So, apparently, the writer fully intended to use the phrase, "Like two shit passing in the night." Notes an entry on the Dallas Observer’s blog:
So far, we’ve received more than 75 letters from would-be proofreaders “correcting” Richie Whitt’s lead on his sports column this week. For the record, “two shits passing in the night” was not a typo. It was a joke or–as one letter writer corrected me when I ’splained–an attempted joke.
So
far, the best response I’ve got when I’ve replied to the letters
writers, telling them we really did mean to say “shits,” came from a
Louis Cruse: “Where in the hell did you learn filthy fucking language
like that shit?”
Now that’s funny. We stand corrected.Gawker follows up on our tale of Queen Elizabeth and her 2,000 eggs from yesterday with another gem. This one is from the Dallas Observer and can be read online here.
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