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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAutocorrect Typo legalizes cannibalism instead of cannabis
I'm reminded of that old jungle joke,
"What does monkey taste like?
Just like missionary.
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OTTAWA Canada is one step closer to the accidental legalization of cannibalism after the House of Commons passed a typo-ridden Bill C-45, formerly known as The Cannabis Act.
I think no one wanted to be the one to point out the error, MP Sara Anderson said. We all thought someone else would do it, and then they called the vote, and here we are, all voting to legalize cannibalism.
Its just one of those things.
But Anderson also says the error might, conceivably, have something to do with a lot of MPs jumping the gun on legal cannabis.
You know how it is, said Anderson with a shrug. You have the munchies, suddenly everything is about food who can say why anything happens, really?
The typo, which somehow crept into the House bill between the second and third reading, is expected to cost the Canadian economy up to 22 billion dollars a year in lost cannabis-related revenue but create a boom in cannibalism-related tourism.
The Beaverton is a news satire and parody publication .
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Autocorrect Typo legalizes cannibalism instead of cannabis (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Dec 2017
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LisaL
(44,973 posts)1. That's not good.
I don't think anybody (except cannibals) want to legalize cannibalism.
safeinOhio
(32,690 posts)4. I do as I love the very rich
slow roasted over an open fire.
flakey_foont
(3,338 posts)2. To Serve Mankind
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)3. pun intended
milestogo
(16,829 posts)5. Those Canadians have a wild side.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)6. Why don't people just stop using auto correct and
do old-fashioned proof reading instead?
It's one thing to let some dumb auto-correct error through in a short post, like the ones we do here, but in the text of a law? The lack of reading it through, auto-correct or no auto-correct, is itself criminal.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)8. You realize it's satire
If I understand correctly, that publication is satire.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,183 posts)7. In a stunning coincidence (wink, wink) "Pitchforks R Us" has chosen Canada
to be the test market for its new line of tasty marinades.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)9. Soylent Green is here!
(yeah, I get that it's satire )