Benjamin Franklin’s famous adage, “Take time for all things: great Haste makes great Waste” applies to most things, but especially to the printing industry.

This pearl of wisdom teaches that sometimes, you have to slow down long enough to do a good job and long enough to detect errors and correct them.

In the printing business, no truer words are spoken.

One can only imagine the number of errors that can slip through the cracks, when a big printing company, like a Newspaper, is running on a tight deadline. Any time there is a big rush, errors are bound to occur.

Mistakes happen more frequently than you would think.

The following Messed Up Grammar Headlines are Newspaper errors which were detrimental to their particular newspaper and customers:

1. Lawmen from Mexico barbecue guests
2. Miners refuse to work after death
3. Two sisters reunite after eighteen years at checkout counter
4. Enraged cow injures farmer with ax
5. Smokers are productive, but death cuts efficiency
6. Prostitutes appeal to Pope
7. Drunk drivers paid $1,000 in 1984
8. Autos killing 110 a day, let’s resolve to do better
9. Man is fatally slain
10. Death causes loneliness, feeling of isolation
11. If strike isn’t settled quickly it may last a while
12. Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing
13. Never withhold herpes from loved one
14. Use Clothing to keep warm during winter
15. Pregnant girls are vulnerable to weight gain
16. Homicide victims rarely talk to the Police
17. Death is Nation’s Top Killer
18. Females likely to test for women’s diseases
19. Putting urine in your ears not recommended to treat sinus infections
20. Panda Mating Fails, Veterinarian Takes Over
21. Missippi’s Literacy Program Shows Improvement
22. Used Toilet Paper - For Sale
23. Three lines of jumphed right in her, yappers
24. Meat head resigns
25. Never Withhold Herpes Infection from a Loved One
26. Federal Agents Raid Gunshop, Find Weapons
27. Starvation Can Lead to Health Hazards

Although funny to us (and they are funny), the fallout from these mistakes cost somebody some money and considerable embarrassment.