Copy errors we’re glad we didn’t make
Hot off the iPhone of our Soph (who’s off for the day but keeping her ear to the ground for copywriters’ cock ups):
Was talking to my dad last night and he had been to a factory in Leeds where they package all the ainsley harriott food. He said there wad a bit of tension in the factory cos they had just printed all the packaging for his new sausages range and they then found a mistake on it.
Under the picture of ainsley with a sausage on a fork they had the strapline
“just a prick with a fork”
Ha ha! Thought you might like that!
Soph x
Sent from my iPhone
Blog Post written by Erika Clegg
Category: Advertising, Copywriting, Research 2 comments »
February 27th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
From Kris Parker:
I’m not sure it was approved, it was used as a joke on I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue a few years back, but about Antony Worrall Thompson. There is a photoshopped version knocking about with Harriott’s face on but it’s a fake.
I’ve turned into Snopes.com.
November 10th, 2011 at 3:46 pm
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