Where do you hang your hair?

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Where do you hang your hair?

May 24, 2012 — Laura

The truth finally comes out: President Obama has a hairpiece. And he hangs his hair in the West Wing of the White House. And he’s left it there for three years. Once again the writer for Yahoo! News‘ “The Cutline” is first with the breaking news:

In case you missed seeing the accompanying picture, the writer helpfully included it twice:

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Posted in Misplaced Modifiers, Modifiers, Uncategorized. Tags: Dylan Stableford, editing, funny writing errors, funny writing mistakes, journalism, misplaced modifier, proofreading, The Cutline, The Upshot, Yahoo!, Yahoo! News. 1 Comment »

One Response to “Where do you hang your hair?”

Therapy Not Included Says:
May 24, 2012 at 5:00 pm
LOL. This is now my favorite post on Terribly Write.

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