A college paper (not mine, thankfully) recently ran a writer's byline, and the affiliation line beneath it said: "Bad Motherf-----." Only it didn't use dashes.
Our paper did once do a top-of-page-1 promo for a story about the horse-slaughtering plant in DeKalb. The designer needed a generic photo of a horse, so he grabbed one from AP and used it. Unfortunately, that horse was Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner who had shattered his leg and had just been euthanized.
At one paper I worked for, on the day musician Lawrence Welk died, a designer did a space-filler cutline that said: "Welk cutline here. Welkie welkie welkie cutline cutline cutline here here here." And of course it ran.
What's the worst / funniest thing that's ever made it into your paper unintentionally?
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