Here’s a little conversation that took place last Thursday morning among the bitter and twisted, washed up, old hacks who compile this column.

BATWUOH 1: The Wednesday night subs at The Sydney Morning Herald have got it right AGAIN! That must be the fourth week in a row that they’ve correctly identified that a story that spills over from page 3 actually came from page 3!

BATWUOH 2: Exactly! Not the front page or the cover page, or worse of all, page fucking one!

BATWUOH 3: So our decision the other week – to declare our long-running campaign to get those useless fucking subs, especially on Wednesday nights, to get the basics right well when there’s a four-page advertising wrap around finally over – was the right one!

BATWUOH 4: Anyone need a top up? Look, I’m not sure but let’s just wait until Saturday’s SMH before we officially declare operation education #journalism101 over!

BATWUOH 1: But for some bizarre reason, the boofheads on a Friday night haven’t fucked up anywhere like the Wednesday night crew. It’s like the shifts are made up of different people! Do we really need to wait?

BATWUOH 3: Okay, let’s wait then but yes, I could do with a refill!

BATWUOH 2 and 4: Same here!

Conversation ended.

MGH now turns to Saturday’s SMH and our BATWUOs were stunned to find this!

SOB! The education campaign #journalism101 is resumed and the lessons will have to continue… probably for ever and a day.

Editor’s note: The blunder above was found in a hardcopy SMH delivered to the footpath of The Bug‘s Brisbane compound. Should we give the SMH production people any credit at all that this fuckup in a first/country edition was corrected online the next morning. Nah! Fuck ’em. The mistake could have run in later print editions for all we fucking know.

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