somewhere a hack

LOL

I have a dull wife and suddenly wanted to break away

Just so you don’t get the impression that Regret is all salt and no sugar, we offer this delightful Guardian column by Norman Moss. Moss shares a few of his favorite newspaper corrections, including this Freudian mistake from across the pond:

The old Daily Mail, when it used to be a broadsheet, once carried a correction referring to a court case in Poole, in which one Brian Smith (not his real name; he has suffered enough) had stolen a speedboat during a drunken spree and crashed it.

The item said: "Mr Smith said in court, 'I am terribly sorry. I have a dull life and I suddenly wanted to break away.' He did not say, as we reported erroneously, 'I have a dull wife and I suddenly wanted to break away.' We apologise to Mr Smith, and to Mrs Smith."

Somewhere a woman is weeping, somewhere a hack has no wife.

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Which reminds me of a Leonard Cohen line...

"where is my Gypsy wife tonight?" (heavenly sigh)