when editing goes terribly wrong
August 14, 2007
I have my post up over at Parenting today. They have never really edited anything before, aside from the errant typo or egregious grammatical error. At least nothing I have noticed.
But this morning I went to look at my post and noticed this time they did edit an entire paragraph. And I can’t stop laughing.
The post is about things I didn’t know before becoming a parent. This is what it was supposed to say:
I didn’t know that it would be possible to spend half an hour in the shower and then come out just as dirty as you went in. Or to wash your hair but have the entire top and back half of your hair still be dry. That’s a skill, people.
Instead it says this:
I didn’t know that it would be possible to spend half an hour in the shower and then come out just as dirty as I went in. Or to wash my hair but have the entire top and back half of my hair still be dry. That’s a skill, people.
I know I might not shower as regularly as I did before I had children, I rest assured I can do it properly.
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wth - was it edited in India?
August 14th, 2007 at 10:03 amSuuuuure!
How funny!
August 14th, 2007 at 10:05 amLOL! I am having flashbacks of high school English. “Don’t assume that you know your reader and never ever use the passive ‘you’!” I wasn’t aware that bizarre English rules applied to blogs, did you? Especially when those reading your blog CAN relate and know exactly what you are talking about!
August 14th, 2007 at 10:06 amNice, that’s some quality work there. ;o)
August 14th, 2007 at 10:10 amSadly, the edited version describes the first few months of new motherhood for me. Love this blog, Chris.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:21 amLMAO! Did they read before editing? Obviously not…
August 14th, 2007 at 10:33 amnow thats funny!
August 14th, 2007 at 10:48 amThat’s hilarious. These people know nothing about you or your life, do they?
August 14th, 2007 at 11:00 amAwesome.
August 14th, 2007 at 11:11 amJust wow.
(P.S. I emailed you, woman.)
August 14th, 2007 at 11:17 amLOL. Love editors.
August 14th, 2007 at 11:26 ammy eight year old boy is like that. but it’s a dirty neck he’s always walking around with. arg.
August 14th, 2007 at 11:36 amI can’t believe they edited it without letting it pass your eyes before posting!
August 14th, 2007 at 11:42 amOh my goodness - did they REALLY think you meant yourself? Geesh! I guess you needed to be more specific; “I didn’t know that it would be possible FOR A BOY…”
August 14th, 2007 at 12:07 pmI just looked and now it reads like you originally wrote it…hmmm! (For the recor, I like your way much better). Made me laugh.
August 14th, 2007 at 12:12 pmOh, good Lord!
August 14th, 2007 at 12:27 pmReading about your parenting choices doesn’t make me feel superior to you. It makes me say “Oh, thank God, it’s not just me!”
August 14th, 2007 at 1:04 pmthat is really funny! Did they change it back to the way you had it?
August 14th, 2007 at 1:17 pmCan you only get away with that if you have kids?
August 14th, 2007 at 1:30 pmMight I suggest that you stand UNDER the stream of water in the future?!?!
August 14th, 2007 at 1:33 pmLOL! That’s a heck of an editing job. That is hilarious!
August 14th, 2007 at 2:07 pmThey do realize this is a “parenting” magazine and you might just be talking about your children, right? That is hilarious that they would even change that without calling/emailing. Now for those who don’t read this blog or are familiar with you, they think that you have a gang of children, blog a lot AND stink…awesome
August 14th, 2007 at 2:15 pmLMAO oh thanks for the laugh. Maybe you should comment to clear it up that the paragraph was in reference to your children not yourself.
August 14th, 2007 at 2:18 pmclearly not edited by a parent - I knew exactly what you meant. My son insists on taking a shower every morning - but manages to come out w/dry hair and a crusty face. His back however is always quite clean. Too funny!
August 14th, 2007 at 2:23 pmThat’s hilarious. They were schooling you on your grammer
August 14th, 2007 at 2:50 pmSnort.
Love the editing.
I thought you looked a little askew when we met…
Snicker.
August 14th, 2007 at 3:56 pmTotally unrelated, but I thought of you today.
I was buying 7 jars of Ragu at CVS because they were on sale plus you got rewards bucks back.
The woman looked at my jars and said, “Are you having a party?”
Yes. But certainly not as fun as a cereal party would be.
August 14th, 2007 at 3:59 pmbwhahahahhahah OOPS!!
August 14th, 2007 at 4:12 pmMaybe you can shift Miles away from “shut up” and onto “clean up”.
Too funny!
August 14th, 2007 at 4:43 pmbwahahahaha I just want to say that when I read articles that constantly refer to myself I have to wonder if I can relate at all to what I am saying.
geez louise.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:45 pmI liked the first version better!
August 14th, 2007 at 6:59 pmI was wondering if it was supposed to be like that when I was reading it this morning.
I just thought to myself, “Maybe she’s putting herself in her kids’ shoes? That’s really … empathetic. Hmm.”
I didn’t think that you were *that* innovative as far as showering went. … Well, I figured that you’d definitely WANT all of your hair washed. ^_^ I know I sure would!
August 14th, 2007 at 8:19 pmHAHAHAHA! I would love to know what the person editing it was thinking! ” What the heck, doesnt this woman know how to freakin shower??”
August 14th, 2007 at 9:43 pmJeez, I think maybe Cheryl just crossed a line. :-/
Anyway, it looks like the post was restored and all is well. Go, Erma — I mean, Chris! ;^)
August 15th, 2007 at 1:06 pmOh, good gawd…but, now we’re onto you.
August 15th, 2007 at 1:31 pmI did not read the article, just what you put here, and I definately read that it was you, not the kids, but that you meant moms, not just you. LOL But I would not have changed your words if I were editing.
August 15th, 2007 at 9:54 pmI also haven’t had a full nights sleep (as full as it gets with a nursing baby in your bed) in 4 nights, and I’m sick, and I’m moving my in-laws to our town, and a whole bunch of other stuff, like screaming at the electric company for cutting off our power by mistake this morning….
hi nice post, i enjoyed it
August 18th, 2007 at 8:33 pm