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TheFaQQer replied

21 October 2011, 10:01
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

I don't like how online news papers change their stories like that, its a bit too 1984.
The original story should have remained with a link to the revelation story.

Ah, but if you did that then it might prove embarrassing to the publication.

Like when the Mail published the reaction and quotes from when Amanda Knox failed in the appeal
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Spacecadet replied

21 October 2011, 09:40
I don't like how online news papers change their stories like that, its a bit too 1984.
The original story should have remained with a link to the revelation story.
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TheFaQQer replied

21 October 2011, 08:59
Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

The accurate headline would be "revealed as simple PR stunt that a child could've seen through"

A child, yes.

A Maily Telegraph churnalist, no.
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Peoplesoft bloke replied

21 October 2011, 08:26
Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post

Hmmm - the headline now reads "Monster slipper 'revealed as elaborate PR stunt'"

since Mr Boddingham looks uncannily like the PR guy for Monster Slipper.

The accurate headline would be "revealed as simple PR stunt that a child could've seen through"
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alreadypacked replied

21 October 2011, 07:01
We have not had any thread domination for a while

It’s FRIDAY
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Spacecadet replied

20 October 2011, 18:35
KUATB
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TimberWolf replied

20 October 2011, 18:33
Don't know why he's looking happy, he ordered a size 1,450, so it should have been about 9m long.
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TheFaQQer replied

20 October 2011, 18:30
PR guy:

Slipper guy:
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TheFaQQer replied

20 October 2011, 18:29
Hmmm - the headline now reads "Monster slipper 'revealed as elaborate PR stunt'"

since Mr Boddingham looks uncannily like the PR guy for Monster Slipper.
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20 October 2011, 16:54
And finally, a helpful Chinese company…

And finally, a helpful Chinese company…

A man who ordered a special size 14.5 slipper to fit his oversized foot was sent a size 1,450 after the Chinese manufacturers failed to spot a decimal point in his order.

Man orders size 14.5 slipper and gets size 1,450 after 'mistranslation in China' - Telegraph

Tom Boddingham, 27, has a size 13 right foot while his left is slightly bigger measuring a size 14 and a half.

When he ordered his custom slipper, the manufacturers in China misread "size 14.5" and instead built a size 1,450 measuring 7ft long.

Mr Boddingham, who has always worn custom made shoes, said he now plans to sell the giant slipper on eBay.

He said: "It was sent directly from Hong Kong and measures 210 x 130 x 65cms - the same length as a grizzly bear or a family car.
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