Autocar’s editors overlooked the acrostic entirely — they learned about it only when readers called in seeking a prize
https://www.futilitycloset.com/2017/04/06/the-extra-mile/
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
James May, happened to be fired from Autocar magazine for embedding a message in the leading letters of the articles
Autocar’s editors overlooked the acrostic entirely — they learned about it only when readers called in seeking a prize
https://www.futilitycloset.com/2017/04/06/the-extra-mile/
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Love it, and love even more the fact that some readers were clever enough to notice.
ReplyDeleteIn WW2 a Danish letter being circulated, seemingly praising the Nazis - until you read every other line only.
Another good one was a poem praising Chile's dictator Pinochet and his henchmen, back in the 1970s. It was printed on the front page of a major newspaper, whose proofreaders never thought of reading every sentence's first letter in the vertical plane. Turned out the poet was less than impressed with the government. Can't recall the exact message, but it went along the lines of "Fascist, liars and bloody murderers".
This is clever and funny. Thanks for finding this for your readers
ReplyDeleteMuch obliged! I was looking for exactly this!
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