a cake". Auto correct changed it and when I sent the message it said "I want to eat a doctor" 4 people like this
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
11 Mar 16
@jaboUK In Danish cake is kage and doctor is lage. The words are spelled almost the same way, but the meaning is very different
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
11 Mar 16
@Porscopino Oh that grammar one really was an 'oops', considering the subject matter
. Auto correct is guilty of a lot of boo-boos, but it makes you wonder how cake became doctor.
. Auto correct is guilty of a lot of boo-boos, but it makes you wonder how cake became doctor.2 people like this
@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Mar 16
To my knowledge you can still edit even after that much time has passed, Valerie, but I'll go and check that out to see.
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@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Mar 16
Well, Valerie, I just left a comment here and said I'd test your theory, but now I see my comment didn't 'take' after all. I just edited a post from the fourth of this month and tagged you on it. You don't have to visit it if you don't want to, but I did that tonight just after 1am and it's two weeks old as of the 14th.
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@GrannyGee (3517)
• Louisburg, North Carolina
11 Mar 16
I'm sure I have somewhere, some place. We all do at times! :)
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@GrannyGee That's true, we all do it sometimes.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@sugartoes That is so true - we cut each other some slack because we know we have probably been guilty of typos ourselves.
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@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
12 Mar 16
I make them all the time. If I catch them before I submit them,then I correct them. I have seen some posts I have done that did have errrors, so I went and edited them and corrected them. I am sure the ones reading them wondder what I am trying to say. I wondered about them too, as I coulldn't figure out what I was trying to say.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
13 Mar 16
@sugartoes That's so true - I even have a job reading my own hand-writing!
@allknowing (130195)
• India
12 Mar 16
I was talking about eggs and mentioned 'porched' eggs. One user promptly asked me for the 'porched' eggs recipe knowing fully well that it was a typo Grrrrrr
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@allknowing (130195)
• India
12 Mar 16
@jaboUK No. She was just being nasty. If you had spotted it you surely would have had fun and teased me about it.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@allknowing I'm sorry that she was being nasty - there aren't too many nasty people here thank goodness.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@allknowing That person was just having a bit of fun with you I expect.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49151)
• United States
11 Mar 16
you put a smile on my face. I am sure that I have made some bloopers.3 people like this
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
11 Mar 16
@Tampa_girl7 I'm pleased about that Marie, because you were one of the ones who said my post on the homeless woman was depressing
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
12 Mar 16
Auto correct messes with my typing regularly. I say things I never intended. Sometimes the attempted correction makes it worse.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@Morleyhunt Oh don't stop writing. Sorry about your internet - I thought those problems were behind you.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
12 Mar 16
@jaboUK yes I did. I have had so many typos lately, and then because my internet don't cooperate, I can't even fix them. It's enough to make me stop writing.
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@celticeagle (159609)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Mar 16
I'm sure I have. Don't have a cell phone. Ellen often does a segment on her show that are text typos. Some are pretty funny.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@celticeagle We don't get that show over here, I wish we did.
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Mar 16
I am sure I have but I don't remember any off hand.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@LovingMyBabies The thing is that we could do them and never know unless somebody points them out, or we go back to a post.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Mar 16
nothing that bad.. though i did once tell a guy I was trying to break up with
"it's not me, it's you!"
I meant it the other way around, but erm.. I guess the Freudian slip got the best of me
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@Dropsophila Well, either way he got the message!!
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
12 Mar 16
@jaboUK yeah! and boy did he go nuts? well that was actually the reason why I was through with him
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
12 Mar 16
shame'n folks fer sayin' such 'bout yer poem, ms. jabo. whilst was'f a saddened nature, no doubt 'twas written with the compassion that comes from yer heart. a gentle reminder to folks not to jump so quickly to conclusions when they see someone who's diff'rent from 'emselves.
typos?? e'ery keystroke here's like a typo :D sure does look purty though with all those red squigglies, lol.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@craxyhorseladycx People weren't really moaning about my poem, just stating the fact that it was depressing - which it was. Not to worry.
I'm wondering how you would know if you'd done a typo, with all those squiggles
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I'm wondering how you would know if you'd done a typo, with all those squiggles1 person likes this
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
13 Mar 16
@jaboUK i didn't find't depressin', jest'n insight into the world'f some'f our homeless folks. but then i reckon all've their own point 'f view, eh?
squigglies?? what squiggles? 
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@JamesHxstatic (29303)
• Eugene, Oregon
12 Mar 16
This is very funny. I hope that I have not made any like that, but could at any time.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Mar 16
@JamesHxstatic We could make typos and never know, couldn't we? I've caught quite a few when I've gone back to a comment I've done, when the poster has replied to it.
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@JamesHxstatic (29303)
• Eugene, Oregon
12 Mar 16
@jaboUK As bad a keyboarder as I am, I hate to think about it.
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