The following errors and omissions in Satirium articles have been brought to the attention of the Board of Editors. Satirium regrets any inconvenience and promises to do better next time.
In an article praising Newt Gingrich’s daily sartorial elegance, the former House speaker was described as a “partial-headed, flubby, incongressional pseudo-intellectual.” The description should have been “pointy-headed, flabby, incongruent pseudo-intellectual.”
An article about the White House correspondents dinner and the dust-up between White House adviser Karl Rove and singer Sheryl Crow described Crow as “matriculated inflagrante with cyclist Lunch at Noon”. The description should have been “articulated as best she could the political dialectic of longing expressed through song.”
Satirium recently recalled the daily pleasures of peasant life in Europe during the 6th Century. The Board of Editors of Merriam Webster dictionaries called to our attention the fact that there was no 6th Century, that historians now generally agree that at the end of the 5th Century mankind jumped directly to the 7th Century, but that the concept of daylight savings time came later.
The hail stones that dented cars during a recent storm in Gruver, Texas were not golf-ball sized. The Gruver meteorologist told Satirium that the most accurate description would be “ranging from ping pong balls to basketballs, and larger.”
An article about the growing number of ferrets living in the basements of suburban homes in California incorrectly described the animal involved and the role of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in encouraging their presence. The animal is the marmoset. Gov. Schwarzenegger was not involved with the ferrets. He had advocated the virtues of badgers living in suburban basements. Satirium is not sure how the errors crept in, but regrets them anyway.
A recent article referred to “Vice President Double Chinny”. During a visit to Satirium’s editorial offices, a delegation from the Secret Service pointed out that while the vice president has a fleshy chin, it has not yet doubled. The delegation also noted that the correct spelling of the vice president’s last name is “Cheney”.