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your nearest branch (?) could be as near as 13 miles away, over a graphic that says "average distance 13.8 miles". if that's the average, lots must be considerably less than 13 miles away!

Just saw an article from a US newspaper the headline of which reads…

“SHARK ATTACKS PUZZLE EXPERTS”

…be careful out there!

... and just when you thought it was safe!

Not what I wanted to hear just as I was going to bed!

On the cricket feed on the BBC Sport website last night, the following sentence appeared:

A brilliant review as Gleeson departs for a duck.

However, for a glorious 2 or 3 minutes before it was corrected, the second d was an f...

I rarely post in threads, Chris, but I couldn’t resist joining in with the late great Brian Johnson’s cricket commentary which caused uproar, I think it was said in all innocence

“The batsman’s Holding the bowler’s Willey”

Norah, deservedly a classic, but oft misquoted. It was actually “The bowler’s Holding, the batsman’s Willey”. Michael Holding rarely hung around too long with the bat …

http://www.johnners.com/audio-clips/

This is a thread for pedantry, after all!

Brilliant, Quisling, thanks for the links, I look forward to viewing them all.

As for getting the names the wrong way round, well it was nearly 50 years ago.

Another classic was Margaret Thatcher praising Willie Whitelaw, he was by her side at the time when she said “Every Prime Minister needs a Willie”.

Apparently she had no sense of humour and didn’t realise the significance of her words.

Chris, Norah and Quisling,

I think you'd all enjoy this week's Inquisitor (IQ1763),- the message spelled out by corrections to misprints is very much in the same ……………. Note by Admin - Now you’ll all have to wonder because, at Brendan’s request, I have amended his post

Thanks for the tip, brendan, but I only attempt "solve, then write answer in" puzzles, not ones where you have to muck around with the solution first!